Site Name: Bodhgaya
Date: 700-799 CE
Subject: General view of the shrine. This shrine is on the northwest side of Mahabodhi Temple. This is the site where Buddha is said to have spent the fourth week meditating on the Law of Dependent Organization (Patthana). Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang noted that Ratanaghara was the place where Buddha sat on a gemmed throne in a hall made of precious substances.