Someone Bombed The Bodhi Tree, One Of The Holiest Places On Earth -- Business Insider
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. "The Awakened One") is believed to have realized the nature of the mind in 531 BCE.
On Sunday nine explosions, occurring both inside and outside of the Mahabodhi temple complex, rocked the pilgrimage town in the northeastern province of Bihar. Two people were injured.
“There was some damage to the staircases near the Bodhi Tree, and some windowpanes were broken,” Bhikshu Chalinda, the senior monk at the temple, told The New York Times.
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More News On The Bombings Of The Bodhi Tree, Buddist's Holiest Site
Series of Explosions Rocks Buddhist Temple in India -- New York Times
Terror strikes Bodh Gaya, two injured but temple safe (Evening Lead) -- New York Daily News
Indian police detain 1 man, release sketches of others after blasts at Buddhist sites -- Washington Post/AP
Terror strikes Bodh Gaya, two monks injured; NIA begins probe (Roundup) -- New York Daily News
Bodh Gaya blasts: hunt on for 6, Myanmar link being probed -- Hindustan Times
India Investigates Buddhist Site Attack -- Voice of America
Intelligence agencies had warned of a fallout of Myanmar strife on Buddhist temples -- Hindustan Times
Blasts at India Temple Underscore Regional Tensions, Local Vulnerability -- Time
Attacks cast shadow over holy Buddhist site -- Deustche Welle
Bodh Gaya Temple: Who Would Want To Damage Buddhism’s Holiest Shrine? -- Palash Ghosh, IBTimes
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