Pictures and Information about Gaya Ji

Gaya better known to Hindus as Gaya Ji is sacred across the World to the Hindus. Gaya Ji is host to the World Famous Vishnupad Temple on the Banks of River Phalgu

The city of Gaya is a holy place of Hinduism, with a great number of Hindu deities represented in the engravings, paintings and carvings of its shrines. Of particular importance are the sites in the city associated with Vishnu, in particular the Phalgu River and the shrine Vishnupad Mandir, or Vishnupada, which is marked by a large footprint of Lord Vishnu engraved in a basalt block.^[13] Gaya is the location at which Lord Rama, with Mata Sita and Lakshmana Ji, offered pind-daan for his father, King Dasharatha. Gaya has since remained a site of key importance for the performance of the pind-daan ritual.