A Rudraksha tree on the way from Chitwan to Pokhara

            A Rudraksha tree on the way from Chitwan to Pokhara. We have a grueling 9 hr drive ahead of us from Chitwan to Pokhara, via Kathmandu, and we have just made our first pit stop at a roadside cafe overlooking the Narayani river and terraced vegetable fields across the river. Nepal is famous for rosares (prayer beads) made from the fruit of the Rudraksh tree. Rudraksha rosaries, garlands and bracelets are considered very sacred in Hinduism. The Rudraksha, or Elaeocarpus ganitrus, is a large evergreen broad-leaved tree whose seed is traditionally used for prayer beads in Hinduism. The seeds are known as rudraksha, or rudraksh. Rudraksha may be produced by several species of Elaeocarpus; however, E. ganitrus is the principal species used in the making of mala (garlands). You can see amidst the foliage some Rudrasha fruit. (en-route from Kathmandu to Pokhara, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
   

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Taken on: October 1, 2019

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Asia

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vegetable patch

step farming

terrace farming

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river systems

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Nepal flora

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Rudraksha fruit

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Sets appears in: • Pokhara/ Bhaktapur, Nepal, Oct/ Nov. 2019

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