Not exact matches
Along the way you pass a
bodhi tree donated by the Indian government to mark the 2,500 th anniversary of Buddha's birth, before arriving
at tiny Wat Chomsi temple and remarkable 360 - degree views.
The courtyard
at the back is home to a large shrine and an even larger
bodhi tree, which was presented to the pagoda by Indian Prime Minister Razendia Prasat 1959 and creates welcome shade under its immense breadth.
Influenced by a 2006 incident in Jena, Louisiana, in which nooses were dangled from a tree
at a racially troubled high school, the piece also evokes the rich cross-cultural symbolism of trees: Biggers alludes to the story of Buddha finding enlightenment under a
bodhi tree.