The banyan tree also holds a prominent place in Indian ... Lord Buddha attaianed enlightenment under the Peepal tree in Bodh Gaya, known as the MahaBodhi Tree. The Peepal tree also finds mention ...

Noted poet Edwin Arnold in his well-known poem, ‘The Light of Asia’ talks about Gautam Siddharth’s enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. Bodh Gaya was then described as the Mecca of Buddhism ...

Bodh Gaya, India — As he stood in a queue outside ... Barely 2km (1.2 miles) away from the sacred fig tree in the Mahabodhi Temple complex where the Buddha is believed to have meditated ...