Kalutara near Colombo is a bustling city and home to one of the most sacred sites on Sri Lanka’s Buddhist trail ...

Propped up with gold-plated stakes, the 2,300-year-old Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Tree is believed to have sprouted from a cutting of the mother tree which sheltered the Buddha as he attained enlightenment.

He had come to Anuradhapura as a pilgrim, to humbly kneel and pay homage to the sapling of the bo tree that gave shelter to the Buddha ... the solemn reverence and worship he accorded to the Jaya Sri ...

Modi offered flowers to the Sri Maha Bodhi, an object of worship and a symbol of sovereignty for the Buddhist-majority island, in the pilgrim city of Anuradhapura. The tightly-guarded fig tree is ...

Posting pictures of the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree, Modi wrote on X, “It is a living symbol of peace, enlightenment and spiritual continuity. May the teachings of Lord Buddha always guide us.” The Jaya ...

Posting pictures of the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree, Modi wrote on X, “It is a living symbol of peace, enlightenment and spiritual continuity. May the teachings of Lord Buddha always guide us.” The Jaya ...

Prime Minister Modi visited the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple in the historic city of Anuradhapura and paid respects at the revered Buddhist shrine. The sacred Bodhi tree at the temple is believed to ...

visited the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple in Anuradhapura and offered prayers at the revered Mahabodhi tree. The tree is believed to have grown from the Bo sapling that was brought to Sri Lanka by ...

visited the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple in Anuradhapura and offered prayers at the revered Mahabodhi tree. The tree is believed to have grown from the Bo sapling that was brought to Sri Lanka by ...

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 temple in Sri Lanka's Anuradhapura ...

visited the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple in Anuradhapura and offered prayers at the revered Mahabodhi tree. The tree is believed to have grown from the Bo sapling that was brought to Sri ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake jointly launched the signalling system for the Maho-Anuradhapura railway line – a project supported by the government of ...