Nestled within the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Shibpur, Howrah, near the bustling city of Kolkata, stands an extraordinary spectacle – The Great Banyan Tree.

Visitors can see it at the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Shibpur, Kolkata, and walk around the .2-mile-long road built around the tree's circumference (the Great Banyan ...

there stands a sprawling banyan tree in Kolkata’s historic Alipore Jail, now a museum. Buffeted by March gusts, dry leaves float down from it to the ground and sometimes, fireflies rise up.