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Bodh Gaya was originally a pastoral sanctuary,

marked out with a stone balustrade 200 years

after his death. By 6th century AD, a full blown

庆祝卫塞节 Vesak Day
temple, the Mahabodhi Temple, marked the （斯⾥兰卡 Sri Lanka: 2010)

stop where the Bodhi Tree sits which is still

seen today. 400 years later, the Mahabodhi

Temple was built to replace the old temple to

enshrine the iconic image of Gautama Buddha

and his remains. Gautama Buddha 庆祝佛诞 2500年 Buddha’s Birth 2500 year

wascremated but his bones remained (印度 India :1956)

unburned and become relics. They were

distributed widely to rulers, tribes and

kingdoms where they honoured its founder by

building monuments of pagodas or stupas over

his remains.

庆祝卫塞节 Vesak Day（斯 菩提树 Bodhi Tree (尼泊尔 Nepal: 2001)

⾥兰卡 Sri Lanka: 2010)