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Bodh Gaya is the holiest site of Buddhism, where Gautama Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a place of pilgrimage for Buddhists and Hindus, with many temples and monuments dating back to ancient times. Bodh Gaya is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in Gaya District of Bihar. Famous for the Mahabodhi Temple, It was here under the Bodhi tree that Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment. It is now one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and a lot of foreign countries, including Japan and China, have helped the Indian government in building facilities for the Buddhist pilgrims. The place is bustling with pilgrims all through the year from India and abroad who come to pay their homage in monasteries ... The Buddha’s Great Awakening Siddhartha Gautama arrived at Bodh Gaya in middle age, having renounced his life as a prince on seeing the “four sights” of aging, sickness, death, and asceticism. It was the fourth sight that encouraged him to begin practicing extreme asceticism and meditation. Having done this for some time he became disillusioned with this extreme path and departed his ascetic companions wandering in north India until he arrived at the Bodhi tree (pipal tree or ficus ... Shri Uday Kotak Chairperson, IIM Bodh Gaya Founder and Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited