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Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 2002

Subject: General view of the temple

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1998

Subject: General view of the monastery. This is a monastery of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1998

Subject: General view of the monastery. This is a monastery of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1998

Subject: Memorial Stupa for Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche at the monastery.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1998

Subject: Memorial Stupa for Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche at the monastery.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1998

Subject: Images of Lord Buddha in the center and Guru Padmasambhava and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche on either side in the sanctum of the temple.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: Exterior of the Bodhgaya mahant's compound?

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: Exterior of the Bodhgaya mahant's compound?

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: ca 375-425 CE

Subject: Buddha in gesture of fearlessness or abhayamudra. This figure stands in high relief against a black slab with a rounded top. The halo's scalloped edge suggest radiating rays.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: ca 375-425 CE

Subject: Buddha in gesture of fearlessness or abhayamudra, detail. This figure stands in high relief against a black slab with a rounded top. The halo's scalloped edge suggest radiating rays.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: Shrine in the courtyard of mahant's compound

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: Courtyard of mahant's compound

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: A film poster using the image of enormous Buddha on it

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: A grinding stone at the compound?

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1973

Subject: View of the temple. The Japanese temple was completed under the auspices of the International Buddhist Brotherhood Association (Kokusai Bukkyo Kyokai).

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1973

Subject: Idol of Lord Buddha at the temple

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: Miniature Stupas at the temple

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: Miniature Stupas at the temple

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date:

Subject: The Great Buddha Statue information plaque by the temple.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1989

Subject: The Great Buddha Statue. This statue of Buddha seated in meditation, hands folded in dhyan mudra, was provided by the Daijokyo sect of agoya, Japan.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1989

Subject: The Great Buddha Statue. This statue of Buddha seated in meditation, hands folded in dhyan mudra, was provided by the Daijokyo sect of agoya, Japan.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1989

Subject: The Great Buddha Statue. This statue of Buddha seated in meditation, hands folded in dhyan mudra, was provided by the Daijokyo sect of agoya, Japan. Five of the ten Statues of Ten Great Disciples of Buddha are visible here.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1989

Subject: The Great Buddha Statue. This statue of Buddha seated in meditation, hands folded in dhyan mudra, was provided by the Daijokyo sect of agoya, Japan. There are Statues of Ten Great Disciples of Buddha in the precincts of the Great Buddha Statue.

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: 1989

Subject: The Great Buddha Statue, detail. This statue of Buddha seated in meditation, hands folded in dhyan mudra, was provided by the Daijokyo sect of agoya, Japan.

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