INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After approaching but declining a mango tree, the Buddha chooses the fig tree (Ficus religiosa). The fig tree became known as the bodhi tree because the Buddha reached enlightenment (bodhi) after meditating beneath one such tree for 49 days.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is said that Buddha found enlightenment after sitting under the banyan tree for 7 days. Since my early 20’s Buddhism has remained an important spiritual philosophy that has guided my entire adult life.

Detailed explanation-3: -banyan, (Ficus benghalensis), also called Indian banyan or banyan fig, unusually shaped tree of the mulberry family (Moraceae) native to the Indian subcontinent.