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Banyan trees figure prominently in several Asian and Pacific religions and myths, including: In Hinduism, the leaf of the banyan tree is said to be the resting place for the god Krishna. In the Bhagavat Gita, Krishna said, "There is a banyan tree which has its roots upward and its branches down, and the Vedic hymns are its leaves. One who knows ...
Ficus benghalensis, or Ficus indica commonly known as the banyan, banyan fig and Indian banyan, [2] is a tree native to the Indian Subcontinent.Specimens in India are among the largest trees in the world by canopy coverage.
The present crown of the tree has a circumference of 486 m (1,594 ft) and the highest branch rises to 24.5 m (80 ft); it has at present 3772 aerial roots reaching down to the ground as a prop root. Its height is almost equivalent to the Gateway of India. The tree lost several prop roots when Cyclone Amphan passed through West Bengal on 20 May 2020.
Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent [2] and Indochina [3] that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family.It is also known as the bodhi tree, [4] peepul tree, [2] peepal tree, pipala tree or ashvattha tree (in India and Nepal). [5]
Ficus microcarpa, also known as Chinese banyan, Malayan banyan, Indian laurel, curtain fig, or gajumaru (ガジュマル), [6] is a tree in the fig family Moraceae. It is native in a range from China through tropical Asia and the Caroline Islands to Australia. [2] It is widely planted as a shade tree. [7]
Bargad may refer to: Places. A village in the Republic of Chad; Other. A name for the banyan tree in the Hindi language; Luxottica's new brand of glasses
In this Ashram there is an very ancient giant Banyan ( Bargad ) tree spread in two acres of land. It is believed that this ancient wonderful tree has relation with the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya. According to the local peoples of the village, there are many interesting stories related to the tree. It has been included as Saving the Guardian of Mithila.
The names baṛ and bargad both refer to the banyan tree, ultimately from Sanskrit vaṭa. [4]: 25–6 This is a very common place name element; according to Sankalia, many towns and villages may have originally started out as temporary shelters underneath the wide canopy of a banyan tree. As they grew into more permanent settlements, they kept ...