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1 Banyan tree is commonly called as Bargad or Vat Vriksha and is credited as the national tree of India.

2 It is also credited as the third most significant plants in Hindu religion.

3 Banyan tree ages for around thousand years and spreads widely in its surrounding.

4 The tree is upside down, which means its roots rise up from the ground and branches go down.

5 While narrating Gita, Lord Krishna explained that the leaves of Banyan tree are the Vedic Hymns.

6 In Hinduism, there many old customs under which devotees offer worship to this tree.

7 Dakshinamurthy is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva, who is usually depicted seated under a banyan tree.

8 In Maharashtra, married women celebrate the festival of Vat Savitri by fasting and tying a thread around the banyan tree.

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