Bo-tree

tree of perfect knowledge under which Gautama attained enlightenment and so became the Buddha. [Buddhism: Benét, 124]

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Sri Mahabodhiya, at the sapling of the Bo-Tree, under which Lord Buddha attained Buddhahood.

By comparison celebrations in Myanmar will involve the ceremonial watering of the Bo-tree: the tree beneath which Lord Buddha achieved enlightenment.