1929 Photogravure Sacred Bo Tree Fig Anuradhapura Sri Lanka Ceylon Buddhism XGV9 Allen Saalburg worked almost exclusively

Allen Saalburg worked almost exclusively in advertising art and magazine illustration

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This is an original 1912 color print of a side street in Chioggia

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1929 Photogravure Sacred Bo Tree Fig Anuradhapura Sri Lanka Ceylon Buddhism XGV9 Allen Saalburg worked almost exclusivelyThis is an original 1929 photogravure of the circle of the sacred Bo Tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The city is located in Northern Sri Lanka, and is known for its well preserved ancient Lankan ruins. It is a sacred city in the Buddhist religion. The Bo Tree, or Sacred Fig Tree, is sacred in the Buddhist religion because Buddha reached nirvana whilst sitting underneath one. The photographer of this image is Dr. Martin Hrlimann of Berlin, Germany.