Sinhagad Fort Monitor
Below one of the communication towers on the rocky plateau of Sinhagad Fort, this tree is named after the Marathi general Tanaji’s 1670 capture of the fort, with the aid of a trained monitor lizard which climbed the ramparts and set a rope in place.
Location:
State: Maharashtra
Locality: Pune : Below the farther of the two communications towers on the top of Sinhagad Fort
Botany:
Common name: Trumpet Creeper : The Trumpet Creeper family, with its trumpet shaped flowers, includes the jacaranda, the catalpa
Botanical species: Bignoniaceae sp.
Botanical family : Bignoniaceae [Jacaranda]
Geography:
Latitude: 18.36566112 ° north of the Equator
Longitude: 73.75480024 ° east of the Prime Meridian
Altitude: 1311.1 metres above sea level
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Journey:
Shooting Southwards
Path : From Mumbai inland to Maharashtra, then south into Andhra and Karnataka and coastal Tamil Nadu
Date photographed: 15.01.09
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