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VOL. 19 No. 1

PIous PIpal Did You Know?
The pipal tree in the city of
Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka is considered
The pipal tree is native to the Indian subcontinent. It is the fi rst tree to be one of the oldest historical
to be shown in seals in Mohenjo-Daro. Believed to be the abode of trees in the world.
Gods, the pipal represents the holy trinity – the roots Ch. L. V. Manasvi, Class 7D, Akshara School,
are Brahma, the trunk is Vishnu, and the leaves are Shiva. Kakinada; Harsh Soni, Class 7B, Maharana
Mewar Public School, Udaipur
Divya Rana, Class 9, MM International School, Ambala; Angel Byadwal,
Class 8A, Janki Devi Public School, Jaipur; Sania Khan, Class 8B, Gyan Mandir
Public School, New Delhi
Botanical Name: Ficus religiosa
Common Names: Pipal (Hindi), Ashvattha (Sanskrit),
Arasu (Tamil), Ahot (Assamese)

SACRED FIG STORY

Lord Vishnu is said to have been born under a pipal tree.
The original Maha Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya is no longer
there. A sprig of this tree was taken from its descendant
from Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka and planted in Bodh
Gaya. Guru Nanak Dev compared the pipal to god in his Illustration by Muskan Kapila, Class 6, Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh
words, "O God, you are an infi nite tree and I am a bird
under thine protection”. TREE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Arshiya Bansal, Class 9, Swami Vivekanand Public School, Jagadhri; Aarna The pipal tree, also known as the bodhi or the bo tree,
Wadhawan, Class 8B, Gyan Bharati School, Saket, Delhi; K.S. Suraksha, is sacred to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. It is
Class 8A, Sai Ram Matric. Hr. Sec. School, Thiruvarur
the tree under which Lord Buddha
attained enlightenment in
Bodh Gaya. Bodhi Puja is
LIFE-PRESERVER celebrated there by
venerating the tree and
It is used in Ayurveda as off ering food, water
every part of this sacred tree and milk.
is benefi cial to the human
Mustafa Hirani, Class 6E,
body. It is a cure for many Centre Point School,
skin diseases like leprosy, Wardhaman Nagar,
Nagpur, Anuj Kumar
mumps, boils, bruises and
Yadav, Class 9A, Central
digestive problems. Hindu Boy's School,
Kamachha, Varanasi
Harshita, Class 9, K.L. Mehta D. N. P. High
School, Faridabad; Abhineet Sinha, Class Illustration by Gitika, Class
9B, Lalji Mehrotra Lions School, Ahmedabad 7E, Strawberry Fields High School,
Chandigarh

Activity: LEAF ART

Pipal leaf skeletons make beautiful artwork! Step 3: After taking out the leaves clean the
Step 1: Place a few leaves in a bucket fi lled leaf tissues with a toothbrush.
with a mixture of water and curd. Step 4: Place the skeleton leaf on a paper to
Step 2: Allow the leaves to soak in this dry and then between pages of books.
mixture for 2 weeks. Step 5: Sketch on it and colour...

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