The Unknown History and Shocking Facts of Mahabodhi temple- "Bodhgaya"
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0:02 Prince sidharta renounced the material world in search of Enlightenment at the age of 29 years he left the capital city of kapilvastu and finally reached the
0:13 town of ruela sidhar attained supreme Enlightenment under the boddhi tree at the age of 35 years on the full moon night of
0:24 wakm and became budha the awakened one the town of uru is now known as budya and it has remained one of the most important
0:35 pilgrimage sites for Buddhists across the world for more than 2,000 years mahabodhi Temple marks the place where Buddha attained Enlightenment under the
0:46 boddhi tree During the period immediately after the pirana of Buddha the Bodhi Tree was the object of worship and it was marked by a tree Shrine
0:57 called the bodika or the of of the podhi tree the earliest known monument at the temple complex belongs to the 3rd Century BC this is a stone W rash or the
1:09 diamond Throne which was placed under the Bodhi Tree by King Ashoka to Mark the site of Buddha's Enlightenment Ashoka also built the
1:19 first temple in Boda during the 3r century BC this was an open pillar Shrine for the buddhi tree the second phase of construction was carried out
1:30 during the 1 Century BC when the temple was renovated and beautifully carved railings around the temple were erected the temple was further enlarged during
1:41 the 3rd Century Ed in the period of kosan King pishka the structure changed from a pillar Shrine to a pyramidical temple the object of worship at the
1:52 temple also changed from the Bodi tree to the diamond Throne the temple was now known as the Vasan kandui or perfume Temple enshrining the diamond Throne the
2:05 present Temple was constructed during the Gupta period in the 6th Century the height of the temple is over 55 M and is an example of magad architecture the
2:17 temple was called the bodim mandha monks from Sri Lanka settled at bodya during the 6th century and the contributor to the modifications and further
2:27 development of the temple during the 8th Century the mahabodhi temple complex experienced its last phase of development Buddhist par Dynasty ruled
2:38 over a large part of Eastern India between the 8th to 12th centuries the temple witnessed large scale renovation and construction of monasteries during
2:49 this period Boda entered a period of decline after the end of the pal Dynasty the temple was attacked and sacked by The Turk Army commander bakar kji in the
3:02 12th century this attack followed his destruction of the ancient universities of nalanda and udap Puri the monks came under continuous attacks and many fled
3:14 to Nepal Tibet and China several converted to Islam the Islamic invasions removed the Buddhist Kings which also meant that the Temple Lost major
3:27 financial support another indirect impact was the construction of replicas of the mahabi temple all around buddh Asia after the 12th century the attacks
3:37 by The Turk Army in the mud region affected the movement of monks and pilgrims the pilgrimage to Boda became difficult and risky further the
3:50 mahabodhi temple was not well maintained because of the lack of Financial Resources this may have led to the construction of replicas in different
4:00 countries which might also have helped to replicate the experience of mahabi Temple when access to the original site was difficult dhas a Tibetan monk
4:13 visited Boda in 1234 ad and he gave a detailed account of the condition of the temple he found only four monks residing at the bodka monastery While most of the
4:25 monks have already fled shanang reported more than 1,000 monks in Bia during his visit in the 7th Century the temple had suffered heavy destruction during the
4:40 Turk invasions and needed significant repairs and renovation the residents of bodka did not have the needed resources and so the king of Myanmar sent a team
4:51 for the repair work the work of renovation was completed in the year 13005 the the bad phas of the temple was not yet over the last Buddhist Abbot of
5:05 the mahabodhi temple was sariputra who left the temple and went to Nepal during the early 15th century he finally reached China he is credited for
5:17 providing the design for the shui Temple which itself is a replica of the mahabodhi temple the mahabodhi temple was abandoned during the early 15th
5:30 century and caught into Decay gradually it was erased from the memory of local people in 1590 a Wandering sha atic goang gandi
5:42 giri arrived at Boda and established a large Monastery he became the first mahant of Boda in the long chain of Hindu heads of the Boda Temple gradually
5:55 the mahun extended his authority over other Buddhist monuments of Boda as as well this Authority got supported by the Royal Decree of the mugal emperor Shah
6:06 Alam granting to the mahun the village of tadi which included the mahabodhi temple and several other Buddhist monuments the mahabodhi temple was
6:17 modified by the mahun for the worship of Shiva the large Buddha image from the sanctum of the temple was removed and replaced by a Lar shink the temple
6:30 complex was also getting used for conducting the sad rights by the Hindus which are the rights for recently dead relatives and forefathers the temple
6:40 itself remained in a very bad condition the British colonial government of India restored the temple to its present form in the 1880s under the direction of
6:53 famous archaeologists sir Alexander Cunningham and J pegler during the end of the 19 Century the Buddhists started to raise their claim over their most
7:04 important Temple anag dhal a prominent Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka visited the temple in 1891 he was horrified to see the decaying condition of the temple he
7:17 started a campaign for control of the mahabi temple by the Buddhists and filed a case against the mahaa an arre and Buddhist monks lost
7:29 the case but they gained popular support from the common people of India Mahatma Gandhi also came in support of the just cause
7:38 of the Buddhist monks a committee was set up to investigate the proposal of handing over the mahabodhi temple to the Buddhists the committee was headed by Dr
7:49 rajendra Prasad who later became the first president of Independent India finally bodar Temple Act was passed in 1949
8:00 by the Bihar legislative assembly of Independent India the Act established a committee for the management and control of the temple which has equal
8:10 representation from Hindu and Buddhist communities the Buddhists have continued the fight for complete control of the mahabodhi temple in 2002 UNESCO declared
8:23 the mahabodhi temple a world heritage site the temple now houses a large image of Buddha in a touching posture this 9th century Blackstone image was recovered
8:36 from the compound of the mahun in 1884 a fifth century beautifully carved Stone Gateway stands at the entrance of the mahabodhi temple the temple has now
8:48 got renovated and has regained its lost glory in 2013 the upper portion of the temple was covered with 289 kg of gold which was
9:00 gifted to the temple by the king of Thailand during the past decades several important Buddhist temples and monasteries have been built by different
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