The Bodhgaya Temple

T HE B ODHGAYA T EMPLE : W HOSE S TRUCTURE I S I T ? F REDERICK M. A SHER University of Minnesota A s one approaches the site of Bodhgaya, where Sakyamuni attained supreme Enlightenment and thereby became the Buddha, one mon- ument towers above the relatively fl at landscape. This is the Mahabodhi Temple, a structure that has come to symbolize the center of the reli- gion that we now call Buddhism. More than any other site associated with the faith, it draws pilgrims from many parts of the globe as well as others who come to

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