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The pipal tree—also known as a sacred fig, bodhi or peepal tree—is native to Southeast Asia and revered by Buddhists and Hindus.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
Here, offerings of precious milk are poured over the roots of sacred fig trees and into the serpentine Tura River.
—Chloe Berge, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2024
Along tidy village roads, Muslim women cloaked in body-length black niqabs walk past Hindu priests resting under sacred fig trees.
—Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
Buddha received his enlightenment under the bodhi tree, or sacred fig.
—Mary Ekstrand, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2020
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
Here, offerings of precious milk are poured over the roots of sacred fig trees and into the serpentine Tura River.
—Chloe Berge, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2024
Along tidy village roads, Muslim women cloaked in body-length black niqabs walk past Hindu priests resting under sacred fig trees.
—Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
Buddha received his enlightenment under the bodhi tree, or sacred fig.
—Mary Ekstrand, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2020
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“Sacred fig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacred%20fig. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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