Lemon Tree Hotels signed Lemon Tree Hotel, Bodhgaya, with 75 rooms, and Keys Select by Lemon Tree Hotels, Bodhgaya, with 70 rooms. Both hotels will have a restaurant, banquet hall, meeting and conference facilities, swimming pool and fitness centre.

Lemon Tree Hotel, Bodhgaya will be approximately 10 km from Bodhgaya Airport and 14 km from Gaya Railway Station. Keys Select will be approximately 11 km from the airport and 15 km from the railway station.

The group currently operates two hotels in Bihar and has three properties in its development pipeline, including these signings. The announcement was made on September 5, 2026.

Construction of new Buddhist monasteries and reconstruction or additions to existing ones in Bodh Gaya have been halted immediately after complaints of commercial use and missing municipal approvals, and a civil writ petition by the Bodh Gaya Hotel Association in Patna High Court.

Gaya District Magistrate Shashank Shubhankar formed a four-member inquiry committee led by the Additional Collector, Law and Order, Gaya. Its members also include the Gaya Sadar Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Bodhgaya Municipal Council executive officer and Bodhgaya circle office. The committee will examine monasteries’ room numbers and accommodation, foreign-exchange compliance, commercial use and taxes, municipal map approvals, information on foreign nationals and visa verification. It must submit its report within 30 days.

A proposal for map approvals is being prepared for submission to the Urban Development and Housing Department. While map approvals are under moratorium pending new guidelines, committee approval is required before monastery construction. The municipal executive officer has been ordered to stop ongoing work and report to the committee.

ITC Hotels has opened Welcomhotel by ITC Hotels, Bodh Gaya, Hotel & Convention Centre. Spread across 18 acres, it has 98 rooms and suites, plus banquet and convention facilities aimed at boosting MICE activity in Bihar.

ITC Hotels Limited opened Welcomhotel by ITC Hotels, Bodh Gaya, Hotel & Convention Centre, spread across 18 acres with 98 rooms and suites. Its Utpala Hall, Nalanda Hall and Stupa Auditorium can host 500–2,000 participants, for meetings, conferences, weddings, exhibitions and cultural events. The hotel includes WelcomCafe Bodhi, regional restaurant WelcomSthalika, a K by Kaya Kalp spa, swimming pool and fitness centre. Two Presidential Suites have balconies overlooking the Mahabodhi Temple; Premium Rooms offer temple or water views. The hotel is around 12 km from Gaya International Airport. ITC Hotels Managing Director Anil Chadha said the property would celebrate local heritage. Manish Kumar, Managing Director of partner Kumar Infratrade Enterprises Pvt Ltd, said the opening would support tourism and Bodh Gaya’s economic and cultural growth.

Myanmar Airways International will resume daily flights from Gaya Ji Airport to Yangon from October 16 for the Bodh Gaya tourism season. The airline has provided the airport with its schedule, which includes a slight change in flight timings.