The Great Banyan
The Great Banyan is a banyan tree located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, Howrah, near Kolkata, India. The great banyan tree draws more visitors to the garden than its collection of exotic plants from five continents.Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Evergreen forest
- Description: Individual banyan trees
- Also known as: “The Great Banyan Tree”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden and Santragachi Junction railway station.
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
Park
Photo: Jeroje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, previously known as the Indian Botanic Garden, Calcutta Botanic Garden, and Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, is a botanical garden situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata.
Santragachi Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Santragachi Junction railway station is a railway junction in South Eastern Railway Zone of Indian Railways, situated in Santragachhi, Howrah, India. The station is operated by the South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways.
Shalimar railway station
Railway station
Photo: Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shalimar railway station is a Railway Terminus located in Shibpur, Howrah of West Bengal. It is one of important railway station serving the Kolkata metropolitan region, India.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Howrah and Alipore.
Howrah
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Howrah is the twin city of Kolkata and an important industrial and transport hub of southern West Bengal.
Alipore
Photo: Kolkatan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alipore is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, Bhowanipore to the east, the Diamond Harbour Road to the west and New Alipore to the south, bordered by the Budge Budge section of the Sealdah South section railway line.
B. B. D. Bagh
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
B. B. D. Bagh, short of Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, is the colonial-era precinct of Kolkata. Formerly known as Dalhousie Square or simply Dalhousie, the precinct takes a visitor back to the British Raj era with nostalgic overtones.
The Great Banyan
- Categories: remarkable tree, forest, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Bally Jagachha, Howrah, South Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.5609° or 22° 33′ 39″ northLongitude
88.2867° or 88° 17′ 12″ eastOpen location code
7MJCH76P+8MOpenStreetMap ID
way 225902795OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2509765
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover The Great Banyan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Assamese to Ukrainian—“The Great Banyan” goes by many names.
- Assamese: “বিশাল বটবৃক্ষ”
- Bengali: “বিশাল বটবৃক্ষ”
- French: “Banian de Howrah”
- Hindi: “विशाल बरगद का पेड़”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis banjanas”
- Malayalam: “ദ ഗ്രേറ്റ് ബൻയൻ”
- Portuguese: “The Great Banyan”
- Russian: “Великий баньян”
- Tamil: “கொல்கத்தா பெரிய ஆலமரம்”
- Telugu: “పెద్ద మర్రిచెట్టు, కోల్కత”
- Telugu: “పెద్ద మర్రిచెట్టు”
- Ukrainian: “Великий баньян”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as BAKULTALA and Kyd Monument.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Prain Lake and Kunstier Lake.
Howrah: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Howrah, Uluberia, Bally, and Andul.
Curious Evergreen Forests to Discover
Uncover intriguing evergreen forests from every corner of the globe.