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"The 1500 year old Mango Tree " ©2001 photo Elroy Christenson The Shiva temple of Sri
Ekambarantha Temple in Kancheepuram, India
contains a mango tree that supposedly is 1500 years old. This attests
the fact that this is a very old religious site. One discovery that I
made was that on this same location had been a Buddhist temple. Since
Buddhism was driven out of India about 600 ce, it is very conceivable
that the tree was probably planted by the monk of the temple rather
than the Hindus. Nevertheless, this is a very old and interesting Shiva
temple. It is certainly one of the largest of the area and is used
daily for Hindu religious services.
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