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A Sinhalese missionary’s quest to reclaim the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya for Buddhists; Ajay Kamalakaran; Scroll

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In the 1890s, Anagarika Dharmapala launched a movement to restore control of the holy Buddhist shrine from a Saivite sect.

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