In India, it’s customary to find banyan trees growing through walls and buildings and to see deities within them. Often people bow and pranam to them. The banyan and pipal trees have been said by Jayapataka Maharaja to exude more oxygen than any other trees. In the Tenth chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, Krsna says, “Of all trees I am the banyan tree.” (BGAII 10.26)
Banyan Trees