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Buddhists hold Krodhi-Kali prayers in Bodh Gaya Bodhgaya:
Thousands of Buddhists from across the world congregated at Bodh Gaya for
Krodhi-Kali ceremony for world peace on Thursday. Nuns and monks attired in the
traditional Buddhist costumes played instruments made out of human bones to the
accompaniment of special prayers. Devotees said attending the ceremony gave them
a lot of satisfaction. "This is our second annual Krodhi-Kali ceremony. Last year
also we had a similar event which went very successfully, and everybody of us
satisfied and we went back to our country with full satisfaction," said Nangye,
a Bhutanese monk. Apart from India and Bhutan, a large number of monks from many
South-Asian countries attended the ceremony. "We have gathered here to pray for
world peace and non-violence. Moreover, organizing and taking part in such a prayer
in this holy place is more beneficial for all of us," said Kempo Longyang Sengye,
another Bhutanese monk. Buddhist scriptures describe Bodh Gaya as the "Navel of
the Earth", and 100,000 pilgrims and tourists visit every year, packing the town
and its Mahabodhi Temple. An ancient pipal tree or sacred fig grows at the back
of the temple, said to be a descendent of the one Buddha sat under for three days
and nights in the sixth century BC, before finding the answers he sought under
a full moon.
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Nov 21, 2008
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