Rishi Banyan

Rishi Banyan
A small sacred peepal tree for the rishi holy men to relax under near the holy Yamuna River
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A small sacred peepal tree for the rishi holy men to relax under near the holy Yamuna River
Banshi means flute, and under this banyan tree a young Krishna played his music
At this peepal spilling over the pathway along the Yamuna Ghats in Vrindavan– be careful! The monkeys love to snatch spectacles, probably because it causes maximum entertaining distress in the humans
A landmark tree growing on the ghats of the Yamuna River
This tree at Vrindavan was was cursed by Krishna’s partner Radha after she cut her foot on a tamarind fruit shard, and now the fruit of this tree never ripens properly.
Krishna jumped from this very tree into the Yamuna River to fight, subdue, and banish to the Ocean the poisonous, 100-headed, Kaliya Black Serpent
In a long distant time, at this tree, a mischevious young Krishna hid the clothes of the gopi cowherd girls while they were swimming