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Big Banyan Tree - Bangalore Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/20/2020
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Big Banyan Tree - Bangalore

The Dodda Aalada Mara literally translated to Big Banyan Tree, is a giant approximately 400-year-old banyan tree located in the village of Kethohalli in the Bangalore Urban district of Karnataka, India. This single plant covers 3 acres (12,000 m2) and is one of the largest of its kind. In the 2000s, the main root of the tree succumbed to natural disease, and thus the tree now looks like many different trees.

The tree is 28 kilometres (17 mi) from Bangalore, on the Bangalore – Mysore Road.[2] Buses can be taken from Majestic to Kengeri, and then from Kengeri to Doda Alada Mara. There are direct buses from K. R. Market to Dodda Alada mara which stops just beside the tree. The tree is the natural home of a large number of monkeys, and tourists are advised to be careful with food, water, camera bags, and anything else that can be snatched away.

Thank you to bggy for placing the cache container in the tree.

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