Situated in the south of the Temple, this is the tree under which the Buddha spent a week in meditation. To get more information about this historical site, you may buy article online at https://exclusive-paper.com/buy-blog-article-online.php.
It is said that two merchants from Burma (presently Myanmar) named Tapassu and Bhallika while passing this way offered rice cake and honey to the Buddha and took refuge in the Buddha and His teachings Buddham Saranam Gachami, Dhammam Saranam Gachami but they could not take refuge in the Sangham because the Sangha was not constituted then, thus they became the first lay devotees in the Buddhist world.