Incidents
Two branches of the sacred tree were broken down due to storm in 1907 and 1911. A lunatic cut and fell down a branch in 1929. Tamil terrorists shot and killed several Buddhists on the upper terrace in 1985 known as Anuradhapura massacre.
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