Really wonderful to see thanks gurcharanji for making the trip hope all is well
more later usha di On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 4:29 AM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, looks quite massive. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > On Monday, June 1, 2015 at 11:53:40 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >> Perhaps the oldest Deodar tree in India. >> Gelyon village temple, Nohradhar >> >> Have read about and seen photographs of oldest deodar (Cedrus deodara) >> trees in India particularly in Lahaul District of Himachal Pradesh and >> Kanasar in Chakrata , reported to be as old as 1588 years. They are really >> tall, but none seems to match the massive tree within the premises of >> temple at Gelyon about 3 km from Nohradhar in Himachal Pradesh, a site for >> famous festival. The tree has huge trunk split into three, with combined >> width of around 20 feet, with central trunk somewhat decayed, the cavity >> being used for display of idols, pictures and religious offerings. The >> crown though not very tall covers a huge area of the temple. Locals say it >> is 5000 years old. May be lesser but really old. >> >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
