{"id":2437,"date":"2013-05-25T21:17:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T20:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/?p=2437"},"modified":"2013-05-25T21:17:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T20:17:28","slug":"happy-vesak-photos-from-bodh-gaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2013\/05\/happy-vesak-photos-from-bodh-gaya.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Vesak &#8211; Photos from Bodh Gaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_2438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2438\" style=\"width: 421px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a 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aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2445\" style=\"width: 511px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/83\/2013\/05\/image008.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2445 \" title=\"Theravadin monks at the Mahabodhi Stupa.\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/83\/2013\/05\/image008.jpg\" alt=\"Theravadin monks at the Mahabodhi Stupa.\" width=\"511\" height=\"738\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theravadin monks at the Mahabodhi Stupa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2442\" style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/83\/2013\/05\/image010.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2442 \" title=\"One of the many Buddha images around the base of the Mahabodhi Stupa.\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/83\/2013\/05\/image010.jpg\" alt=\"One of the many Buddha images around the base of the Mahabodhi Stupa.\" width=\"544\" height=\"548\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the many Buddha images around the base of the Mahabodhi Temple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2443\" style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/83\/2013\/05\/image012.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2443 \" title=\"The Gotama Buddha image inside the Mahabodhi Temple.\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/83\/2013\/05\/image012.jpg\" alt=\"The Gotama Buddha image inside the Mahabodhi Temple.\" width=\"544\" 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