'Dambakola Patuna', Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Recently our President took a Bo Sapling from the historic tree at Anuradhapura to India. That Sapling was brought to Dambakola Patuna and kept there before being taken to India. This was a historic return of the Bo sapling to its mother country.

'Dambakola Patuna', Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

The place where the Ven. Theri Sangamiththa, the daughter of King Asoka landed in Northern Sri Lanka 2000 years ago is called 'Dambakola Patuna'. The Venerable Theri brought a branch of the Sacred Bo Tree from Buddha Gaya in what is present day Bihar in Eastern India. The sacred Bo tree was the tree under which The Lord Buddha got His Enlightenment  The Bo Sapling was planted in Anuradhapura the Island's capital at that time. It survived the damages of war and abandonment of the surrounding population over the millenia and is a site of pilgrimages at present.
Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAwGb4HQ_KY&list=UU1dqepitfAJwrQWLD-gZ3NA&index=24

Kaithady to Kopay, Sri Lanka

Turning off from the A9 Highway, on the road to Kopay from Kaithady Junction.

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDAqkVzUyfA

Kaithady junction and turnoff to Kopay, Sri Lanka.

A9 Highway past Chavakachchery

A9 near Kaithady.

Kaithady junction

Road to Kopay

Around Kodikaamam, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.