A visit to Indian Botanic Garden in Kolkata or Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden as it is known now turned out to be a lot more that just a walk in the garden. For those of you who want to know how and why, and want to know more about the 250 year old Great Banyan Tree (Listed in the Guiness World Book of Records) at this historical place, you can read about it in my writeup here; http://indiasendangered.com/a-floral-paradise-kolkatas-indian-botanic-garden
And for those who prefer visuals, I am sharing the pictures here…
Indian Botanic Garden, Kolkata
The Great Banyan Tree
The Great Banyan Tree, Prop roots
Rufous Treepie Bird
Butterfly in the grass
Hooghly River Bank
Common Drongo
Medicinal Herb
Medicinal Herb in Charak Udyan
Prain Lake
Squirrel!
Jungle Babbler
Egrets
Large fruits hanging from a tree
Green Bee-eaters silhouetted in the eve
Black Rumped Flameback
Bird Silhouette
Jungle Babblers
Love the Wild 
enjoyed reading your blog. it is truly a wonderful walk
Thanks Avi 🙂
I am a bit of an amateur ornithologist whenever I get the chance and look forward to seeing more of these beautiful images! – Sam
Glad you liked the images Sam. 🙂 You may also like to see the images of birds of Namdapha, which I have posted here…https://lovethewild.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/entranced-by-namdapha-the-avi-fauna/
I’ve been looking through your blog – it’s wonderful! Your write-ups are so informative, and your photos are amazing!! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it. 🙂
thanks for visiting my blog. 🙂
These are wonderful and I can sense the atmosphere and that wonderful heavy scent of the air. The medicinal plant looks like one that grows in my Netherlands garden but without the exotic umbrella seed pods. Maybe it is the same family but the climate is not warm enough to produce these seeds. Do you know what it is used for and what it is called?
hi, No I do not know what it is called. But I will find out and post the name here. 🙂
Hi Shilpi I have spent 5 years in Kolkata and through this post revisited the place again. The pics are beautiful and the narration informative.
Thank you 🙂
Lovely pics..i could sit by prain lake forever 🙂
🙂 Thanks
Lovely birds, trees and gardens… Black Rumped Flameback, I have never seen before!!
Thanks. Even I saw the bird for the first time. Had to google and find out what species it was!