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Mahabodhi temple: Buddhists to agitate

Bodh Gaya Mahabodhi Vihar All India Action Committee will launch a nationwide fresh agitation for control of the management of the 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya town.

Indian monks oppose Bharat Ratna to Dalai Lama

'Why are Hindus controlling the Mahabodhi temple?'

'The Mahabodhi temple is the only example in the world where a religion's most sacred place is controlled by people belonging to another religion.'

Monks demand arrest of Mahabodhi temple priest

Buddhist monks have demanded the arrest of chief priest of Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, Bhante Bodhi Pal, ex-officio secretary of Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BMTC) Kalicharan Yadav and public relations officer Bhajju Yadav for chopping off a branch of the Bodhi tree.