The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree in Anuradhapura is believed to have grown from a branch that an Indian princess carried to Sri ...

The tree is believed to have grown from the Bo sapling that was brought to Sri Lanka by Sangamitta Maha Theri from India in ...

It was under this tree (Ficus religiosa, called pipal in India and bo in Sri Lanka ... The sapling was planted at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, marking the beginning of Buddhism.

Sir Marshall obtained a Bo-sapling from the Sri Maha Bodhi tree at Anuradhapura and planted it at the same site of the original tree at Buddhagaya. Bodhi Trees in South East Asia After the Sangha ...

Earlier in the day, PM Modi, along with the Sri Lanka President, Anura Kumara Disanayaka, visited the sacred Jaya Sri Maha ...

Sri Lankan animal rights activists marched on Thursday to protest the round-up of stray dogs a day ahead of a visit by Indian ...

One of the eight saplings of the Bo-tree had been planted at the Thuparamaya. Although the accent was on Anuradhapura, the objects of worship found in Mihintale bear testimony to the fact that there ...

This sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century B.C. by Sanghamitta, the founder of an order of Buddhist ...

The two nations had on Saturday inked several pacts, including one on defence cooperation. The Sri Lankan President had ...

Anura Kumara Disanayaka on Sunday visited the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple in Anuradhapura and offered prayers at the revered Mahabodhi tree, a statement by the Ministry of External Affairs said.