Buddha Images & Bodhi Temples Bodhgaya India,Bodhi Tree,Peepal Tree,Mahabodhi Temples,

THE BUDDHA IMAGE (inside the main Stupa)

The image enshrined in the Mahabodhi temple was considered especially wonderous. Its height of more than two metres makes it the largest surviving seated Buddha image which is created through the black stone, which are painted in gold by the pilgrims. The gilded image of the Buddha seated cross-legged, with one hand pointing to the earth, i.e. in the attitude of the Bhumisparsa Mudra in which Sakyamuni sat when he attained enlightenment. This sculptural represen-tation of the Buddha is unique with its calm facial expression and superb physical beauty. All the pilgrims from all over the world offer prayers at the feet of the large image of the Buddha installed in the ground floor of the Mahavihara facing east. Its great size may indicate that it once served as the central image of the Mahabodhi Mahavihara.

THE BODHI TREE

This is the most important of all the places for a devout Buddhist. The Jatakas reveal that the Bodhi Tree is an object of veneration as the Buddha himself sanctioned it and is also regarded as a symbolic representation of the Buddha, the fact which is corroborated by sculptural evidence. Thus, some of the earlier representations of the Buddha were shown by substituting the Bodhi Tree which is also called the Peepal Tree (botanical name of which is the Ficus Religiosa). The present tree is probably the fifth succession of the original tree which was earlier destroyed several times by man-made misery and natural calamities. It was here under this tree itself that the Buddha spent the first week in meditation after attaining Enlightenment. He spent seven weeks in seven different places inside the temple complex.

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