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Serena Bowles | profile | all galleries >> Travel >> South East Asia and India 2005-06 >> India >> Bihar >> Bodh Gaya tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Bodh Gaya

Bodh Gaya is the place where Prince Gautama Siddhartha meditated his way to enlightenment, to become the Lord Buddha. The town is in the troubled, dangerous state of Bihar, but is itself a peaceful oasis of (relative) calm, full of Buddhist monks and monasteries from countries all over the world.

My journey here was not so calm; read all about it - and how I ended up on the BBC website (and the world service!) - here.

I stayed in Bodh Gaya for Holi, the Hindu festival of colour, when people throw dye over each other. I bought a cheap outfit for the occasion, and managed to keep my camera safe.

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Sleeping
Sleeping
Place to Pray
Place to Pray
Rag Pickers
Rag Pickers
Sixth Week
Sixth Week
Should I go to the Doctor?
Should I go to the Doctor?
Polluting
Polluting
Indosan Niponji Monastery
Indosan Niponji Monastery
Offputting
Offputting
Offerings
Offerings
Monks with Cameras
Monks with Cameras
Marketplace
Marketplace
Many Buddha Images
Many Buddha Images
Mahabodi Temple Complex
Mahabodi Temple Complex
Looking Forward to Holi
Looking Forward to Holi
Looking for Victims
Looking for Victims
Looking for Enlightenment
Looking for Enlightenment
Knocked Out
Knocked Out
Lets Get Messy
Lets Get Messy
Orange Juice
Orange Juice
Squirt
Squirt
Stupa
Stupa
Third Week
Third Week
Tibetan Ceiling
Tibetan Ceiling
Tidying Up
Tidying Up
Watching
Watching
He's Been Holi-ed!
He's Been Holi-ed!
In the Muck
In the Muck
Garland
Garland
Having Fun
Having Fun
Giant Buddha Statue
Giant Buddha Statue
Fun for the Boys
Fun for the Boys
Flowers and Temples
Flowers and Temples
Flowers
Flowers
Fifth Week
Fifth Week
Fighting
Fighting
Fancy Stupa
Fancy Stupa
Cat Fish
Cat Fish
Dye for Sale
Dye for Sale
Butter Lamps
Butter Lamps
Beggar Man
Beggar Man
Aftermath
Aftermath
Drunken Reveller
Drunken Reveller
3D Walls
3D Walls
Tibetan Painting
Tibetan Painting
Ceiling Piece
Ceiling Piece
Thai Style
Thai Style
Pink Blooms
Pink Blooms
Second Week
Second Week
Prayer Wheel
Prayer Wheel
Pitiful
Pitiful
Meditation
Meditation
Kids With Watches
Kids With Watches
Forth Week
Forth Week
Fishies
Fishies