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Sujata Stupa

Sujata Stupa is dedicated to the milkmaid Sujata who helped Buddha break his seven years’ fast.

Sujata Stupa, also Sujata Kuti stupa or Sujata Garh, is a Buddhist stupa located in the village of Senanigrama (Bakraur) slightly east of Bodh Gaya in the state of Bihar, India. It lies directly across the Phalgu River from the town of Bodh Gaya, where Gautama Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. It is a walk of about 20 minutes, from Bodh Gaya to Sujata Stupa. It was initially built in the 2nd century BCE as confirmed by finds of Dark Grey polished wares and a punch- marked coin in the monastery nearby.

The stupa was dedicated to the milkmaid Sujata, from the village of Bakraur, who is said to have fed Gautama Buddha milk and rice at this spot as he was sitting under a Banyan tree, thereby ending his seven years of fasting and ascetism, and allowing him to attain enlightenment.

The stupa was originally adorned with a pillar of Ashoka, which was quarried in part for building material in the 1800s, then placed at the Gol Pather intersection of Gaya, and finally moved to Bodh Gaya in 1956.

The stupa was an integral part of the original landscape at Bodh Gaya, and it was reinforced and enlarged several times over the centuries.

The Archaeological Survey of India made excavations in 1973-74 and 2001-06. A plaque found in the excavation has an inscription from the 8th-9th century CE that reads “Devapala Rajasya Sujata Griha” Devapala being interpreted as the 9th century Pala dynasty king, hence meaning “Sujata House, of King Devapala.” This suggests that the last phase of construction of the stupa dates to Devapala in the 9th century CE, to commemorate the house where Sujata lived.

Before the discovery of this inscription, it was thought that this stupa had been dedicated to “Gandha-hasti" the "Perfumed elephant" and was therefore named "Gandha-hasti stupa". This interpretation was based on a description made by the 7th century Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsiang (in Buddhist Records of the Western World)who recounted that when he crossed the river (Niranjana) and went to Bakraur, he encountered a stupa and a stone column at the place where Gandha- hasti used to dwell (referring to the place where the Buddha, in a previous life, was reborn as the offspring of a Perfumed elephant)

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Hotel Bodh Gaya Gautam,Do Muhan RoadPh-0631-2200109, Fax-0631-2201981 9431023671hotelbodhgahyagautam@g mail.com Visit uswww.hotelbodhgayagauta m.com
Hotel SujataNear Thai Temple BodhgayaPh-0631-2200481,761 Fax-0631-2200515info@sujatahotel.com
Hotel Urubela InternationalSpanish Temple, BodhgayaPh-06312200236 -
Rahul Buddha Guest HouseMandirmarg, BodhgayaPh-0612200536, Mob-9431289421EmailKumarmunna14@yahoo.c
Hotel Buddha InternationalJapanese Temple, BodhgayaPh-06312200506Hotel.b.int@gmail.com
Hotel Delta InternationalDomuhan, BodhgayaPh-0631-2200854, 6940644, Mob-9973011675bodhgayadelta@yahoo.in
Shanti Buddha Guest HouseBodhgayaPh-0631-2200534 -
Hotel Taj DarbarBodhgayaMob-7739320524, 7739320525tajdarbar@rediffmail.com httajdarbar@gmail.com www.hoteltajdarbar.com
Ajatsatru HotelStation Road GayaPh-06312222961/2/3 Fax-2226418ajatsatru.hotel@gmail.com
Hotel Royal SuryaDakBanglow Road, GayaPh-06312423730 Mob-9334477222, 9431271069hotelroyalsurya@rediffmai l.com
Hotel Heritage InKashinath More, GayaPh-06312431009 Mob-9431415823 9430056352heritageingaya@yahoo.co m
Hotel GharanaSouth Church Road GayaPh-06312225512 Mob-9430072305, 9334168218hotelgharanagaya@gmail. Com
Hotel Siddhart International Station Road, GayaPh06312220958/2223352 Fax-06312226419hotelsiddhartha1@rediffm ailcom
Hotel Surya,Dakbunglow Road GayaPh-06312224004 Mob-9430072305, 9334168218hotelsurya@gmail.com
Mahabodhi Hotel ResortConvention Centre Near Hariharpur, Bodh Gaya, GayaPh-7546988903/00/01, 0631-2900801/802Emailmahabodhihotelbodhgaya @gmail.com
Suman Guest House, Bajirganj, Gaya9931893175 -
Hotel Mehta Star hotels Pvt. Ltd.Manpur Gaya0631-2250031infosukhdeopalace.com
Dhamma Grand Hotel & Resort Domuhan, Bodhgaya0631-2200121/2200117info@hoteldhamma.com
Jataka In BodhgayaGaya Dobhi Main Road, Bodhgaya, Bihar06312-200302jatakain@gmail.com
Mahabodhi Hotel Resort Convention CentreBodhgaya8052130600/9454430860sales@mahabodhihotel.com
Bodhi Hotel & Resort Pvt. Ltd. Gaya Dobhi Road,0631-220019/2200135bodhgaya@oakshotel.com

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