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BODHGAYA: As the place of the Buddha's Enlightenment, Bodhgaya is
the spiritual home of Buhddhists. It attracts tens of thousands of believers
from all over the world. Bodhgaya situated near the river Niranjana, is
one of the holiest Buddhist pilgrimage centres since it was here that Buddha
attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.
The population of this town is 22,000 and is situated at an altitude of
113 m. Maximum temperature in summer rises to 45-47 degree Celsius and minimum
is 27 degree, while in winter maximum is 28 degree and minimum is 4 degree.
It receives an annual rainfall of 1,860 mm. Most countries with vast Buddhist
population have a temple or monastery here.
The 25 m Great Buddha Statue in the Japanese Kamakura style was unveiled
by his holiness Dalai Lama in 1989.
Bodhgaya is 12 km from Gaya, 140 km from Patna, 66 km from Rajgir and 482
km from Calcutta.
Air: Patna is the nearest airport with regular flights to Delhi,
Ranchi, Lucknow, Calcutta, Chennai, Mumbai. Calcutta, 482 km, has an international
airport.
Rail: Gaya is the nearest railway station. Several superfast as well
as express trains are available from Gaya. Gaya is on the main Delhi to
Calcutta line and there are direct trains to Delhi, Calcutta, Varanasi,
Puri and Patna.
Road: Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) has bus services
to Gaya, Patna, Nalanda and Rajgir. The main bus stand is opposite the Mahabodhi
Temple. Private buses and taxis are also easily available.
NALANDA: Nalanda was the most renowned university in ancient India.
It derived its name from Na-alam-da, meaning Insatiable in Giving, one of
the names by which the Lord Buddha was known.
Established in the 5th century B.C. it remained a live center of learning
till the 12th century A.D. when it was destroyed by the invader Bakhtiar
Khilji. Lord Mahavira and the Buddha both taught here for years. Hsuan Tsang.
the Chinese traveler studied here in the 7th century A.D. and there is a
monument in his memory. He was one amongst many of those from East and Southeast
Asia who came here to study logic, meta-physics, medicine, prose composition
and rhetoric. The university of Nalanda offered free educational and residential
facilities to as many as 10,000 students and 2000 teachers, for it was supported
by a number of villages. Its library, Ratna Sagar, is believed to have contained
nine million volumes. It is not surprising, then, that the destruction of
this university dealt a crippling blow to Buddhist education in India.
The Archaeological Survey of India maintains the Nalanda Museum across the
road which houses some exquisite bronzes of the 9th and 10th centuries,
Pala dynasty, and other remains excavated at the site. The beautiful Thai
Temple and the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, a centre for research in Pali and
Buddhist studies, are 2 kms from the main site.
By Air: The nearest airport is Patna, 99 km away.
Rail: The nearest railway station is Bhakhtiyarpur, 38 km away connecting
Delhi-Howrah mainline.
Road: Nalanda is 90 km southeast of Patna and only 11 km from Rajgir.
It is 80 km from Bodh Gaya and is easily accessible by well-maintained highways
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