The Bihar government on Sunday announced the reopening of religious institutions from Monday, 7th February 2022. The Bodhgaya Temple management committee preparing to reopened the Mahabodhi Temple BodhGaya for public darshan earlier morning 7th February 2022 with fallow of Covid protocol guidelines.

The Mahabodhi Temple Complex is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Lord Buddha, and particularly to the attainment of Enlightenment. The first temple was built by Emperor Asoka in the 3rd century B.C., and the present temple dates from the 5th or 6th centuries. It is one of the earliest Buddhist temples built entirely in brick, still standing in India, from the late Gupta period.