Phony claims swirl around Sri Lanka's holiest tree
http://www.france24.comPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe dispatched a high-powered team of experts to the 2,300-year-old Sri Maha Bodhi tree in the sacred city of Anuradhapura, an ancient capital of the South Asian nation. It included the head of the telecom regulator, his technical chief and the director of the National Botanical Gardens, along with university professors and district administrators. Several visits were made, surveys were carried out, and the centuries-old tree was examined and monitored before a [...]
