Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya

Bodhi Tree

Bodh Gaya, India

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Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, India

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What is the history of Bodhi Tree in Gaya?

This tree was originally a sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhi tree in Sri Lanka, itself grown from a what is claimed to be a sapling of the original Bodhi tree. In approximately 250 BCE, about 200 years after the Buddha attained Enlightenment, Emperor Asoka visited Bodh Gayā to establish a monastery and shrine there.

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