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The Great Banyan
The Great Banyan is a banyan tree (''Ficus benghalensis'') located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, Howrah, near Kolkata, India. The great banyan tree draws more visitors to the garden than its collection of exotic plants from five continents. Its main trunk became infected by fungi after it was struck by two cyclones. In 1925, the main trunk was removed to keep the remainder of the tree healthy. A road was built around its circumference, but the tree continues to spread beyond it. It was recorded to be the largest tree specimen in the world in the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' in 1989. Botanical classification Botanically known as ''Ficus benghalensis'', and belonging to the family Moraceae, the tree is a native of India. The fruit is like a small fig and is eaten by some people. It also has a sweeter taste than fig. The banyan plant is sometimes observed growing from the little wet dust deposits on buildings because birds carry them arou ...
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Banyan
A banyan, also spelled banian ( ), is a fig that develops accessory trunks from adjacent prop roots, allowing the tree to spread outwards indefinitely. This distinguishes banyans from other trees with a strangler habit that begin life as an epiphyte, i.e. a plant that grows on another plant, when its seed germinates in a crack or crevice of a host tree or edifice. "Banyan" often specifically denotes '' Ficus benghalensis'' (the "Indian banyan"), which is the national tree of India, though the name has also been generalized to denominate all figs that share a common life cycle and used systematically in taxonomy to denominate the subgenus '' Urostigma''. Characteristics Like other fig species, banyans also bear their fruit in the form of a structure called a "syconium". The syconium of ''Ficus'' species supply shelter and food for fig wasps and the trees depend on the fig wasps for pollination. Frugivore birds disperse the seeds of banyans. The seeds are small, and be ...
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Hectare
The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, square metres (), and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is about and one hectare contains about . In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the ''are'' was defined as 100 square metres, or one square decametre, and the hectare (" hecto-" + "are") was thus 100 ''ares'' or  km2 ( square metres). When the metric system was further rationalised in 1960, resulting in the International System of Units (), the ''are'' was not included as a recognised unit. The hectare, however, remains as a non-SI unit accepted for use with the SI and whose use is "expected to continue indefinitely". Though the dekare/decare daa () and are (100 m2) are not officially "accepted for use", they are still used in some contexts. Description The hectare (), although not a unit of SI, is ...
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Individual Banyan Trees
An individual is one that exists as a distinct entity. Individuality (or self-hood) is the state or quality of living as an individual; particularly (in the case of humans) as a person unique from other people and possessing one's own needs or goals, rights and responsibilities. The concept of an individual features in many fields, including biology, law, and philosophy. Every individual contributes significantly to the growth of a civilization. Society is a multifaceted concept that is shaped and influenced by a wide range of different things, including human behaviors, attitudes, and ideas. The culture, morals, and beliefs of others as well as the general direction and trajectory of the society can all be influenced and shaped by an individual's activities. Etymology From the 15th century and earlier (and also today within the fields of statistics and metaphysics) ''individual'' meant " indivisible", typically describing any numerically singular thing, but sometimes meanin ...
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Tourist Attractions In Howrah District
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be domestic (within the traveller's own country) or international. International tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, tourism numbers declined due to a severe economic slowdown (see Great Recession) and the outbreak of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. These numbers, however, recovered until the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to the growth. The United Nations World Tourism Organization has estimated that global international tourist a ...
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List Of Individual Trees
The following is a list of individual trees. Trees listed here are regarded as important or specific by their historical, national, locational, natural or mythological context. The list includes actual trees located throughout the world, as well as #Mythological and religious trees, trees from myths and religions. Africa Living Historical Asia Living Historical Europe Living Historical North America Living Historical Petrified Christmas trees *Anthem Christmas tree, the tallest Christmas tree in the United States, erected annually at the Outlets at Anthem outside Phoenix, Arizona. *Boston Christmas Tree. Since 1971, given to Boston by the people of Nova Scotia in thanks for their assistance during the 1917 Halifax Explosion. Located in the Boston Common (park), Boston Common. *Capitol Christmas Tree, the tree erected annually on the West Front Lawn of the United States Capitol, in Washington, D.C. *Chicago Christmas Tree, the ...
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Dodda Alada Mara
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. This single plant covers and is one of the largest of its kind. In the 2000s, the main root of the tree succumbed to disease, and thus the tree now looks like many different trees. The Dodda Alada Mara is named a heritage tree. History and description The tree is believed to be more than 400-years-old. The tree is supported by prop roots after the main trunk fell off, and the roots death in around 2000 due to natural causes. Another report stated that the trunk and roots of the tree contracted a disease sometime in the 2000s. The tree continued to grow in size and had to be pruned multiple times during this time after commuters complained of disturbance by the branches. Parts of the tree fell off also in the 2020s due to heavy rainfall, strong winds ...
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Midh Ranjha
Midh Ranjha (Punjabi, Urdu 'مڈھ رانجھا' ) is a village located in Tehsil Kot Momin District Sargodha of Pakistan. It is famous for Pakistan's biggest tree and is associated with the legendary Heer Ranjha story of romantic love. Heer originated in this village. Midh Ranjha is located from Kot Momin, from Sargodha city, and from the capital Islamabad. Nearby villages Midh Ranjha is considered as a central point for several villages including Mohriwal, Abal, Dulewala, Badar Ranjha, Kot Ghazi and Thati Kalan and Mahiwal. Important personality from Midh Ranjha is Chaudhary Muhammad Aslam Midhana (late) also known as "King of Kad'dhi(Villages along bank of the river)" by the people of whole area. Education Schools of Midh Ranjha: * Allied School Midh Ranjha Campus * Arqam Grammar School * Arqam Inter College * Crescents School * Govt. Higher Secondary School Boys & Girls * Govt Primary School Boys & Girls * Knowledge City School Biggest Banyan Tree of Pakistan Near Midh R ...
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Thimmamma Marrimanu
Thimmamma Marrimanu () is a banyan tree in Anantapur, located about 25 kilometers from Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is probably a specimen of ''Ficus benghalensis''. In the Telugu language, "" denotes "banyan" and "" denotes "trunk". Its canopy covers , and it was recorded as the largest tree specimen in the world in the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' in 1989. The tree is revered by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. Legend According to a local myth, the tree is named after Thimmamma, a woman who committed sati (suicide by throwing herself on the funeral pyre of her husband's dead body). The tree is said to have originated from one of the poles used in the funeral pyre. Religious significance 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 ...
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Sahabi Tree
Sahabi Tree, or the Tree of al-Buqayawiyya (The Blessed Tree) (Arabic: شجرة البقيعاوية), is a 1500-year-old tree located in Safawi, Jordan, from Amman, the capital of Jordan. The tree is an Atlantic Pistachio tree. It is located on the old trade route between Mecca and Damascus. Caravans used to travel by this route. Religious importance It is believed that one such caravan was going to Syria from Mecca, when Muhammad sat down under its shadow at the age of 12. He was accompanying his uncle Abu Talib. It is said that under this tree, the monk Bahira foretold about the prophethood of Muhammad. It is a tourist attraction in Jordan, with many Muslims visiting the tree every year. Compound King Abdullah of Jordan ordered to construct a fence around the tree to safeguard the tree. See also *List of individual trees *Midh Ranjha Midh Ranjha (Punjabi, Urdu 'مڈھ رانجھا' ) is a village located in Tehsil Kot Momin District Sargodha of Pakistan. It is famous ...
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Cyclone Amphan
Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan ( ) was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in Eastern India, specifically in West Bengal and Odisha, and in Bangladesh, in May 2020. It was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Ganges Delta. It was the strongest tropical cyclone to ever hit India since 1999. It was a rare cyclone that lashed northern Bangladesh from Rajshahi to Rangpur, Bangladesh, Rangpur in the early hours of 21 May with strong winds. It caused severe damage to mango production of Rajshahi and Rangpur, Bangladesh, Rangpur. It was also the fourth super cyclone that hit West Bengal and Kolkata since 2015 as well as being one of the strongest storms to impact the area. Causing over US$15 billion of damage, Amphan is also the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean, surpassing the record held by Cyclone Nargis, Nargis of 2008. The first tropical cyclone of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Ampha ...
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Gateway Of India
The Gateway of India is an arch-monument completed in 1924 on the waterfront of Mumbai (Bombay), India. It was erected to commemorate the landing of George V for his coronation as the Emperor of India in December 1911 at Strand Road near Wellington Fountain. He was the first British monarch to visit India. The foundation stone was laid in March 1913 for a monument built in the Indo-Saracenic style, inspired by elements of 16th-century Indian architecture. The final design of the monument by architect George Wittet was sanctioned only in 1914, and construction was completed in 1924. The structure is a memorial arch made of basalt, which is high, with an architectural resemblance to a triumphial arch After its construction, the Gateway was used as a symbolic ceremonial entrance to India for important government personnel. The Gateway is also the monument from where the last British troops left in 1948, following Indian independence a year earlier. It is located on the wat ...
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