{"id":332057,"date":"2025-04-07T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=332057"},"modified":"2025-04-08T20:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:44:06","slug":"jaya-sri-maha-bodhi-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/jaya-sri-maha-bodhi-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Prime Minister Modi recently visited the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple at the historic city of Anuradhapura. <strong>Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Tree.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-332245 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jaya-Sri-Maha-Bodhi-Tree.png?resize=570%2C378&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Tree\" width=\"570\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jaya-Sri-Maha-Bodhi-Tree.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jaya-Sri-Maha-Bodhi-Tree.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jaya-Sri-Maha-Bodhi-Tree.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jaya-Sri-Maha-Bodhi-Tree.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Tree<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is situated in the historic city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0considered the <strong>oldest living cultivated plant<\/strong> in the world.<\/li>\n<li>It is believed to <strong>have grown from a branch of the tree in Bodhgaya<\/strong> (in present-day Bihar) under which Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment.<\/li>\n<li>The branch was carried to Sri Lanka by<strong> Sanghamitra<\/strong>\u00a0in <strong>3<sup>rd<\/sup> century B.C.,<\/strong> the Mauryan king <strong>Ashoka\u2019s daughter<\/strong> and Buddhist nun.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uduvapa Poya:<\/strong> Sanghamitra&#8217;s <strong>arrival in Sri Lanka<\/strong> with the tree is still celebrated as Uduvapa Poya, an annual festival observed on a <strong>full moon night in December.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Anuradhapura<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is now a <strong>UNESCO World Heritage.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>political and religious capital<\/strong> of Sri Lanka that flourished for 1,300 years.<\/li>\n<li>It was abandoned after an <strong>invasion in 993 CE by the Chola Empire<\/strong> of south India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sanghamitra in Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She came on the <strong>invitation of the king<\/strong> and the suggestion of her brother, <strong>Mahendra or Mahinda.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Buddhist missionaries were sent to Sri Lanka after successfully hosting of 3<sup>rd<\/sup> <strong>Buddhist Council<\/strong> during the <strong>reign of Ashoka<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The mission to Sri Lanka was <strong>led by prince Mahendra<\/strong>, or Mahinda, Ashoka\u2019s son.<\/li>\n<li>Mahinda met <strong>King Devanampiya Tissa<\/strong>, whose capital was Anuradhapura, and <strong>converted him to Buddhism.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Mahabodhi Tree in Gaya<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>While the <strong>original tree<\/strong> under which Lord Buddha meditated was <strong>destroyed<\/strong> (in some legends, by one of <strong>Ashoka\u2019s wives, Tishyarakshita<\/strong>), the <strong>existing Pipal tree<\/strong> at the site is believed to have descended from the <strong>germplasm<\/strong> (genetic material) of that original tree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Prime Minister Modi recently visited the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple at the historic city of Anuradhapura. Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Tree. About Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Tree Location: It is situated in the historic city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is\u00a0considered the oldest living cultivated plant in the world. 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