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Bodh Gaya  

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  • Located in the eastern Indian state of Bihar about 96 kilometers from Patna, the town of Bodh Gaya is known as the place where Gautama Buddha, Prince Siddhartha, attained enlightenment. The second-century poet Aśvaghos.a in his Buddhacarita names this site the “Navel of the Earth” (Sanskrit prthivīnābhi), as it is the center of the Buddhist universe. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Bodh Gaya]

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