Maui County arborist Timothy Griffith describes the progress Lahaina’s scorched banyan tree has made in the past six months. — The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo The shaded Lahaina square ...

In this form he is depicted as sitting beneath a banyan tree. This avatar emphasizes the value of enlightenment and self-realization. Aghora is the ascetic form and also considered as the destroyer.

Thimmamma Marrimanu is a banyan tree that has survived multiple cyclones and persevered to witness ... [+] half a millennium of human history unfold. Nestled in the remote village of Kadiri ...