Bodhgaya
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Gabriel Mckee Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Gabriel Mckee Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Dec 19, 2025 01:49 PM
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A town in India traditionally identified as the place in which Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment. One of the four main Buddhist pilgrimage sites, it is home to the Mahabodhi Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/963537714
24.6991876409, 84.987942031
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Bodhgaya (540 BC - Present) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- बोधगया (Buddh Gaya: Hindi, modern)
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- Mahabodhi Temple part of (regional) Bodhgaya (AD 250 - Present)
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Pleiades
Gabriel Mckee, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Bodhgaya: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/963537714> [accessed: 13 February 2026]
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