The largest banyan tree in India is in Chennai in South India, and I was absolutely blown away when i first saw it as 10 year old kid, as a part of school outing. Some stats I gathered on the internet:
"This tree is about 450 years old, 40,000 sq feet and it measures 238 feet from north to south and 250 feet from east to west, held up by a 40-feet tall, 30-tonne trunk and thousands of pillar-like roots dropped from the canopy"
After centuries it now looks like a network of trees. Unfortunately on a recent cyclone the main trunk fell over and it died and so what we have now is only a fraction what existed for centuries.
"This tree is about 450 years old, 40,000 sq feet and it measures 238 feet from north to south and 250 feet from east to west, held up by a 40-feet tall, 30-tonne trunk and thousands of pillar-like roots dropped from the canopy"
After centuries it now looks like a network of trees. Unfortunately on a recent cyclone the main trunk fell over and it died and so what we have now is only a fraction what existed for centuries.
