Mahabodhi Temple the summum sanctum sanctorum of the Buddhists in the world is a singular example of its kind which is not under the control of the Buddhists completely. This is the oldest and first International Shrine and Pilgrimage Centre in the world. King Ashoka visited to this Shrine in around BCE 260. He had laid down the foundation of present Mahabodhi Temple at the adjacent to the Bodhi Tree and also had encircled the Bodhi Tree with the fencing of carving stones. By the end of 12th Century A.D. it had commenced the declining of Buddhism in India. Consequently, the Mahabodhi Temple was left into deserted condition and unnoticed.