Jan 11, 2011
DPA
Phnom Penh - The stump of a 200-year-old tree that was recently felled has become an object of veneration for Cambodian villagers, local media reported Wednesday.
Villagers in Sanlong commune near Phnom Penh said the stump of the bodhi tree, which had lain on its side since being cut down in a road-widening project in November, righted itself of its own accord overnight two weeks ago.
'My dog was barking, so my wife looked out from the house and saw the tree base was slowly standing upright again,' villager Khai Lorn told The Phnom Penh Post newspaper.
Monks placed umbrellas and a tent near the 2-metre-tall stump to allow people to pray and leave offerings, a local monk said.
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