Bodh Gaya
Population 52,000 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in India
- January: 10 h 46 of daylight
- February: 11 h 20 of daylight
- March: 11 h 59 of daylight
- April: 12 h 43 of daylight
- May: 13 h 20 of daylight
- June: 13 h 40 of daylight
- July: 13 h 32 of daylight
- August: 13 h 01 of daylight
- September: 12 h 19 of daylight
- October: 11 h 36 of daylight
- November: 10 h 58 of daylight
- December: 10 h 37 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Mahabodhi Temple Complex Attraction · 40 m
- Ratanaghara Memorial · 150 m
- Prachin Bharat Multimedia Museum Museum · 230 m
- Taridih Excavated Site Archaeological site · 300 m
- Shaiv Math Attraction · 390 m
- Archaeological Museum Museum · 390 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Kagyu Monlam Chenmo
January – February
In January/February (it corresponds to the fourth through eleventh days of the first month on the Tibetan calendar), a large prayer festival (Monlam) takes place. Dead link
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Siddhartha Festival and Khyentse Monlam
October – November
A bi-annual event held in October or November, The festival aims to celebrate the life and teachings of the Buddha. Conducted under the auspices of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Dead link
3 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Bodh Gaya); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.