Caiman Banyan
Caiman Banyan
A small banyan in the Caiman crocodile enclosure at the Madras Crocodile Bank
Chennai
Chennai
Crocodile Barringtonia
Crocodile Barringtonia
A Barringtonia tree growing in the sidelines of the Madras Crocodile Bank, a reptile zoo established by Rom Whittaker just south of Chennai
Chennai Tsunami Memorial
Chennai Tsunami Memorial
This false tree fountain at Chennai’s Marine Beach is near a series of paintings remember the Boxing Day Tunami.
The Faraway Tree
The Faraway Tree
At the entrance to The Faraway Tree art gallery, you can find this tree first in a row of trees from far away South America.
Madras Mocha Canopy
Madras Mocha Canopy
At the trendy Mocha cafe in Chennai, this tall tree offers shade, atmosphere, and character to the place.
Chennai Beach Station Telephone Tree
Chennai Beach Station Telephone Tree
Yet another clever use of a tree, this time as a telephone mount
Blavatsky Baobab
Blavatsky Baobab
Madame Blavatsky was a Russian psychic who founded the esoterical Theosophical Society, on whose campus you can find this large baobab tree
Theosophical Founder’s Tree
Theosophical Founder’s Tree
On a lane named after the Founders of the Theosophical Society, this large banyan is smaller but somehow more solid than the more famous Big Banyan just nearby.
IIT Madras Ambassador
IIT Madras Ambassador
One of the large banyans hiding in the woods of the Indian Institute of Technology, this tree has a bench for contemplation, branches to monkey in, and monkeys in the branches contemplating you.
Flag of St Thomas
Flag of St Thomas
On top of St Thomas Mount, a banyan tree offers shade for pilgrims to the cave hermitage of the first Christian missionary to India.