An attempt made to cut down a Bo tree on the Rajagiriya – Gotatuwa road triggered an uproar recently. The wayside Bo tree was found to be an obstacle to the road widening project launched by the local ...

In Cambodia, where a majority of people are Buddhist, it is rare to find a household without religious memorabilia. A token with a picture of Buddha is believed to bring peace and happiness to its ...

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The Sal tree (Shorea robusta) like its more celebrated counterpart the Bo tree (Ficus religiosa) is known to be closely associated with Buddhism. How the Bo sapling – a branch of the Bo tree under ...

When enlightenment first came to Gautama Buddha, 2,400 years ago, he was sitting under a Bo tree. Buddha’s tree has been an object of reverence, ever since, and its offspring still stands amid ancient ...