Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- A three-hundred-year-old banyan tree stands in the Hooghlychhara tea garden of Sindurkhan Union No. 4, Srimangal Upazila, Moulvibazar district.

A very well-known tree in our country is the banyan tree. This tree is easily recognizable due to its size and shape.

Rural tradition There are various superstitions in the society regarding the banyan tree.

Some believe that the banyan tree has ghosts. The followers of traditional religion worship the banyan tree as a deity.

Karto. The story of marriage with a banyan tree was common in Hindu society. The banyan tree has survived for ages as the most ancient tree of rural Bengal.

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