Story of Bodhi Tree

. At The Bodhi Tree Magnetic Majestic Enchanting The Tree talked to Buddha in making Young Siddhartha turned Buddha here Majestic Tree, this one is not the original History of 2500 yrs this tree is the fourth as the lore goes the original is no more Doesn’t matter. IT Is alive, electrifying At the very spot The Tree still stands Buddha spent Seven weeks, .in all One week He unblinkingly Stared Watched At the tree Lovingly Revered. Are these Spots The tree atracted mighty kings Emperor Ashoka the foremost The feuding warring kings Sat there meek transformed Now comes the interesting lore; Who cut the Tree first time? And why LOL it out you may, It was wife of Ashoka A mighty queen herself She was so peeved. Ashoka would travel 100 miles to be at the tree Not done The queen couldn’t take it any more She ordered .. the tree be WHACKED … The tree fell That was first blow the tree took Subsequent invasions; and Time.. the tree came down Three more times As the lore goes The present one is from a sapling That was brought from Sri Lanka Sapling of the original Bodhi tree Was taken there to Sri Lanka by The daughter of Ashoka , Sanghamitra; 253BC .