Dungeshwari

Guards play music from phones, give abuse

This is a beautiful natural place up a small mountain where the Buddha spent 6 years meditating. Sadly, like so many Buddhist places in Bihar, the Brahmins have taken it over and sit in our holy place...

Guards play music from phones, give abuse

This is a beautiful natural place up a small mountain where the Buddha spent 6 years meditating. Sadly, like so many Buddhist places in Bihar, the Brahmins have taken it over and sit in our holy place...

Bodh Gaya best tour with local student

We had the chance to meet a great local guy who run my boyfriend and I for 3 authentic days tour with his motorcycle all around Bodh Gaya. With him we had visited: Mahabodhi temple, sujata temple, suj...

Bodh Gaya best tour with local student

We had the chance to meet a great local guy who run my boyfriend and I for 3 authentic days tour with his motorcycle all around Bodh Gaya. With him we had visited: Mahabodhi temple, sujata temple, suj...

Place where Buddha meditated before enlightenment

The dungeshwari or pragbodhi caves are where the Buddha performed austerities for six years before he attained enlightenment. It's called so because it's also a shrine to goddess dungeshwari. One has...