The Buddha and Bodh Gaya figured prominently in independent India’s relationship with other Asian countries that had Buddhist populations. Its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, saw in Bodh ...
Bodh Gaya, in the Indian state of Bihar in northern India, is one of the most significant sites of pilgrimage to Buddhists. In Pali, the language of the Buddha, ‘bodh’ means ‘enlightenment’.