TEMPLE OF BODH GAYA
Most of the exciting temples of india being hindu monuments it is difflicult to imagine that inthe12th century there were innumerable buddhist tempes and monasterias particulury in northern india among the great buddhist temples of the medievel period one solitery remant is seen at bodh gaya
the bodh gaya temple is typical of the mahayana architecture that develpod in the gangetic region during the first millennium the building consosts plinth on which rests a square pyramidal tower ,measuring 54.8 m from the ground.Each corner of the plinth has small replica of the Central tower -built at a later period ,resebling a five -shrine Hindu temple
The front of the building has a large niche in which an impression image of the Buddha preaching,is enshrined.The image is approached by tall fight of steps and the entire structure enclosed within a railing approached through an arched gateway or torana.There is also an Ashoka Pillar within the courtyard
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