18.Bodh Gaya(菩提伽耶)

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    Bodh Gaya, also spelled Buddh Gaya, town, southwestern Bihar state, northeastern India. It is situated west of the Phalgu River, a tributary of the Ganges (Ganga) River.
    Bodh Gaya contains one of the holiest of Buddhist sites: the location where, under the sacred pipal, or Bo tree, Gautama Buddha (Prince Siddhartha) attained enlightenment and became the Buddha. A simple shrine was built by the emperor Ashoka (3rd century BCE) to mark the spot.The shrine was replaced in the Kushan period (2nd century CE) by the present Mahabodhi temple (designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2002), which was itself refurbished in the Pala-Sena period (750–1200), heavily restored by the British archaeologist Sir Alexander Cunningham in the second half of the 19th century, and finally restored by Myanmar (Burmese) Buddhists in 1882.


    Written by Duanlijun
    Data from https://www.britannica.com/place/Bodh-Gaya

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菩提伽耶(Bodh Gaya)，又称菩提道场，释迦牟尼佛悟道成佛处。位于印度比哈尔南部伽耶市近郊10公里处，面临恒河支流尼连禅河，其地原为古印度摩揭陀国伽耶城南方之优楼频螺聚落。经典记载，佛陀经历六年苦行之后，行至此地，于毕钵罗树下之金刚座上结跏趺坐，证悟十二因缘、四谛法等，而得正觉，故毕钵罗树又称菩提树，即'觉树'之意。菩提伽耶也是阿育王成长的地方，还是甘地发起无暴力运动的地方。菩提伽耶的摩诃菩提寺2002年被列为世界遗产。主要的建筑物有高约50米的大菩提寺，形如金字塔，底层为边长各15米的四方形，向上逐渐收缩，顶部呈圆柱形，上立一铜制螺旋形圆顶。塔底一层四角竖有4个与大塔营式相同的小金字塔。寺东大门前有一石牌坊，大门两旁则为佛龛，龛内及寺内大殿供有贴金佛像。寺西侧是著名的大菩提树，相传释迦牟尼就是在这菩提树下的金刚座上成佛的。原树已在1870年被大风刮倒，现在的树据说是原树的「曾孙」。现树下立有红砂石板金刚座，以指示佛陀成道处和表示佛的智慧。围绕大塔还有百塔、牧女善生供奉乳糜和释迦牟尼影窟等遗址，以及各国僧侣在此修建的泰国寺、缅甸寺、斯里兰卡寺、日本寺、中国汉式和藏式等不同风格的寺院，展现了各国建筑艺术的风姿，是世界佛教建筑的苦学之地。

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