Trees in Indian Mythology and Spirituality Trees are revered in Indian culture for their many fine attributes such as medicinal benefits, providing food, helping moderate ambient temperatures, giving shade, recharging groundwater, all these things being essential
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Banyan Tree- Ficus benghalensis begins its journey by growing on a host plant an then eventually takes over the host completely (acquiring the moniker of “strangling fig”). Its most prominent feature is the aerial prop roots that hang from its branches and lend a haunted look to the banyan tree. However, the tree itself is believed to have superpowers that allow it to fulfil the desires of married women who wish to bear children and pray to the tree for blessings. The banyan tree is also believed to represent the Trimurti of cosmic creation (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva).
