Gujarat

Igreja de Sao Francisco Neem

A neem tree graces the steps of a distinctly Portuguese and Catholic Church deboted to Saint Francisco.

A young banyan grows out into the sea from a monument tower near the Fort at Diu Island

This tree was encountered during a sleepy midnight taxi bargaining episode, with weary eyes and exhausted minds.thus the blurry photo.

Look for this banyan near the stores to the right as you approach the important Krishna temple at Somnath.

A banyan near the entrance to the Uparkot fort at Junagadh, near Girnar Mountain.

A small ficus tree is sprouting in the stoneworks at one the oldest and deepest stepwells cut deep into the earth at Junagadh’s Uparkot fort.

At the stat of the trail to the top of Girnar mountain, countless women’s bangles decorate a small Thevetia tree

As one climbs the massive granite Girnar mountain in Gujarat, a stop for some cold sugary drinks is a temptation hard to resist

At the main intersection of Junagadh is a Sufi shrine with a broad neem tree shading it.

Thtreatening the dome crowning Junagadh;s gloriously ornate and spiral-woven Maqbara tomb is a small banyan tree sprouting in a crack