Prayer hall of Sri Dharmarajika Chetiya Vihara, with walls and curved ceiling covered in brightly-colored murals depicting the life of Buddha

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The Maha Bodhi Society is a South Asian Buddhist society presently based in Kolkata, India. Founded by Sri Lankan Buddhist leader Anagarika Dharmapala and the British journalist and poet Sir Edwin Arnold in 1891, its first office was in Bodh Gaya. The organization's efforts began in order to resuscitate Buddhism in India, and to restore the ancient Buddhist shrines at Bodh Gaya, Sarnath and Kushinara.

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Location: Kolkata
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