Bakraur

Bakraur

village · Bihar

Bakraur is a village a little east of Bodh Gaya, directly across the Phalgu River from the town where the Buddha is said to have reached enlightenment.

State
Bihar
Type
Village

Bakraur is a village a little east of Bodh Gaya, directly across the Phalgu River from the town where the Buddha is said to have reached enlightenment. It is held to be the home of Sujata, the woman who fed him milk and rice shortly before that morning, and a stupa to her stands in the village. The crossing is short and most itineraries never make it. Walk over in the late afternoon, once the day visitors are done on the Bodh Gaya side, and give the stupa the half hour it deserves rather than the ten minutes it usually gets.

Bakraur is known for

The Sujata StupaAcross the Phalgu from Bodh GayaHome of SujataA short walk from Bodh Gaya

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