Grotesque Ippe
Grotesque Ippe
At a sacred grove beneath the granite peak of Shivganga, this is the most diseased and deformed of many ancient and bizarre Ippe trees
Karnataka
Karnataka
Shivganga Granite Spring Sampige
Shivganga Granite Spring Sampige
At the base of Shivganga (Shiva’s Spring), this tall Michelia tree grows next to a water spring
Melukote Hill Mango
Melukote Hill Mango
As you approach the temple on the summit of Melukote Hill, you can make a small detour to a grassy clearing and relax in the shade of this beautiful tree
Crawford Column
Crawford Column
At Mysore University’s Crawford College, this Araucaria is leaning tremendously, to an almost humourous degree
Shri Chamundeshwar Sampige
Shri Chamundeshwar Sampige
At the top of Chamundi Hills, this sampige tree is in the center of the Shri Chamundeshwar temple.
Uppangala Giant Vateria
Uppangala Giant Vateria
Another forest giant, this Vateria is one of the most prominent trailside trees deep in the jungle of a long term ecology site
Mangalore Talipot Palm
Mangalore Talipot Palm
This huge, beautiful palm in a green corner of downtown Mangalore flowered- for the first and only time in its life- the day that the landowner died, and will die itself soon after
The Mango Tree Restaurant
The Mango Tree Restaurant
You can have a yummy thali and coconut juice at this restaurant, shaded by a large mango tree hiding in the fields near Hampi.
Rain of Boulderers
Rain of Boulderers
This rain tree can be found in the corner of the rice fields of the “other side”, where every morning the rock climbing boulderers go out to practice their gravity-defying yoga.
Madhyacharya Banyan Cluster
Madhyacharya Banyan Cluster
A collection of plants, all intertwined with an old banyan, serves as a shrine and memorial to Madhyacharya, a Hindu philosopher born here