This Bodhi Tree is a scion of the sacred bodhi tree at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka and is hence a direct descendent of the sacred Bodhi Tree at Bodhigaya, India, under which the ascetic Siddhartha attained Buddhahood.

This, as a sapling, was planted by Venerable Sik Kwang Sheng, Chief Administrator of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery and Venerable Weragoda Sarada Maha Thero, Chief monk of Singapore Buddhist Meditation Centre in 2542 B.E. on 10th May 1998, Vesak Full Moon Day.