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    Bihar: Mahabodhi Temple reopens for general public after 5 months

    India | Aug 28, 2021, 07:13 AM IST

    The world heritage Mahabodhi Temple in Bihar's Gaya reopened for the general public after nearly five months.

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    Gaya: Votes on Thursday and heritage not on agenda, say residents

    Apr 09, 2019, 06:16 PM IST

    Till just a week ago, its outer courtyard was used as a cricketing ground by local boys, many of whom will be voting for the first time on April 11 when Gaya goes to the polls in the first round of the seven-phased Lok Sabha election.

  • Thaland PM Prayut Chan-o-cha, wife pray at Mahabodhi temple

    Thai PM visits Bodh Gaya; offers prayer at Mahabodhi Temple

    India | Jun 19, 2016, 08:38 AM IST

    Gaya/Patna: Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today visited Bodh Gaya and offered prayer at Mahabodhi Temple in Bihar's Gaya district. "Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was welcomed by PHED and Law minister Kirshnandan Verma

  • pm modi offers prayer at mahabodhi temple in bodh gaya

    PM Modi offers prayer at Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya

    Politics | Sep 05, 2015, 11:20 PM IST

    Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bodh Gaya on Saturday and prayed at the Mahabodhi temple, Buddhism's holiest shrine, an official said."Soon after arriving at Gaya airport , Modi went straight to the 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi

  • pm narendra modi to visit bodh gaya today

    PM Narendra Modi to Visit Bodh Gaya today

    Politics | Sep 05, 2015, 12:00 AM IST

    New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Bodh Gaya in Bihar tomorrow, visiting one of the most important pilgrimage sites of Buddhists and the place where Lord Buddha obtained enlightenment.During the day-long trip,

  • anonymous person threatens to attack mahabodhi temple

    Anonymous person threatens to attack Mahabodhi temple

    India | Jul 07, 2015, 07:40 PM IST

    Gaya(Bihar):  An anonymous person has threatened to attack the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, a top district official said today.An SMS has been received by Gaya's Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manu Maharaj from an

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    President Pranab Mukherjee to gift Bodhi Tree sapling to Vietnam

    India | Sep 08, 2014, 01:11 PM IST

    Patna: President Pranab Mukherjee will gift "a sapling" of the sacred Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya to Vietnam during his visit to that country, a temple official said on Monday."BMTC has sent a sapling of

  • preparations in full swing at bodh gaya for pitripaksha

    Preparations in full swing at Bodh Gaya for Pitripaksha

    India | Sep 02, 2014, 04:12 PM IST

    Bodh Gaya: Preparations are in full swing for the Pitripaksha, the fortnight-long festival of departed souls, at historic Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya.The local administration is working hard to ensure cleanliness, road repair, drinking water,

  • mahabodhi now among india s richest temples

    Mahabodhi now among India's richest temples

    India | Aug 01, 2014, 03:52 PM IST

    Patna: After Tirupati, Vaishno Devi and Shirdi Sai Baba temples, the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya, Buddhism's holiest shrine, has become one of the richest temples in India, officials said Thursday.The 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi temple's

  • bodh gaya temple dome inlaid with gold

    Bodh Gaya temple dome inlaid with gold

    India | Nov 28, 2013, 02:35 PM IST

    Patna: The dome of Bodh Gaya's 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi temple, Buddhism's holiest shrine, has been inlaid with nearly 300 kg gold donated by devotees from Thailand -- giving the shrine a new look."A team of technical

  • thai commandos guard 300 kg gold for mahabodhi temple

    Thai commandos guard 300 kg gold for Mahabodhi temple

    India | Nov 13, 2013, 02:10 PM IST

    Patna: Two dozen commandos from Thailand are guarding nearly 300 kg gold in 13 boxes in Bihar's Bodh Gaya town as work began to cover the dome of 1,500-year old Mahabodhi temple in glitter.The much

  • cisf to guard mahabodhi temple in bodh gaya

    CISF to guard Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya

    India | Jul 31, 2013, 06:02 PM IST

    New Delhi, Jul 31: Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, which was rocked by multiple blasts, will be provided security by CISF, the first shrine to be guarded by the paramilitary force.This decision has been taken

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    Bodh Gaya blasts: NIA releases two persons detained for questioning

    India | Jul 11, 2013, 11:46 PM IST

    Gaya, July 11: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has released two local men for want of evidence in the serial bomb blasts at Bodh Gaya temple on Sunday.Binod Mistri and Dashrath Yadav were released on

  • bodh gaya blasts mahabodhi temple reopens digvijay s remark

    Bodh Gaya blasts: Mahabodhi temple reopens, Digvijay's remark angers BJP

    India | Jul 09, 2013, 06:24 AM IST

    Bodh Gaya, July 9:  The Mahabodhi temple here where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment reopened Monday evening after being shut for public following a string of 10 bomb explosions the previous morning.Police, meanwhile, continued to question

  • gujarat on alert after bodh gaya blasts dgp

    Gujarat on alert after Bodh Gaya blasts: DGP

    India | Jul 07, 2013, 07:25 PM IST

    Ahmedabad, Jul 7: An alert has been sounded across Gujarat in the wake of the serial blasts that rocked Mahabodhi Temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya district today, Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) Amitabh Pathak

  • third live bomb defused in gaya

    Third live bomb defused in Gaya

    India | Jul 07, 2013, 06:22 PM IST

    Gaya, July 7: A third bomb was recovered on Sunday from a village near Bodh Gaya hours after serial blasts rocked the temple town in Bihar's Gaya district in which two monks sustained injuries, police

  • security beefed up at mahavir temple in patna

    Security beefed up at Mahavir temple in Patna

    India | Jul 07, 2013, 04:50 PM IST

    Patna, July 7: Security was on Sunday beefed up at the Mahavir Temple near Patna railway junction in the wake of the serial blasts in Bodh Gaya.Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Law and Order,

  • delhi police had warned about attack on mahabodhi temple

    Delhi Police had warned about attack on Mahabodhi temple

    India | Jul 07, 2013, 06:26 PM IST

    New Delhi, July 7: A team of Delhi Police is likely to visit Bihar's Bodh Gaya town to share information provided by the Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists who had earlier planned an attack on the

  • bodh gaya blasts entry to maha bodhi temple barred sketches

    Bodh Gaya blasts: entry to Maha Bodhi temple barred, sketches of 2 militants released, one suspect detained

    India | Jul 08, 2013, 06:19 AM IST

    Gaya, July 8 : Gaya police on Sunday evening released sketches of the two perpetrators of serial blasts at the world famous Maha Bodhi shrine in Bodh Gaya, in which two monks, a Tibetan and

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