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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 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 ...
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.
Ficus benghalensis, Ficus indica, or Ficus audrey 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.
A large banyan tree in the heart of Old Lahaina that was badly scorched by the fires that ransacked Maui appears to have emerged from the flames still standing.
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 ]
The banyan tree is the oldest living one on Maui but is not a species indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands. How Lahaina's more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fire
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