Mahabodhi Festival

The Mahabodhi Festival is organized every year on the last Sunday of November in Sochi district Raisen, a world famous tourist destination and a pilgrimage site for Buddhist followers. It was started in the year 1952 on the last Sunday of November, which the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru attended. Since then, the tradition of celebrating this festival is going on every year on the last Sunday of November.During this event domestic and foreign tourists will get acquainted with Buddhist philosophy and tradition as well as the folk culture of Madhya Pradesh. Festival and fair begin with Buddhist religious programs.It is organized under the joint aegis of Mahabodhi Society of Sri Lanka Sanchi Center and Government of Madhya Pradesh on the occasion of the anniversary of Chetiyagiri Vihar in Sanchi.