Common names: Sacred Fig Tree (English); Ashwattha (Sanskrit); Peepal Tree, Bodhi Tree (Hindi) Scientific name: Ficus religiosa L. Family: Fig (Moraceae) Where to see: India and Pakistan border at ...

Gather the children's ideas and conclude: 'Bodhi Day is marked in Buddhist homes by mediation and by decorating a small fig tree with coloured beads and lights. Families enjoy Jataka tales too ...

The logo has been designed by Oroon Das, a graphics designer and curator based in New Delhi. The logo of the South Asia Centre is a leaf from the Sacred Fig tree (Ficus religiosa), known popularly ...

Bodhi means enlightenment or awakening in Sanskrit ... Siddhartha decided to meditate under a pipal tree, also known as a sacred fig tree, until he reached enlightenment. Over the next seven ...