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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.
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 ...
The tree is considered sacred in India, [6] and temples are often built nearby. Due to the large size of the tree's canopy, it provides useful shade in hot climates. In Theravada Buddhism, this tree is said to have been used as the tree for achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi by the twenty fourth buddha called "Kassapa - කස්සප". The ...
A huge banyan tree spread across 2.5 acres of land inside the Pirbaba's Taroda sacred grove located in Amravati district, Maharashtra. The tree is considered sacred. Cholti Kheri sacred tree in Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab. Pemgiri, with 3.5 acres spread it is largest banyan tree of Maharashtra, 16 km west from Sangamner on Pune-Nasik Highway
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Kabirvad is a banyan tree located on a small river island in the Narmada River, in Bharuch district, Gujarat, India. The tree and place is associated with 15th-century mystic-poet Kabir, and the location includes a temple dedicated to him. The place is a religious site as well as a popular tourist spot.
The Dodda Aalada Mara, literally translated to Big Banyan Tree, is a giant approximately 400-year-old banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) located in the village of Kethohalli in the Bengaluru Urban district of Karnataka, India. [1] This single plant covers 3 acres (1.2 ha) and is one of the largest of its kind.
Their seeds, often bird-dispersed, germinate in crevices atop other trees. These seedlings grow their roots downward and envelop the host tree while also growing upward to reach into the sunlight zone above the canopy. [2] [3] An original support tree can sometimes die, so that the strangler fig becomes a "columnar tree" with a hollow central ...