Top 5 Oldest and Giant Banyan Trees in India
Giant Banyan - Banglore
The Big Banyan Tree is the 400-year-old tree, located at Ramohalli in Bengaluru. Dodda Alada Mara or Big Banyan Tree has more than a thousand aerial roots and is one of the largest of its kind.
Giant Banyan - Anantapur
The Thimmamma Marrimanu is the world’s biggest tree and recorded as the biggest tree in the Guinness Book of World Records. Thimmamma Marrimanu banyan tree is located in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh.
Giant Banyan - Bharuch
One of the most famous of banyan tree is located on the island of Kabirvad in Gujarat. It is one of the Oldest living Banyan tree in India,believed to be 300 years old. One large Banyan tree called Kalpabata is there inside the premises of Jagannath Temple of Puri.
Giant Banyan - Kolkata
The Great Banyan tree is located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden of Howrah,Kolkata. Great Banyan is the largest Banyan tree in India and one of the biggest in the world.
Giant Banyan - Chennai
Adyar Banyan Tree is one of the biggest Banyan trees in the world and the oldest existing tree in the city of Chennai.
The 450-year-old giant banyan tree is located at Adyar in Chennai.