President Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over a sapling of the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura to the General Secretary of the Maha Bodhi Society, Ven. Dr. D. Rewatha Thera on February 14 at Temple ...
On the tenth day he placed the great Bodhi-tree upon a beautiful car and he, the king of men ... He was among the dignitaries who received one of the eight saplings (‘ashta pala ruha’) which arose ...
Biblins Youth Campsite is one of the recipients of the 49 saplings, grown from seeds rescued from the tree that stood next to Hadrian's wall until it was chopped down illegally last year.