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 ...

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 ...

India’s hidden gem, the mesmerizing reclining Buddha statute in Bodh Gaya is a must-visit. Here’s why travellers are flocking to this sacred site.

Explore Bodh Gaya, the land of Buddha’s enlightenment. Visit ancient temples, monasteries, meditation retreats, and cultural ...

while sitting under the Bodhi tree. His realizations on the root of suffering and how to be free of it form the basis of modern Buddhism, including the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Bodhi ...

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 ...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe dispatched a high-powered team of experts to the 2,300-year-old Sri Maha Bodhi tree in the sacred city of Anuradhapura, an ancient capital of the South Asian nation.

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, ...

Two persons were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly trying to run away with a religious book kept inside the Paanch Pandav Temple in the Mahabodhi Complex in Bodh Gaya in Bihar, officials said.     The ...