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Bodhgaya, India

Contributors: Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Bodhgaya, India

« Bodygaya is a religious pilgrimage site for Buddhists. In 2002, Mahadodhi Temple become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. »

This time when I boarded the plane

to return to the US, I felt a peace with in,

a peace that had finally retuned to me

after twenty years.

This time, I...

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Peak of Ramshila Hill
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Root Institute for Wisdom and Culture
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Silk Road, a series of trade routes, that connected the east and west stretching some 4000 miles like a multilayered necklace, had India like a pendant in the center, and Magadh as a precious stone set in it. What...

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Mahabodhi Temple
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Bell at the Root Institute
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Thai Temple
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View of Gaya and Phalgu River
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They are gypsies

bright, crisp and colorful,

like the blossoms in the desert.

The entire...

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Mahabodhi Temple II
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Inside Thai Temple
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He made a circle

we children sat around

the basket flipped open

and the earth got the goose-bumps.

The serpent vengefully raises its hood

and dashes...

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