A Japanese Buddhist statue in Bodh Gaya
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2 Burmese nuns at the Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya
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Night time at the Mahabodhi Temple
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Lotus and Mahabodhi Temple
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Pilgrims at the Mahabodhi Temple
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A sleepy local dog joins our circle in Sarnath
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Pilgrims file past the reclining Buddha statue in Kushinagar
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A scene from the Ganga in Varanasi
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Offerings at the Mahabodhi Temple
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Incense at the Maya Devi Temple
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Gold leaf on a relief at Sarnath
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Street art in the alleys of Varanasi
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The main Buddha statue in the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya
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Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple at night
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A chanting festival at the Mahabodhi temple
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Giatn Japanese Buddha in Bodh Gaya
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Spinning prayer wheels in Bodh Gaya
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A statue of Buddha as an ascetic at the Mahakala Caves outside Bodh Gaya
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A black-faced langur monkey at the Mahakala Caves
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A Ladakhi women prays in Bodh Gaya
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Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini
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A local woman at a women's shrine near Nepal's Kapilavastu site
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A sunset scene in rural Nepal
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The Venerable Metteyya in Lumbini
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The Ven. Metteyya and Sharon walking in Lumbini
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Shrine commemorating Sujata feeding Buddha kheer (milk rice)
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On the Ganges in Varanasi
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Monks meditating at the Mahabodhi Temple
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Sarus Cranes in Lumbini
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The preserved top of an Ashoka Pillar in a Sarnath museum
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Sarnath's archaeological museum
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Mahabodhi by night
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A nighttime scene from the Mahabodhi complex
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A nighttime scene from the Mahabodhi complex
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A nighttime scene from the Mahabodhi complex
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A scene from the Mahabodhi complex
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A chanting festival at the Mahabodhi Temple
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Mahabodhi Temple
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Sri Lankan temple in Sarnath
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The ghats along the Ganges River in Varanasi
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A scene from the Ganga in Varanasi
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A scene from the Ganga in Varanasi
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The sarovar at the Mahabodhi Temple complex
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A Tibetan Buddhist Temple in Bodh Gaya
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Lumbini wetland preserve at sunrise
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A nighttime scene from the Mahabodhi complex
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Mahabodhi Temple
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Ananda Stupa at Vaishali, with Ashoka Pillar
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Kesariya Stupa in Bihar
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A Burmese nun in Kushinagar
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Lumbini
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