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The story so far: Beginning February, nearly 100 Buddhist monks under the All India Buddhist Forum (AIBF) have been protesting, first at the Bodh Gaya’s Mahabodhi Temple or Mahavihara ...

Bodh Gaya’s Mahabodhi Temple -- which is at the centre of the row -- has been managed by an eight-member committee, made up of Hindus and Buddhists, for the last 76 years.

Bodh Gaya, in the Indian state of Bihar in northern India, is one of the most significant sites of pilgrimage to Buddhists. In Pali, the language of the Buddha, ‘bodh’ means ‘enlightenment’.