yes, it is one of the most favoured flowering trees of Tagore. He mentioned it in about hundred of his poems and particularly in songs.
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Anand Kumar Bhatt <[email protected]>wrote: > In these columns somebody wrote that this was a favourite of Tagore. It was > so of Krishna also. Any number of poems have also mentioned this flower. > .......this is an old time favourite and you will find it in many heritage > buildings of North India. Its only disadvantage is that it is slow > growing. But at the same tiew has long life. These are the days of cassia, > gulmohur and peltoforum! > akbhatt > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:24 PM, sibdas ghosh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Minusops elengi- Bakul in Bengali, Maulsari in Hindi. A beautiful >> small sized avenue tree, with small fragrant flowers. with dome shaped >> canopy, comaparable to lime wood trees (Linden Baum) in England and >> Germany. Garlands are made from small flowers, which is also the >> source of Maulsari Attar. Fruits are liked by Birds and village >> children. >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Anand Kumar Bhatt > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road > Gwalior. 474 005. > Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. > My blogsite is at: > http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com > And the photo site: > www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ > -- Sibdas Ghosh --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
