List of Banyan trees in India

The Great Banyan

Banyan is considered holy in several religious traditions of India. The Ficus benghalensis is the National tree of India,^[1] and also the state tree of Madhya Pradesh.

The following is a list of notable Banyan trees in India. Trees listed here are regarded as important or specific by its historical, national, locational, natural or mythological context. Some researches found that there are less than 150 Banyan trees left in India. The list includes actual Banyan trees located throughout the India.

• Thimmamma Marrimanu, is listed as the world's largest Banyan tree in the Guinness World Records in 1989. The tree is situated about 35 km from Kadri Lakshmi Narasimha temple in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. Its branches spread over 5 acres,^[2][3] with a canopy of 19,107 square metres
• The Great Banyan in the botanical garden near Kolkata, a clonal colony of Indian Banyan with a crown circumference of over 330 meters.
• The 450-year-old giant Banyan tree at Adyar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, in the grounds of the Theosophical Society headquarters under which people listened to discourses by luminaries such as J. Krishnamurti, Annie Besant and Maria Montessori.^[4]
• Dodda Alada Mara, the 400-year-old tree also called the Big Banyan Tree at Ramohalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• Pillalamarri, 800-year-old banyan tree located in Mahabubnagar, Telangana, India.
• { Chosath Yogini temple 1000 year old Banyan tree} located in maharajpur, sagar, madhya pradesh india, spread in 50000sq feet,biggest banyan tree of central India.

Pirbaba’s Taroda sacred grove is located in Amravati district,Maharashtra. There is a huge Ficus benghalensis L(banyan).tree spread over 2.5 acres of land inside the grove due to which, this can also be considered as a ‘sacred tree’.

See also

• Akshayavat there is banyan tree in pemgiri,sangamner,ahmed nagar district in maharashtra which is one of the largest banyan tree situated in 3 acres or so.

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