Buddhists around the world are celebrating Bodhi Day. Also called Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, it commemorates when Siddhartha Gautama attained awakening — or enlightenment — some 2,600 years ago, ...

Bodhi Day is a Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day Siddhartha Gautama attained awakening or enlightenment and became the Buddha 2,600 years ago. Bodhi Day is typically celebrated in the ...

What Mecca is to Muslims and The Temple Mount is to Jews, the Bodhi tree is to Buddhists. Located in Bodh Gaya, India, it is epicenter of the Buddhist universe – the place where Gautama Buddha (i.e.

FILE - A priest makes an offering at a statue of Buddha in the Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya, India, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Bodh Gaya is the town where Prince Siddhartha Gautama attained ...