New Korean Buddhist Temple to Open in Bodh Gaya, India
Justin Whitaker
19 May 2022
New temple will be part of a broad initiative by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism to revive Buddhism in Korea
32nd Nyingma Monlam Chenmo Underway in Bodh Gaya with Reduced Attendance Due to COVID-19 Restrictions
Justin Whitaker
19 January 2021
Tibetan Buddhist festival usually draws more than…
Archaeologists in India Discover Earliest Known Female-Led Monastery
Justin Whitaker
12 January 2021
Monastery appears to have trained women and focused…
Buddha’s Message Highlighted in India’s Celebration of the First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
Justin Whitaker
7 July 2020
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Buddha’s…
Buddhists Express Concern Over Using Bodh Gaya as Coronavirus Quarantine Site
Justin Whitaker
19 May 2020
Tourism and pilgrimage hub to host stranded Indian returnees
First Sri Lankan National Tests Positive for Coronavirus as the Country Suspends Buddhist Pilgrimages to India
Justin Whitaker
11 March 2020
Buddhist island nation taking strict measures to limit the…
New Low-cost Flights Announced for Buddhist Pilgrimage Circuit in India
Justin Whitaker
20 June 2019
Part of India’s growing effort to highlight its Buddhist roots
Twelve Years On: The International Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony for World Peace at Bodh Gaya
BD Dipananda
23 December 2016
Twelve years have passed since the International Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony (ITCC) was first held at Bodh Gaya, India. The sacred Bodhi tree under which the
Reducing plastic pollution in the place of Buddha’s Enlightenment
Lillian Sum
9 May 2014
Lillian Sum is the founding director of Sacred Earth Trust and is based in India. I first arrived in Bodhgaya in 2006. My first feelings
Path of the Pilgrim: Manifesting the Spiritual
John Cannon
12 March 2014
Then do folk long to go on pilgrimage, And palmers to go seeking out strange strands, To distant shrines well known in sundry lands. And
The Bodhgaya Bombings, July 2013: Save Ahimsa-marga
Dr. Ramala Sarma
24 July 2013
I got the upsetting news on July 7, 2013 at around 8.30 a.m. — Terror struck Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya: a series of blasts