EU: Trappen leidend naar de heilige bodhiboom in Anuradhapura (1875)

1875 Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

This 1875 photograph shows the steps leading to the sacred Bodhi tree at Anuradhapura, the Sri Maha Bodhi said to have grown from a cutting of the tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment.

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