Pillalamarri is an 800 year old banyan tree in Mahbubnagar. I visited the place with Vinod and Sunnie - Vinod works there and Sunnie joined us. To get there from the main Mahbubnagar town, we needed to cross a railway line. Tickets were sold for the banyan park and the little zoo which were bought - and we entered the area.
Apparently the tree got some disease and was in danger of dying as recently as 6-7 years ago and was revived and is now alive. The process on how they revived the tree was also shown in some board with pictures.
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| Vinod and Sunnie - enroute |
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| Main tree |
Its name is because of the many pillalu (children) that the marri (banyan tree) has had thanks to its many off shoots. The main tree has spread across a large area of some 3-4 acres and its such a lovely sight to behold.
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| Buddha |
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| Serpentine |
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| Tombs of the two saints Kamal Hussain and Jamal Hussain |
Ever since the tree had trouble it has been fenced off and we cannot touch it. There is a Buddha statue there, some benches to sit, a dargah of two sufi saints Kamal Hussain and Jamal Hussain (another version is that it is called Peerlamarri (which means Saints banyan). We sat there for a while, took pics and headed out.
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| Sri Rajarajeshwara temple |
Outside the banyan tree park there is a reconstructed Sri Rajarajeshwara temple which has been trans-located from Erladinne on the banks of Krishna river. Its beautiful - some pilgrims were resting there - apparently on their trek to Srisailam according to Vinod. And there is an Archaeological museum which has some lovely 3AD sculptures in it. We spent some time in both places and headed back.
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