 Buddhist texts describe that she offered to perform this feat during the Miracle at Savatthi, but the Buddha refused and told her to wait for the right time to perform the feat.Uppalavanna performed the miracle four months later at Sankassa when the Buddha returned to earth after spending his rains-retreat in Tavatimsa Heaven.Once, when Uppalavanna was meditating in the wilderness alone, Mara attempted to break her concentration.