THE BANYAN TREE -Part 2.

dt 4th January, 2010.

Greetings

PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY ME  OF THE BANYAN  TREE AT SAN THOME, CHENNAI -

About 3 km from my residence -there are several old Banyan Trees .

On The South side is Theosophical Society, the famous Giant Banyan is seen.
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In the Srimad Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna states in Chp 10

Of all trees I am the banyan tree (10.26)

The Banyan Tree is also  referred  -called Ashwattha -Banyan - analogy of Tree of Life relating to the Perishable-Kshara - Illusion and Imperishable Akshara and behind all that the final- the ultimate Purushottama -Creator. 

FOR SPIRITUAL LINKS REFER

RECOMMENDED: Detailed explanation and reference from many  sources is seen at

http://auromere.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/the-inverted-banyan-tree/

GITA Chp 15 Sokha No 1 

sri-bhagavan uvaca
urdhva-mulam adhah-sakham
ashvattham prahur avyayam
chandamsi yasya parnani
yas tam veda sa veda-vit

Translation: The Blessed Lord said, “There is a banyan tree which has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas.”
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