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Witness the awe-inspiring felling of a sacred tree that has stood for over 300 years with a massive trunk circumference exceeding 5 meters. This monumental event showcases the skill, precision, and ...
With an aim to protect biodiversity that’s become fragmented and is scattered across the country, Bangladesh is listing all ...
If you visit the southwest corner of Madagascar, you might find a tree so old its name is Grandmother. She has three stems, fused together, so that her trunk resembles a massive rounded pot rather ...
“The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) of Puri, Odisha, has issued a show-cause notice to a senior servitor over the alleged use of surplus sacred ... another neem tree,” it said.
Two former friends have been found guilty of chopping down the Sycamore Gap tree in an act of “deliberate and mindless criminal damage”. Ground worker Daniel Graham, 39, and mechanic Adam ...
The sthala vriksham or sacred tree of the Kapalishwarar temple is the punnai, also known as nagchampa in Sanskrit, and ‘Alexandrian laurel’. It is believed to be one of the oldest trees in ...
transforming the "May tree" into a "June tree" in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In Roman Catholicism, June is the month and red the colour of the Sacred Heart, which represents Jesus ...
The sage’s son, Parshurama, the sixth avatar or incarnation of Vishnu, single-handedly defeated the king and his army, successfully retrieving the sacred cow and her calf. A divine tree bearing ...
The translation of He Rā Rākau Tītapu is “a day a sacred tree is planted”. The planting ceremony was also attended by Leader of the Opposition Chris Luxon, Speaker of the House Adrian ...
Indian songs, from Bollywood to Sufi, often blend earthly and divine love. While seemingly about physical beauty, they can reflect the inner divinity within us all, echoing Upanishadic principles ...
The reflections, he claims, form a glowing, tree‑shaped pattern on the stone walls. Because multiple mythologies describe a sacred mountain crowned by a life‑giving tree, the author concludes ...