To understand the true aura of Buddhism you need to be the part of the Buddhist religious tour to experience the real Buddhism. Read more at www.rahultours.com

2. BODHGAYA
Bodhgaya, is the holiest of the four holy places of
Buddhism. Situated by the river Niranjana, it is
where Lord Buddha left his footsteps nearly 2500
years ago while travelling in the quest of
enlightenment. It was here under a banyan tree, (the
Bodhi Tree); Siddhartha Gautama attained supreme
enlightenment to become the Buddha, (the
Enlightened One).

3. At the age of twenty-nine, Siddhartha abandoned
his luxurious existence and spent six years as an
ascetic attempting to conquer the innate
appetites for food, sex, and comfort by engaging
in various yogic disciplines. He went to all the
famous religious teachers of his day who showed
him how to reach very deep states of meditation
(samadhi).

4. ATTRACTIONS IN BODHGAYA

5. The Mahabodhi Temple
• To commemorate the enlightenment of the
Buddha, Emperor Asoka built the first temple
at the site of the Bodhi Tree around 260 B.C.
This temple was replaced in the 2nd century
CE which in turn went through several
alterations.

6. The Bodhi Tree
• The most important of the sacred places is the giant Bodhi
Tree (Ficus religiosa ). This tree is to the west of the main
temple and is a direct descendant of the original Bodhi Tree
under which the Buddha spent his First Week and where he
had his enlightenment. The present tree is probably the fifth
succession of the original tree which was earlier destroyed
several times by man-made misery and natural calamities.
The tree still appears to radiate an aura of abiding serenity,
spiritual solitude and peace. Anyone, who likes an ambience
of serenity, would understand this place's surroundings to be
perfectly weathered for meditation.

7. Vajrasana
• In the platform between the Bodhi Tree and the
Temple is a large rectangular stone slab thought
to be placed exactly where the Buddha sat and
attained enlightenment. This seat of the Buddha’s
Enlightenment is called the Vajrasana or the
Diamond Throne. Built in the 3rd century B.C. by
Emperor Asoka, it is made of red sand stone. The
outer dimensions of the Vajrasana are 143 x 238 x
13.5 cm. This is the oldest object that can still be
viewed at Bodhgaya.

8. http://www.rahultours.com