THE SRI MAHA BODHIYA

The Sri Maha Bodhi Tree is the oldest historically authenticated tree in the world (2, website 200 years). It is the right branch of the very tree beneath which, at Buddha Gaya in North [India, Lord Buddha gained enlightenment, and was brought to Sri Lanka in the 3rd Century BC by Princess Sanghamitta, sister of the Arhant Mahinda, who brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka.