World's oldest carbon-dated banyan tree in UP, structural problem & how faith guards it

Located in the Upper Ganga Ramsar site in UP's Bulandshahar district, the Siddhvari is now the oldsest banyan tree in the world to have been carbon dated. Though researchers suggest that the tree has structural issues, faith of the local priests and villagers is guarding the tree. Watch this ground report by ThePrint's Mohana Basu.
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