Beginning in about the 14th century, the temple was associated with the Vajrasana in India. It is said that the image of Buddha deified in the Jokhang is the 12-year-old Buddha earlier located in the Bodh Gaya Temple in India, indicating "historical and ritual" links between India and Tibet. Tibetans call Jokhang the "Vajrasana of Tibet" "(Bod yul gyi rDo rje gdani)", the "second Vajrasana" "(rDo rje gdan pal)" and "Vajrasan, the navel of the land of snow" "(Gangs can sa yi lte ba rDo rje gdani)".