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Subject: View of the shrine. This place is thought to be where Lord Buddha spent the second week after attaining enlightenment. It was formerly known as the Tara Temple. Buddha sat here without blinking (animeshalochana) gazing constantly at the Bodhi tree.

Subject: View of the shrine. This place is thought to be where Lord Buddha spent the second week after attaining enlightenment. It was formerly known as the Tara Temple. Buddha sat here without blinking (animeshalochana) gazing constantly at the Bodhi tree.

Subject: Signage marking the Animeshalochana Chaitya. This place is thought to be where Lord Buddha spent the second week after attaining enlightenment. It was formerly known as the Tara Temple. Buddha sat here without blinking (animeshalochana) gazing constantly at the Bodhi tree.

Subject: Signage marking the Animeshalochana Chaitya. This place is thought to be where Lord Buddha spent the second week after attaining enlightenment. It was formerly known as the Tara Temple. Buddha sat here without blinking (animeshalochana) gazing constantly at the Bodhi tree.

Subject: First gallery, chief wall, east face, lower panel 114, Buddha beimg received in a city

Subject: Lotus Flower, Ratnacankamana (Jewel Walk). This is the spot where Lord Buddha is said to have spent the third week of his meditation. He was training himself in the walking meditation here called Cankamana. There are 15 elevated platforms with lotus flowers here, which mark the exact spots where he put his steps while walking.

Subject: First gallery, chief wall, east face, upper panel 111, detail, Buddha entertained by Naga King Sudar

Subject: General view of the cloister. This is the spot where Lord Buddha is said to have spent the third week of his meditation. He was training himself in the walking meditation here called Cankamana. There are 15 elevated platforms with lotus flowers here, which mark the exact spots where he put his steps while walking. The platform is about 1 meter high and 16 meters in length. Raised circles, each with a footprint, suggest the Buddha's paces.

Subject: General view of the cloister. This is the spot where Lord Buddha is said to have spent the third week of his meditation. He was training himself in the walking meditation here called Cankamana. There are 15 elevated platforms with lotus flowers here, which mark the exact spots where he put his steps while walking.

Subject: General view of the cloister. This is the spot where Lord Buddha is said to have spent the third week of his meditation. He was training himself in the walking meditation here called Cankamana. There are 15 elevated platforms with lotus flowers here, which mark the exact spots where he put his steps while walking. The platform is about 1 meter high and 16 meters in length. Raised circles, each with a footprint, suggest the Buddha's paces.

Subject: General view of the cloister where Lord Buddha is said to have spent the third week of his meditation.

Subject: Enlightenment or Diamond Throne of the Buddha (Vajrasana) under the modern Bodhi tree. Upon a brick base sits a stone slab that probably dates to Ashoka's time (3rd century BCE). The slab, whose top surface is decorated with an interlaced geometric pattern, has a rim decorated with repeated pairs of geese pecking at the base of an acanthus.

Subject: View of devotees before the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha contemplated for the first week after his enlightenment. Beneath the tree, is a platform described as the Diamond Throne or Vajrasana, demarcating the site of Buddha's enlightenment. The throne is covered with a saffron cloth and shielded with a canopy.

Subject: View of devotees before the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha contemplated for the first week after his enlightenment. Beneath the tree, is a platform described as the Diamond Throne or Vajrasana, demarcating the site of Buddha's enlightenment. The throne is covered with a saffron cloth and shielded with a canopy.

Subject: View of devotees before the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha contemplated for the first week after his enlightenment. Beneath the tree, is a platform described as the Diamond Throne or Vajrasana, demarcating the site of Buddha's enlightenment. The throne is covered with a saffron cloth and shielded with a canopy.

Subject: View of the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha contemplated for the first week after his enlightenment. Beneath the tree, is a platform described as the Diamond Throne or Vajrasana, demarcating the site of Buddha's enlightenment. The throne is covered with a saffron cloth and shielded with a canopy.

Subject: View of the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha contemplated for the first week after his enlightenment. Beneath the tree, is a platform described as the Diamond Throne or Vajrasana, demarcating the site of Buddha's enlightenment. The throne is covered with a saffron cloth and shielded with a canopy.

Subject: Image of Buddha in the sanctum of the subsidiary shrine

Subject: Image of Buddha in the sanctum of the subsidiary shrine

Subject: View of the stupa. The mound was first excavated in 1973-4. Only the lower portion the stupa survives. There are projections (ayakas) facing the cardinal directions. The stupa is dedicated to Sujata, who is said to have presented the Buddha with rice milk, who broke his fast just prior to his meditation leading to enlightenment.

Subject: View of the stupa. The mound was first excavated in 1973-4. Only the lower portion the stupa survives. There are projections (ayakas) facing the cardinal directions. The stupa is dedicated to Sujata, who is said to have presented the Buddha with rice milk, who broke his fast just prior to his meditation leading to enlightenment.

Subject: View of the stupa. The mound was first excavated in 1973-4. Only the lower portion the stupa survives. There are projections (ayakas) facing the cardinal directions. The stupa is dedicated to Sujata, who is said to have presented the Buddha with rice milk, who broke his fast just prior to his meditation leading to enlightenment.

Subject: The mound was first excavated in 1973-4. Only the lower portion the stupa survives. There are projections (ayakas) facing the cardinal directions. The stupa is dedicated to Sujata, who is said to have presented the Buddha with rice milk, who broke his fast just prior to his meditation leading to enlightenment.

Subject: Buddha standing in a niche to the right of the entrance to the Mahabodhi Temple. Buddha has his hand raised in the gesture of reassurance, abhaymudra.