Statue of the Buddha beneath the Bodhi Tree

Statue of the Buddha beneath the Bodhi Tree

Statue of the Buddha beneath the Bodhi Tree, stone, Bodhgaya, Bihar, AD 850-950 Gallery 32 : India from AD 600 The Buddha stands in a sinuous, flexed posture beneath the Bodhi Tree (pipal or fiscus religiosa), beneath which he had attained Enlightenment.

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