Siddharth Gautam's Bodhi tree resurrected

[LurkerBaba]

'Almost dead, Gautam Buddha's Gaya Bodhi tree resurrected'

Patna: The Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, under which Lord Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment, is healthy once again.

"The Bodhi tree is fully healthy now," said Subhash Nautiyal, one of the two scientists from the Dehradun-based Forest Research Institute (FRI).


Nautiyal said he and his colleague Nirmal Sudhir Kumar removed concrete slabs around the base of the Bodhi tree to resurrect it in a way, after there were fears that it would die out.

"It will help the tree to receive water and nutrition in its roots," he said.

Nautiyal, a plant physiologist, along with plant pathologist Kumar were roped in to examine the tree, Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee member secretary Nangzey Dorje said on Wednesday.

A few dry branches of the tree will be pruned on Wednesday keeping in mind the safety of pilgrims and tourists.

The temple had sought the help of FRI in 2007 after the Bodhi tree was affected with a milibug disease.

 

[panduranghari]

Is it possible to grow another tree by using twigs from this tree, perhaps by grafting? Will it not be fantastic if they could grow the same tree all over the country.

 

[Cliff@sea]

Is it possible to grow another tree by using twigs from this tree, perhaps by grafting? Will it not be fantastic if they could grow the same tree all over the country.

It has already been struck down once . . . One of Ashoka's queen, Tissarakkhā had it killed

and it resurrected afterwards
Bodhi Tree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[roma]

Is it possible to grow another tree by using twigs from this tree, perhaps by grafting? Will it not be fantastic if they could grow the same tree all over the country.

my acceptance of the buddha is similar to my acceptance of Gandhi - both were great men - not ""gods" ( by my personal reckoning ) - - as philosophers of indian origin , i would say that it would be superb to do the grafting you suggested - if not " all over the country" then, rather , in places where the buddha might have stayed from time to time or places he visited - plant a newly grafted tree there in memory of his excellency .

 

[roma]

It has already been struck down once . . . One of Ashoka's queen, Tissarakkhā

and it resurrected afterwards
Bodhi Tree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i like the "fact" that it "resurrected" ! - i.e. that it wouldnt give up ! - thereby symbolising the spirit of our indian people !

 

[Cliff@sea]

i like the "fact" that it "resurrected" ! - i.e. that it wouldnt give up ! - thereby symbolising the spirit of our indian people !

Yeah . . . stands for so much hope doesnt it
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I b t w cant quite agree with u placing Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi on same pedestal as Lord Budhdha . .

In terms of time line one is as close as the Moon . . .
and the other is as distant as the Sun . . .
Yet Budhdha outshines MKG just as Sun outshines the Moon ( the world over)

No debating that MKG was a great man neverthless