They believed that mistletoe represented the essence of the sun god Taranis and that any tree with mistletoe growing amongst its branches was therefore sacred. The winter solstice was the time ...

In Tharparkar's village of Haryar, tradition flourishes against sands of time, and peacocks are symbols of peace ...

Trees have been worshipped for millennia. Take a tour of the world’s most sacred and iconic trees—from Abraham’s oak in the West Bank to California’s Lone Cypress.

A developer has planted a sacred tree at a new housing development to mark National Tree Week. Pye Homes has planted a rowan sapling at the new Welborne Garden Village development near Fareham ...

The dark pink flower emerged on a nearly 3-meter-tall tree, the biggest of five clones of the sacred ume tree that stands outside the main shrine, shrine officials said March 4. “I am happy ...

The Akshayavat tree within Allahabad Fort, built by Mughal emperor Akbar in 1583, holds mythological significance as a sacred and indestructible banyan tree. This includes its connections to Lord ...

Baobab is a superfood with growing global demand – that’s bad news for the sacred African tree Baobab trees grow in arid and semi-arid parts of Africa, and have deep cultural and ecological ...

They can survive prolonged droughts thanks to their ability to store water in their huge trunks, which can attain a diameter of 10 metres or more ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with family members visited Akshayvat, the sacred tree in Mahakumbh Nagar on Monday. He ...