Dar Flats Twisted Tree
Dar Flats Twisted Tree
An old, twisted willow has been sculpted into weird shapes by villagers repeatedly cutting its upper branches to utilize the scarce wood available in the high desert
Weird
The Crazy Zen Tree
The Crazy Zen Tree
This impressively resprouted willow tree- one of the largest in Leh- grows near Shanti Stupa through the walls of the Zen Restaurant
Cubbon Mango 2
Cubbon Mango 2
A picture-perfect impressive old mango, at the Cubbon Park in central Bangalore
LalBagh Sprawling Krishna Fig
LalBagh Sprawling Krishna Fig
One of the curious banyan cultivars with the pocketed leaves
Camel Gum
Camel Gum
In the back of the Mysore Palace, a Eucalyptus tree has been stripped of bark by the tethered camels
Tamarind of Mother
Tamarind of Mother
Another grand, ancient tamarind at Auroville, this one named after Aurobindo’s French-born comrade, a woman known as the Mother.
Tamarind of Aurobindo
Tamarind of Aurobindo
The grandest tamarind I found in Auroville was named after the city’s founder, Sri Aurobindo, a renowned Indian freedom fighter and philosopher
The Crimp
The Crimp
A neem tree hugging the edge of a granite boulder below the temple carvings ata the ridge of Mahabalipuram
Secret Lake FakeRock Cafe
Secret Lake FakeRock Cafe
At Secret Lake, a small tourist attraction near Hyderabad’s Cyber City, there is a cafe made of plastic rocks with a plastic tree inside.