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Bodhi Tree in Prachinburi, Thailand

Type of Attraction: Landmarks and Monuments

Address: Khok Pip, Sri Mahosot, Prachinburi, 25190

General Information:

Located in the area of ​​Wat Ton Pho Si Maha Phot, Khok Phip Subdistrict, there is a large Bodhi tree inside the temple. The oldest in Thailand, assumed to be an offshoot from the Phra Sri Maha Bodhi tree. Place of Enlightenment from Bodhgaya India is more than 2,000 years old, which was brought into planting as the first. The trunk measures about 20 meters in circumference, about 30 meters in height.

Located in the area of ​​Wat Ton Pho Si Maha Phot, Khok Phip Subdistrict, there is a large Bodhi tree inside the temple. The oldest in Thailand, presumed to be an offshoot of the Sri Maha Bodhisattva tree at the enlightenment of Bodhgaya. India is over 2,000 years old, which was brought into planting as the first tree.

The trunk measures around 20 meters, about 30 meters high, and has a diameter of about 25 meters. Ruler of Sri Mahosot in the Khmer period, who became in power and believed in Buddhism. therefore sent a delegation of ambassadors to travel to ask for the Bodhi Tree branch where the Lord Buddha was at his enlightenment from the Patuliputra ruler. India and then brought the Bodhi branch to plant at the Bodhi Tree Temple, Si Maha Bodhi, now used as a symbol of Prachinburi Province. On Visakha Bucha day, there will be a ceremony to worship the Sri Maha Bodhi tree.