Thimmamma Marrimanu

Coordinates: 14°1′40.80″N 78°19′30.37″E / 14.0280000°N 78.3251028°E / 14.0280000; 78.3251028
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Thimmamma Marrimanu
Species
Banyan (Ficus benghalensis)
LocationAnantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India

14°1′40.80″N 78°19′30.37″E / 14.0280000°N 78.3251028°E / 14.0280000; 78.3251028Thimmamma Marrimanu (

Guinness Book of World Records in 1989.[3][6][7] The tree is revered by the people of Dharmic religions alike, namely, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism
.

Legend

Photo Collage of Thimmamma Marrimanu tree

According to a local myth, the tree is named after Thimmamma, a woman who committed sati (suicide by throwing herself on the funeral pyre of her husband's dead body). The tree is said to have originated from one of the poles used in the funeral pyre. It is also believed that in ramayan narration demon marrich had his hermitage here in fear of lord ram, this is densely covered so none could step in a span of 4.7acre. And it is then ravana came here and took him for sita abduction[8]

Religious significance

Deity inside the Thimmamma Marrimanu Temple

The great banyan tree is revered by the people of

Shivaratri festival, when thousands flock to the tree to worship it.[9]

Recordation

The tree was first noticed and revealed to the world by

Guinness Book of World Records as "World's largest Banyan Tree" in the 1989 edition.[10]

A Telugu-language historical novel Sri Veeraiah Nayakuni charitra (Thimmammamarrimanu kata) (Telugu: శ్రీ వీరయ్య నాయకుని చరిత్ర) was written and published by academic S. S. Giridhar Prasad Roy, in 1989. He translated and published the same story with the title The Story of Thimmamma Marrimanu in 2012.[citation needed]

Thimmamma Marrimanu was discussed in the second segment of the BBC series 'The Tree Spirits' (29 August 2017).[11]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-81-8429-081-3
    . Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  2. ISBN 978-0-7734-5723-2
    . Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8160-2645-6
    . Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  4. ^ Confer "Banyan Trees". Backpacker-backgammon.com. Backpacker-Backgammon. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  5. ^ Confer "Thimmamma Marrimanu". anantapur.com. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  6. ^ India Today. Living Media India Pvt. Ltd. 1992. p. 53. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  7. ^ Sayeed, Vikhar Ahmed. "Arboreal Wonder". Frontline. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  8. ^ M.A. Mannan (2013-01-02). "550-year-old banyan tree in Andhra Pradesh enters Guinness Book as largest tree in world". India Today 31 August 1992.
  9. ISBN 978-81-7478-176-5
    . Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Largest canopy on a living tree".
  11. ^ "BBC World Service - Heart and Soul, the Tree Spirits, the Tree Spirits: Thimmamma Marrimanu".
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