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Green Tara Hotel, Bodh Gaya
Find a little peace along your journey.
A small, family-run hotel in the town of the Buddha’s enlightenment, north of Kalchakra Ground, with simple, comfortable rooms for pilgrims, families and travellers.
Send your dates and number of guests. Your room is booked once we reply to confirm it.
The precious parasol, one of the eight auspicious symbols, offers shelter to travellers.
A family-run place to stay in Bodh Gaya
Green Tara Hotel is a guest house run by a local family. Many people who come here are on pilgrimage; others are passing through Bihar, travelling with children, or simply curious about the place where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. Whatever brings you, we want your room to be somewhere you can rest properly between long days at the temples.
We are a hotel, not a monastery or a temple. You are welcome whatever your faith or none.
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Rooms
Twenty rooms in two categories, each with two beds, hot water and Wi-Fi. Choose a non-AC Standard room, or a Deluxe room with or without air conditioning.
Deluxe roomPhotograph coming soon
Why Green Tara?
In Tibetan Buddhism, Green Tara is revered as compassion in action: a protector who responds swiftly to anyone who calls on her in fear or danger. Pilgrims in Bodh Gaya meet her image in monasteries all over town.
We chose her name because it describes the welcome we hope to offer people far from home: noticing what you need, and helping without being asked twice.
Om Tare Tuttare Ture SohaHer mantra, recited by pilgrims across the Himalayan world
- Right leg extended
- She is ready to rise from meditation and step down to help.
- Right hand open on the knee
- The gesture of giving (varada mudra): generosity offered freely.
- Left hand at the heart
- The gesture of refuge, holding the stem of a lotus.
- Green colour
- Associated with enlightened activity: compassion that acts.
The name and artwork are a respectful tribute. Green Tara Hotel is an independent, family-run business and is not affiliated with any religious organisation. About the name
The Eight Auspicious Symbols
The Ashtamangala appear on monastery doors, prayer flags and temple walls all over Bodh Gaya. Choose a symbol to read what it stands for.
Precious parasol
Chattra
Shelter and protection from harm, offered the way a parasol shades a traveller from the sun. It is a fitting symbol for a place of rest.
Pair of golden fish
Matsya
Freedom and fearlessness: fish swim through the ocean of life without fear of drowning. They also stand for abundance.
Treasure vase
Kalasha
Inexhaustible riches, long life and prosperity, a vessel that is never emptied however much is taken from it.
Lotus
Padma
Purity of body, speech and mind. The lotus rises clean and beautiful from muddy water, as awakening can arise in ordinary life.
White conch
Shankha
The sound of the teaching spreading in every direction, calling people to wake up.
Endless knot
Shrivatsa
Interdependence: everything is connected, without beginning or end, like wisdom and compassion woven together.
Victory banner
Dhvaja
The victory of wisdom over ignorance, and of patience over the obstacles on the path.
Dharma wheel
Dharmachakra
The Buddha’s teaching, first set in motion at Sarnath. Its eight spokes stand for the Noble Eightfold Path.
A pilgrimage to Bodh Gaya
Bodh Gaya is where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree. It is the heart of a pilgrimage that leads to Lumbini, Sarnath and Kushinagar, the four great places of his life. The Mahabodhi Temple is about 600 m from the hotel.
Mahabodhi Temple Complex
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the place of the Buddha’s enlightenment.
The Bodhi Tree
Regarded as a descendant of the tree under which the Buddha meditated.
Great Buddha Statue
Seated Buddha of sandstone and red granite, consecrated in 1989.
Kalchakra Ground
The open ground to our south, scene of great Buddhist gatherings.
Temples of many nations
Fourteen temples and monasteries from across the Buddhist world.
Further afield
Nalanda, Rajgir and the wider pilgrimage circuit.
Where we are
Green Tara HotelNorth of Kalchakra Ground
Bodh Gaya, Bihar 824231
India
Check-in from 12 noon. Check-out by 11 am. These times are flexible. Ask us if you need an early arrival or a late departure.
Ask us about your dates
Send your arrival and departure dates and the number of guests. We’ll reply with the rooms available and the rate.
Planning a visit to Bodh Gaya?
Come back from the temples at dusk, when the butter lamps are lit, to a quiet room and a family who knows the town. Message us on WhatsApp or call; no account or booking form needed.