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The Bo Tree of Bellanwila

Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya — In Boralesgamuwa

THE TEMPLE'S BUDDHA STATUEPhoto by Shehanw on Wikimedia Commons7.6809° N, 81.2176° E

The January perahera brings elephants, drummers, and dancers to the streets of suburban Colombo.

A temple in Boralesgamuwa on Colombo's southern edge, built around a bo tree held by tradition to be one of the thirty-two saplings of the Anuradhapura bodhi tree. Its January perahera fills the surrounding streets.

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