Samut Songkram, Thailand, Jul 28 (efe_epa). — On the eve of every Thai lottery draw, held on the 1st and 16th of every month, the Bank Kung temple, 85 kilometers southwest of Bangk… ...

According to tradition, Buddha found truth when he sat down under a tree, which is now called the Bo tree. The Buddha happened to be born during a period of dramatic change, Coningham said.

The delegation had also taken a sapling from the sacred Bo tree in Anuradhapura and according to the Sinhalese tradition, this was ceremoniously planted in the new capital. A Buddhist temple (wat) ...

Anuradhapura [Sri Lanka], April 6 (ANI): Ven. K Medhankara Thero, a prominent Buddhist monk expressed his happiness over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second visit to the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi ...

The original tree in India is said to have died centuries ago. Its Sri Lankan descendant was the scene of an attack in March 1985 by separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, who killed more than 120 people.

The sapling of Sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, gifted to Thailand, was planted at Wat Vajirathammaram Temple in Ayutthaya Province of Thailand in the presence of Thai Prime Minister General Prayut ...

The chief monk of the Bomaluwa Temple that houses the tree in Anuradhapura, 200km north of Colombo, was accused of taking bribes from telecom operators to let them set up 5G base stations nearby. “I ...