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WHAT’S
MighTy Banyan IN A NAME!

Called the 'Many-footed' this life-giving and life-preserving tree, was The name banyan is said to have been
coined by the British when they saw
capable as Pliny said, of planting itself. Banyan trees are mentioned in merchants (banias) opening their new
many ancient Indian texts and scriptures, often representing the registers sitting under
Divine creator. banyan trees.
Neha Tilokani, Class 9B, All Saints Sr. Sec. School, Ajmer; Geetanjali Sharma,
Class 4B, Janki Devi Public School, Jaipur; Tammana, Class 8B, Dundlod WORSHIP WISDOM
Vidyapeeth, Jhunjhunu
Botanical Name: Ficus benghalensis The banyan tree is worshipped
Common Name: Vata,Bargad (Hindi), Aal (Tamil), as Vat Vriksha by women in
Nyagrodha (Sanskrit), Hmawng (Mizo) many parts of India on Vat
Purnima. An old banyan tree
SACRED SAGA located at Jagannath Temple Illustration by Charishma, Class 7,
Sree Vidyanikethan International
in Puri is worshipped School, Sree Sainath Nagar,
The banyan is mentioned often as Kalpa bata. Many Tirupati
as a sacred tree in ancient texts Muslim pirs have
like Ramayana, Mahabharata, also prayed and lived under banyan
and Atharva Veda. According trees. The tree is also revered by Jains
to Hindu mythology, Lord since the fi rst Tirthahankara attained
Krishna had great regard for knowledge while sitting under one.
the banyan tree. The tree is Aastha Singh, Class 9B, Motilal Nehru Public
regarded as a Kalpavriksha. School, Jamshedpur; Nihar Choudhary, Class
6B, Jammu Sanskriti School, Jammu
Kanishka, Class 8B, Saraswati Public
School, Jagadhri; P. Erainyanbu, Class
9A2, S. Vedhika, 9A, Little Scholars
Matriculation Hr. Sec. School,
Thanjavur LIFE-GIVER

The banyan tree has antiseptic,
astringent and makes an invigorating
Activity: BIGGEST tonic too! The anti-infl ammatory
BANYANS properties of its bark and leaves
make it useful to treat ulcers,
Two of the biggest banyan skin diseases and
trees in India are the even diarrhoea.
Thimmamma Marrimanu
Illustration by Trisha Sharma, Class 2C, Global Radhika, Class 7B,
in Ananthapur, Andhra Indian International School, Hadapsar, Pune Oxford Grammar
Pradesh and the banyan of the School, Hyderabad; Tanishka, Class
9, K.L. Mehta D. N. P. High School,
Indian Botanical Garden in Shibpur, West Bengal. Faridabad
S Srinithi, Class 7, Bishop Devadass Ambrose Vidyalaya,
Thanjavur; A. Amulya, Class 10, Trinity Academy, Senior
Activity: UNDER ITS SHADE
Secondary School, Thiruvarur
Read up about famous banyan trees in India and Under the shade of a tree learn about the banyan’s wisdom
list any fi ve of them. by reading these books

R. K. Narayan: Jataka Tales: The Bold and the Panchatantra: The Crow and
Under the Wise Tree The Serpent
Banyan Tree

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