Bihar Special GK PYQ 593 of 603 · Miscellaneous

From the last few years Buddhist monks in Bihar are agitating to have control over–

  1. AMahabodhi Temple of Gaya
  2. BVishnupad Temple of Gaya
  3. CSun Temple of Deo
  4. DNone of the above

41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996

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Correct answer: (a) Mahabodhi Temple of Gaya

Explanation

In recent years, Buddhist monks have been protesting in Bihar to obtain control over the Mahabodhi Temple at Gaya. For the first time, the Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala raised this demand in 1891 AD, stating that the Mahabodhi Temple at Gaya should be under the control of Buddhist monks. Nagarjuna Surai Seshai, President of the All India Mahabodhi Temple Liberation Committee, also placed the demand for control of the Mahabodhi Temple by Buddhist monks before the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

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