The Peepal tree is famously known as the Bodhi Tree. Learn why the Sacred Fig (Ficus religiosa), or Peepal, is called the ...

The Aspen Times last week ran a picture of Jerome Osentowski, noted Basalt permaculturist, nestled in the limbs of an ancient juniper — one of his sacred trees. The accompanying article detailed the ...

This special report details the significance of the Dharm Dhwaj (sacred flag) hoisted at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The bulletin explains the symbolism of the three main emblems on the flag: the Aum ...

More than just a fruit tree, the Udara tree holds deep cultural and spiritual significance, and breaking its taboos comes with heavy consequences. In many Nigerian households, the sweet-and-sour taste ...

Indologist Lalit Mishra played a key role in rediscovering the ancient flag's significance, highlighting its lost heritage after the Mahabharata war.

There are many unique styles of astrology all around the world. There are extremely popular ones like Vedic astrology and Western astrology, the slightly more niche, like Chinese astrology, and ones ...

Some 550 years ago, so a story goes, the poet-sage Kabir was on a silt island in India's Narmada River. He was brushing his teeth with a twig. When he flung his toothbrush to the ground, up sprang a ...

The Torrey pine is a rarity in the tree world, and an upcoming La Jolla Historical Society exhibit looks at the people who stood by it and rallied to preserve the trees and the land they stand on.

Lately my attention has been drawn to trees for three reasons. First, catastrophic events involving not only individual trees in yards of my sisters but also vast forests in the Amazon have me ...