Peepal Baba
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it would come up.
So Nani would say no.
The population of people trees is coming down because of development works and widening of roads and everything.
So she would insist that this ficus species, you know, the people tree, the banyan tree, the pilkhan tree and the gula tree.
Okay.
So you should plant these trees.
And these are big canopy trees.
So they are like a
Microcosm, it's a micro forest in itself.
More than 140 species of birds come on that and so many insects and fruit figs and fruit flies and squirrels and everything.
So, since I was working with the people plant species for such a long time.
So, just like we tease.
So, Baba means a wise man.
People means the people tree.
And people Baba...
In many villages of Haryana, of Punjab especially, of Rajasthan also, they don't point out to the people tree because it's a sacred thing.
It's the Bodhi tree.
So they will not say this is the people tree.
They will say people Maharaj.
They will say people Baba.