The Bodhi tree is sacred in Buddhism and is highly regarded as a bonsai plant due to its significance and beauty. Growing a Bodhi tree bonsai requires patience, dedication, and knowledge of ...

Here Dr. Hema Gunatillake looks at the significance of this sacred tree in forging ties among Buddhist countries through history According to the Mahavamsa, the right branch of the Bodhi tree under ...

Economic affairs minister, Norbu Wangchuk, said “It is very significant because we happen to be one of the four countries only in the world to have received the sacred Bodhi tree.” The union minister ...

The logo of the South Asia Centre is a leaf from the Sacred Fig tree (Ficus religiosa), known popularly across South Asia as the ‘Pipal’, ‘Bodhi’ and ‘Ashvattha’ tree. It symbolises at once social, ...

participated in the annual three-day Krodikali Buddhist puja that began on Tuesday and offered prayers for world peace under the sacred Bodhi tree on world heritage Mahabodhi Mahavihara premises.