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Pilgrims praying at entrance to Dungeshwari Cave, where Gautama Buddha is said to have spent 6-7 years in extreme asceticism #299364182
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The Dungeshwari or Mahakala cave temples are located about 15km from Bodhgaya city on the Pragbodhi Hills around River Phalgu. Gautama Buddha is said to have spent 6-7 years meditating in extreme asceticism and self-mortification which starved him to the edge of death, before he headed to Bodhgaya where he eventually was enlightened under the Bodhi tree
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