“Worship of trees as abodes of tree deities (rukkha-devata) was widely prevalent as a ritual in ancient India as well as in Sri Lanka even before the advent of Buddhism. But the Bodhi Pooja performed ...

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During his visit to the temple, Dissanayake also offered tribute to the Bodhi Tree, which is a direct descendant of the original peepal tree under which Buddha had his enlightenment. It was brought as ...