They break down countless amounts of detritus and dead things, and they cycle nutrients throughout the environment, without which the world would cease to function. They also make plant life ...

A visit to historic or meaningful trees provides a sense of connection to the wonder of the natural world. Vital parts of ... From an ancient tree standing on holy ground in France for almost ...

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Conservation of and reverence for nature together with healing practices were an intrinsic part of the Vedic way of life writes SWAMI SHANTATMANANDA head Ramakrishna Mission DelhiWhether it is to do w ...

MONA MEHTA writes of her learning experience during a visit to the centuryold Gauri Shankar temple in Chandni Chowk Shiv Shiv Shiv Shiv the gentleman behind me was chanting eyes closed the mantra was ...

LANCASTER − After turning 100 on May 29, Rita Competti is thought to be the oldest living polio survivor in the country and maybe even the world. "Yes, yes," she said. "There was another one ...

Weaver, I’ll be glad to make you a cake.’ and he said that’s good. I thought, if they’re not going to do anything for his birthday. He is a World War II veteran, and I thought we all need to honor him ...

Jules Robin 1696 – the oldest intact Cognac bottle in the world, aged 329 years. Old Glenlivet 1843 – the oldest whisky bottle in the world, aged 182 years. Armagnac 1830 – the oldest ...

Siddhvari, Uttar Pradesh In 2023, the Botanical Survey of India announced that this is the oldest scientifically dated banyan of the world. Through a method called carbon-dating, the tree was ...

Sagar (Madhya Pradesh): A banyan tree, believed to be 5,000 years old and spread over two acres in the Deori Kalan area, is 16km from the Sagar district headquarters. It is a storehouse of oxygen ...