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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: This is a platform immediately north of the temple, that has Pala period sculptures shaded by a large tree. Among them is an image of Shiva-Parvati, Ganesha and Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvata. This platform was asserted by Cunningham to be the spot described by Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang as the place where Lord Buddha gazed constantly (animeshalochana) at the Bodhi Tree.

Subject: Image of Shiva-Parvati on the platform that was asserted by Cunningham to be the spot described by Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang as the place where Lord Buddha gazed constantly (animeshalochana) at the Bodhi Tree.

Subject: Signage to mark Rajayatana where Buddha is said to have spent the seventh and final week at Bodh Gaya under a tree. He sat here in contemplation until he aroused himself to receive an offering of rice cakes and honey from two traveling merchants, Tapussa and Bhallika. The two merchants were the first to accept refuge in the Buddha and his dharma.

Subject: Signage to mark Rajayatana where Buddha is said to have spent the seventh and final week at Bodh Gaya under a tree. He sat here in contemplation until he aroused himself to receive an offering of rice cakes and honey from two traveling merchants, Tapussa and Bhallika. The two merchants were the first to accept refuge in the Buddha and his dharma.

Subject: View of the signage for the shrine. Buddha is said to have spent the fourth week after his englightenment here in meditation reflecting on the causal law.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Subject: Image of Buddha in dharmachakra mudra (the Wheel of the teaching of the Dharma) in the shrine

Subject: Mural showing death and attainment of nirvana by Buddha (parinirvana)