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Mahabodhi Temple (enlightened Enlightenment) is a Buddhist stupa located in Bodh Gaya, India. The temple is built by a 52m ² tall banyan Tree with four very sophisticated carved tower sides. In 589 BC, under the Bodhi tree, Buddha Shakyamuni was enlightened after 49 days of meditation. About 250 years after the Buddha's Enlightenment, Emperor Asoka built a temple in itself, but the work was destroyed. The present temple was built in the 5th or 6th century.
Mahabodhi temple is one of India's first surviving brick-and-head bricks, which has a significant influence on the architectural development of the later centuries. In 2002, UNESCO recognized the great Enlightenment Mahabodhi itself as a World Heritage SITE.