Bodh Gaya is known as the Land of Enlightenment, where Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree. Bodh Gaya is located in Bihar. Learn about its history, importance, and sacred sites.

Buddhists around the world are celebrating Bodhi Day. Also called Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, it commemorates when Siddhartha Gautama attained awakening — or enlightenment — some 2,600 years ago, ...

Wherever we look today in academia, scholars are rushing to defend the Enlightenment ideas of political and individual liberty, human rights, faith in scientific reason, secularism, and the freedom of ...

The tree growing at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya is believed to be a direct descendant planted in 288 BC from the original tree. REUTERS The Bodhi tree, the sacred descendant of the peepal tree ...

A priest makes an offering at a statue of Buddha in the Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya, India, on Jan. 6, 2010. (AP) (AP) -- Buddhists around the world are celebrating Bodhi Day. Also called Buddha's ...