A.J.C. Bose Botanical Gardens (Howrah)

India / Bangla / Bankra / Howrah
 park, botanical garden
The extensive Botanical Gardens, on the west bank of the Hoogly river, stretch for over 1 km along the river and occupy 109 hectares. The gardens were originally founded in 1786 and administered by Colonel Kyd. It was from these gardens that the tea now grown in Assam and Darjeeling was first developed. Trees of the rarest kinds, from Nepal, Brazil, Penang, Java and Sumatra can be found here. There are towering Mahogany trees, an avenue of Cuban Palms and an Orchid House. Mango and Tamarind trees shade the grassy lawns. But the main attraction of the garden is the 200 year old Banyan Tree, claimed to have the second largest canopy in the world. It is the world's largest, having a circumference of 330m.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acharya_Jagadish_Chandra_Bose_Indian_Botanic_Garden
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Coordinates:   22°33'30"N   88°17'31"E

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  • I am staying in 108 foreshore road, shibpur, howrah-71102 which is 10 km far from B.Garden. I have visited B.Garden it is a very peaceful place where we can spent our time for an hour.This Garden is surrending by varities of trees but the most important trees is the Great babian Tree which is the largest babian tree of the world.many things is there to see in this garden if you have time please visit this beautiful Graden.
  • I resides in Serampore it is about 20KM from here. I visited this garden many times it is very charming, it has a banyan tree which has more then 250 branches and you can see more then 1000 types of other plants and trees.
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