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The Great Banyan is a banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, Howrah, near Kolkata, India. [1] The great banyan tree draws more visitors to the garden than its collection of exotic plants from five continents.
The Great was created, and is mostly written, by Australian playwright and screenwriter Tony McNamara, based on his 2008 play of the same name. [1] The series does not aim for historical accuracy, and was described by Hulu as "anti-historical". [2] All ten episodes of the first season were released on Hulu on May 15, 2020. [3]
I wish to know who planted this great Banyan tree in Kolkata, if any one has any record please include that as well. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.169.143.133 ( talk ) 05:32, 13 May 2011 (UTC) [ reply ]
The great banyan tree is revered by the people of Indian-origin religions such as Hinduism (including Vedic, Shaivism, Dravidian Hinduism), Buddhism and Jainism. A small temple dedicated to Thimmamma is beneath the tree. The residents of the region strongly believe that if a childless couple worships Thimmamma they will beget a child in the ...
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Thimmamma Marrimanu is a banyan tree in Anantapur, located circa 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the town of Kadiri in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is present in the Indian Botanical Gardens and is more than 550 years old. Its canopy covers 19,107 m 2 (4.721 acres) [28] One of the largest trees, the Great Banyan is found in Kolkata, India.
Each episode of Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum runs for half an hour. They consist of two 11-minute stories based on famous historical heroes around the world in the past. [4] However, airings on streaming services such as Globoplay in Brazil split the episodes into segments, with each 11-minute story isolated.
The best-known landmark of the garden is The Great Banyan, an enormous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) that is reckoned to be the largest tree in the world, at more than 330 metres in circumference. It partially inspired the novel Hothouse by Brian Aldiss. [ 12 ]