Lodhi Shady Ficus

Lodhi Shady Ficus
A prominent and shady jadi tree can be found near the Bara Gumbad at Lodhi Gardens
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A prominent and shady jadi tree can be found near the Bara Gumbad at Lodhi Gardens
Between the two main tombs at Lodhi Gardens, amidst the pleasant and happy park-goers, a small shrub can be a hiding place for a shy person
Hiding in the forest of Sanjay Van, this tree twists around itself in a strange spiral.
In Adchhini, South Delhi, I encountered a gum tree growing through a metal fence. As I investigated, a crow sleepily ignored me while perching on a low branch.
At Lodhi Gardens, a damaged Australian silky-oak struggles to survive benearth a large pipal tree.
A strangely hollow banyan growing in the park at Greater Kailash II colonymaybe it has lost the host tree upon which it grew?
At Nehru Park in Delhi, a large Ailanthus tree dominated a section of the park.
At Delhi’s zoo, near the Purana Qila Old Fort, a broad Tree of Heaven offers shade to auto-wallahs and the occasional book-seller.
This young tree was planted 14 years ago at the abandoned, unnoticed Begumper Masjid, one of India’s largest and oldestmosques- almost one thousand years old dating from the Tughlak era.
In Lodhi Gardens, parents leave the clothing of their sick children in this tree in hopes it will cure them of their ills.