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| The Mahabodhi Temple (literally: "Great Awakening Temple") or the Mahabodhi Mahavihar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but much rebuilt and restored, Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. | WIKI |
| The site contains a descendant of the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha gained enlightenment, and has been a major pilgrimage destination for Hindus and Buddhists for well over two thousand years, and some elements probably date to the period of Ashoka (died c. 232 BCE). | WIKI |
| Contents 1 The Buddha 2 Mahabodhi Tree 3 Temple construction 3.1 Mauryan establishment 3.2 Sunga structures 3.2.1 Columns with pot-shaped bases 3.2.2 Railings 3.3 Current pyramidal temple 4 Decline 5 Mucalinda Lake 6 Restoration 7 Architectural style 8 Control of the site 9 Current status and management 10 Recent events 10.1 2013 attack 11 Mahabodhi Temple replica 12 Notes 13 References 14 Further reading 15 External links | WIKI |
| The Buddha[edit] | WIKI |
| The Buddha then spent the succeeding seven weeks at seven different spots in the vicinity meditating and considering his experience. | WIKI |
| During the second week, the Buddha remained standing and stared, uninterrupted, at the Bodhi tree. | WIKI |
| There stands a statue of Buddha with his eyes fixed towards the Bodhi tree. | WIKI |
| The Buddha is said to have walked back and forth between the location of the Animeshlocha Stupa and the Bodhi tree. | WIKI |
| During the fifth week, Buddha answered in details to the queries of Brahmins under the Ajapala Nigodh tree, now marked by a pillar. | WIKI |
| The Bodhi tree at Bodhgaya is directly connected to the life of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who attained enlightenment or perfect insight when he was meditating under it. | WIKI |
| Tradition also claims that a lotus will bloom there, and if a Buddha is born during the new kalpa, the lotus flowers in accordance with the number of Buddhas expected to arise. | WIKI |
| In approximately 250 BCE, about 200 years after the Buddha attained Enlightenment, Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire visited Bodh Gaya in order to establish a monastery and shrine on the holy site, which have today disappeared. | WIKI |
| [12] at the location where the Buddha reached enlightenment. | WIKI |
| [20] The Mahabodhi Temple adapted the Gandharan design of a succession of steps with niches containing Buddha images, alternating with Greco-Roman pillars, and top by a stupa, as seen in the stupas of Jaulian. | WIKI |
| This truncated pyramid design also marked the evolution from the aniconic stupa dedicated to the cult of relics, to the iconic temple with multiple images of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas. | WIKI |
| A statue of Mucalinda protecting the Buddha in Mucalinda Lake, Mahabodhi Temple | WIKI |
| It is said that four weeks after the Buddha began meditating under the Bodhi Tree, the heavens darkened for seven days, and a prodigious rain descended. | WIKI |
| When the great storm had cleared, the serpent king assumed his human form, bowed before the Buddha, and returned in joy to his palace. | WIKI |
| The subject of Buddha meditating under the protection of Mucalinda is very common in Iconography of Gautama Buddha in Laos and Thailand. | WIKI |
| In 1884, a large Buddha image of the Pxc4x81la period, likely removed at an earlier stage to the Mahant's residence from the temple sanctum, was reinstated. | WIKI |
| Buddha image in the main temple. | WIKI |
| [37] Here he experienced a shock to find the temple in the hands of a Saivite priest, the Buddha image transformed into a Hindu icon and Buddhists barred from worship. | WIKI |
| One bomb was near the statue of Buddha and another was near the Mahabodhi tree. | WIKI |
| Zhenjue Temple, Beijing, China Mahabodhi Temple, Bagan, Myanmar Wat Chet Yot, Chiang Mai, Thailand Thatta Thattaha Maha Bawdi Pagoda, Myanmar Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, CA U.S.A. (near Santa Cruz, CA) [62] Bodh Gaya Chedi Replica (Chedi Phutthakhaya Chamlong) in Wat Yansangwararam, Chonburi Province, Thailand[63] | WIKI |
| It is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Lord Buddha, and particularly to the attainment of Enlightenment. | UNESCO |
| It is also a unique property of archaeological significance in respect of the events associated with the time Lord Buddha spent there, as well as documenting the evolving worship, particularly since the 3rd century, when Emperor Asoka built the first temple, the balustrades and the memorial column and the subsequent evolution of the ancient city with the building of sanctuaries and monasteries by foreign kings over the centuries.The Main Temple wall has an average height of 11 m and it is built in the classical style of Indian temple architecture. | UNESCO |
| Above this is a series of niches containing images of the Buddha. | UNESCO |
| At the four corners of the parapet of the temple are four statues of the Buddha in small shrine chambers. | UNESCO |
| The temple faces east and consists of a small forecourt in the east with niches on either side containing statues of the Buddha. | UNESCO |
| A doorway leads into a small hall, beyond which lies the sanctum, which contains a gilded statue of the seated Buddha (over 5ft high) holding earth as witness to his achieved Enlightenment. | UNESCO |
| Above the sanctum is the main hall with a shrine containing a statue of Buddha, where senior monks gather to meditate.From the east, a flight of steps leads down through a long central path to the main temple and the surrounding area. | UNESCO |
| Along this path there are significant places associated with events that immediately followed the Buddhaxe2x80x99s Enlightment, together with votive stupas and shrines.The most important of the sacred places is the giant Bodhi Tree, to the west of the main temple, a supposed direct descendant of the original Bodhi Tree under which Buddha spent his First Week and had his enlightment. | UNESCO |
| To the north of the central path, on a raised area, is the Animeshlochan Chaitya (prayer hall) where Buddha is believed to have spent the Second Week. | UNESCO |
| Buddha spent the Third Week walking eighteen paces back and forth in an area called Ratnachakrama (the Jewelled Ambulatory), which lies near the north wall of the main temple. | UNESCO |
| Immediately after the steps of the east entrance on the central path there is a pillar which marks the site of the Ajapala Nigrodh Tree, under which Buddha meditated during his Fifth Week, answering the queries of Brahmans. | UNESCO |
| Next to the Bodhi Tree there is a platform attached to the main temple made of polished sandstone known as Vajrasana (the Diamond Throne), originally installed by Emperor Asoka to mark the spot where Buddha sat and meditated. | UNESCO |
| Further up the central path towards the main temple to the south is a small shrine with a standing Buddha in the back and with the footprints (Padas) of the Buddha carved on black stone, dating from the 3rd century BC when Emperor Asoka declared Buddhism to be the official religion of the state and installed thousands of such footprint stones all over his kingdom. | UNESCO |
| Further on the path towards the main temple is a building housing several statues of Buddha and Bodhisattvas. | UNESCO |
| They vary in shape and size, from the simplest to the most sumptuous ones.In the context of philosophical and cultural history, Mahabodhi Temple Complex is of great relevance as it marks the most important event in the life of Lord Buddha, the moment when Prince Siddhartha attained Enlightenment and became Buddha, an event that shaped human thought and belief. | UNESCO |
| It is one of the few representations of the architectural genius of the Indian people in constructing fully developed brick temples in that eraCriterion (ii): The Mahabodhi Temple, one of the few surviving examples of early brick structures in India, has had significant influence in the development of architecture over the centuries.Criterion (iii): The site of the Mahabodhi Temple provides exceptional records for the events associated with the life of Buddha and subsequent worship, particularly since Emperor Asoka built the first temple, the balustrades, and the memorial column.Criterion (iv): The present Temple is one of the earliest and most imposing structures built entirely in brick from the late Gupta period. | UNESCO |
| The sculpted stone balustrades are an outstanding early example of sculptural reliefs in stone.Criterion (vi): The Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Bodh Gaya has direct association with the life of the Lord Buddha, being the place where He attained the supreme and perfect insight. | UNESCO |
| The main Temple, the Vajrasana, the seat of Buddha's enlightenment was preserved by Emperor Asoka and the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment witnessed through the ages, the site's glory, decline and revival since middle of 19th century A.D onwards is unchanged and complete. | UNESCO |
| Even though the structure has suffered from neglect and repairs in various periods, it has retained its essential features intact.AuthenticityThe belief that Buddha had attained Enlightenment in this particular place has been confirmed by tradition and is now called Bodh Gaya, this is of supreme value to the world. | UNESCO |
| Options, such as extending the property to include related sites, need to be explored to ensure the conservation of the setting and landscape of the property associated with the life and wanderings of Buddha. | UNESCO |