Cankamana

(Known as: Cloister walk)

Bodh Gaya | Bihar | India

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Quick facts of Cankamana

Ideal Duration: 2-3 hours

Open Time: Throughout the year

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Nearest Airport: Patna

Nearest Railway Station: Gaya

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Cankamana, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Cankamana is the holy place and is the part of the main temple in Bodh Gaya, Mahabodhi Temple, positive, peaceful feeling spread out from here. Come and visit.

Cankamana is a sacred place where Lord Buddha is said to have spent the third week of his meditation. He was training himself in the walking meditation here, also known as the Cankamana, from which the place gets its name. The place presents the carving of Lord Buddha's feet into the black stone lotuses.

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Cankamana

(Known as: Cloister walk)

Quick facts of Cankamana

Accessability:

Cankamana, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

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Great Buddha Statue, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Bodhi Tree, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Thai Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Muchalinda Lake, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Royal Bhutan Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Brahmayoni Temple, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Chinese Temple, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Indosan Nippon Japanese Temple, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Vishnupad Temple, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Vietnamese Temple, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Dungeshwari Hills, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Burmese Vihara Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Sujata Temple, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Bodhgaya Multimedia Museum, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Animesh Lochana Chaitanya Shrine, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Mangla Gauri Shrine, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Sujata Kuti, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Ajapala Nigrodha Tree, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Jama Masjid, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Archaeological Society of India Museum, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

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