The Soka Bodhi Tree Garden, an hour’s drive from Delhi, is perhaps the best kept secret of the Capital. Here around 3,000 peepal trees, scores of ducks, geese, peacocks, squirrels, flowers and ...

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From Buddha’s enlightenment to colonial battles, these ancient Indian trees have witnessed it all. Discover 7 living legends ...

The tree Gautama mediated under is called the “Bodhi Tree” or tree of awakening. As a result, the ficus leaf became a Buddhist symbol. Many Buddhists plant ficus trees.

Medik Babaloyan, a 50-year-old information technology program manager, said she had been coming to the Bodhi Tree since 1987 in search of books to help friends and family in need.