The Buddha and Bodh Gaya figured prominently in independent India’s relationship with other Asian countries that had Buddhist ...

New Delhi, The annual Tipitaka chanting ceremony and a commemorative walk symbolically retracing the footsteps of the Buddha from Jethian Valley to the sacred bamboo grove of Venuvana at Rajgir is set ...

“Take some moments,” says a woman’s soothing voice, “to really arrive here at this holy place.” I try to do as I’m told. Eyes closed, legs crossed, I attempt to tap the brakes on my brain and— as the ...

It was in Bodh Gaya, India, that Buddha attained enlightenment under a bodhi tree—which you can still visit, 225 mi/365 km northwest of Kolkata. However, the current tree is the fourth generation ...