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Bo Tree in Poya day, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2019

Bo Tree in Poya day

2019 Colombo, Sri Lanka

Visitors gather at night beneath a Bo tree, a sacred fig associated with the Buddha's enlightenment, at a temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during a Poya observance, the monthly full-moon holiday marked by Buddhists with temple visits. A white Buddha statue and gilded shrine decorations stand near the tree.

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