Terrorists attack India's pilgrimage site Bodh Gaya temple complex in Bihar

Bodh Gaya   not only has a deep significance to the devotees of  Mahatma Buddha but it is also a holy site which is admired by tourists  as this is one of the places which is on the "must see" list for those visiting  Bihar State.  Luckily, according to several reports,  it appears that the holy site has not suffered any significant damage and neither has the Bodhi tree (see vid below to learn about the tree).

Two people were injured in the blasts and both were pilgrim monks from the nearby Buddhist nations of Tibet and Burma.  More injuries or deaths were prevented by defusing bombs detected in other places around the temple complex and town.



Law Kumar Mishra wring at TheTimesOfIndia:
...Serial blasts rock Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya; terror attack, Centre says.  Nine serial explosions rocked the Mahabodhi Temple complex in Bodh Gaya on Sunday morning, leaving at least five people injured.
Union home secretary Anil Goswami confirmed that the Bodh Gaya blasts were a terror attack.
According to Gaya Police, the blasts took place in quick succession between 5.30 am and 6 am in the temple complex and near the Mahabodhi tree.
While four blasts took place inside the Mahabodhi Temple complex, three occurred in Karmapa monastery, one each near near the 80-ft Buddha statue and at the bus stand near bypass, DIG Magadh range Nayyer Hussnain Khan said.

Arvind Singh, a member of Mahabodhi Temple Management Commitee said two other bombs, one near the 80 feet statue and one at bus stand have been defused.......

From TheHindu:
...In a well-coordinated terror attack, nine low-intensity serial blasts on Sunday targeted the world renowned pilgrimage town of Bodh Gaya and Maha Bodhi Temple complex, one of the holiest Buddhist shrines, early in the morning that left two monks injured.



Frequented by Buddhist pilgrims from Sri Lanka, China, Japan and the whole of southeast Asia, the temple and the Bodhi Tree, under which Lord Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment, did not suffer any damage in the blasts which shook the holy town.

The monks, Tenzing Lama and Bala Sanga, are admitted at the Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital (ANMMCH) at Gaya and their condition is stable, hospital superintendent Sitaram Prasad said.....