The second episode of the history of the banana in India provides rich details as to how the banana is regarded akin to the Kalpavruksha (the wish-granting tree) in the Hindu tradition
Delving into the Hindu annals, we get a fascinating, enlivening and instructive picture of the history of the ubiquitous banana. There is a fundamental reason why the banana is regarded as a sacred fruit in India. The first of a multipart series.
