Daniel
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Suburban Philadelphia (Wayne)
driving in India, even in a small town, is far harder than the worst traffic I've ever seen in NY NY.. And if you get into an accident and someone gets killed, their family will kill you before you ever get to court! That makes you think twice before ever hopping into a rental car.
There is a sacred Banyon tree in the courtyard at:
http://www.amritapuri.org/ashram
its the tree to the left of the temple in the top picture.. that picture must be a few years old becasue it was bigger and in much worse shape when I saw it.. they built a circular bench very close to the trunk, then back filled in behind the bench to approx 3' height. The remaining root zone is nearly completely covered with paving and heavy pedestrian traffic. To make matters worse, the area was flooded by seawater in the Tsunami of 2004.
As of Jan 2011 the tree was in heavy decline with lots of large dry limbs over a wide area, that nearly always has someone within the drip line..
I tried to make them aware of the situation and wrote a small report on the tree, but was told that the tree will be OK.. If the tree recovers without remediation, that would truly be a miracle!
There is a sacred Banyon tree in the courtyard at:
http://www.amritapuri.org/ashram
its the tree to the left of the temple in the top picture.. that picture must be a few years old becasue it was bigger and in much worse shape when I saw it.. they built a circular bench very close to the trunk, then back filled in behind the bench to approx 3' height. The remaining root zone is nearly completely covered with paving and heavy pedestrian traffic. To make matters worse, the area was flooded by seawater in the Tsunami of 2004.
As of Jan 2011 the tree was in heavy decline with lots of large dry limbs over a wide area, that nearly always has someone within the drip line..
I tried to make them aware of the situation and wrote a small report on the tree, but was told that the tree will be OK.. If the tree recovers without remediation, that would truly be a miracle!
