Message from the Concept Man

Dear participants,

Bodhgaya ENLIGHTENMENT Marathon is a spiritual sporting marathon that we designed after years of research as an extended activity of Lumbini PEACE Marathon which is already a popular sports event in Lumbini – the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautam Buddha.

Siddhartha Gautam Buddha left his palace 2533 years ago in search of the truths for human sorrows and sufferings. After wandering in different places, he reached Bodhgaya and ultimately attained enlightenment under a Bodhi tree. In the similar manner, Lumbini PEACE Marathon is being taken to Bodhgaya, following the footsteps of the Siddahrtha Gautam Buddha. The marathon provides runners with an opportunity to run the very trail that the Buddha walked in his enlightenment searching yearsi.e. from Dhungeshwari Hill, crossing the Niranjana River and passing through Senani Gaon  to Bakror, where Sujata fed him rice pudding, to the present day Mahabodhi Temple site.

Welcome world, to join us to run this unique spiritual sports marathon on the life of Siddhartha Gautam Buddha to attain your own level of spirituality and your own level of enlightenment.

Regards,

Bikram Pandey

Creator/Concept Writer