Jaya Sri Maha Bodhiya

Jaya Sri Maha Bodhiya

Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi (Sinhala:ජය ශ්‍රි මහා බොධිය) is a Sacred Fig tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

           Sri Maha Bodhiya is reckoned as the oldest surviving historical tree in the world. It was brought to Sri Lanka by the There Sangamitta, daughter of Emperor Ashoka and was planted in the Mahameghavana park in Anuradhapura in 249BC by king Devanampiyatissa. It is a said to be the southern branch of the java Sri Maha Bodhi at Buddha Gaya in India under which Lord Buddha attained Enlightenment.