Lord Krishna and the Bakul tree

GET PUBLISHED ON BOI! We want to document the cultural importance of Indian Biodiversity. If you like to write and would like to contribute some articles yourself, please read our Guidelines for writers.

Tweet

Lord Krishna and the Bakul tree

Bakul flowers photographed in Hyderabad

Discussed species	The Bakul tree, Mimusops elengi, बकुल
Description	Mimusops elengi is a medium-sized evergreen tree found in tropical forests in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northern Australia. Its timber is valuable, the fruit is edible, and it has traditional medicinal uses.

The flowers of Bakul have a very sweet, refreshing aroma, thus attributing to their frequent mentions in romantic contexts. The Bakul tree is mentioned frequently in the Mahabharata - Lord Krishna used to play his flute under a Bakul tree and attract the milkmaids of Vrindavan . The ancient Indian sages regarded these trees as gifts from god. Bakul trees are frequently found growing at temple entrances. The bakul tree, which is considered male, is planted on the right side of the temple entrance, while the chalta tree (Dillenia indica), which is considered female, is planted on the left side. The dense canopy of the Bakul tree provides a cool shade where devotees can sit, talk, relax and meditate . The Bakul flowers are used as offerings to the god.

Bakul flowers, being so aromatic, are also used in making soaps and oils. The Bakul flower extract is mixed with Sandalwood oil to make a rich, fragrant mixture.

Comments

blog comments powered by Disqus

More notes like this

Page title Author Topic Species group, if any State discussed, if any Wolf in Indian culture Gaurav Moghe Mythology and religion Mammals Pan-India Why the Ketaki flower was cursed by gods Gaurav Moghe Mythological stories Plants Pan-India Why Lord Ganesha has a mouse as his vehicle Gaurav Moghe Mythology and religion Mammals Pan-India Warli tribe and their tribal art Gaurav Moghe Tribal mythology Not noted Pan-India Varaha (boar) avatar of Vishnu Gaurav Moghe Mythological stories Mammals Pan-India Uses of Neem plant Wikipedia Uses of biodiversity Plants Pan-India Uses of Henna plant Gaurav Moghe Uses of biodiversity Plants Pan-India Tulsi plant in Indian culture Gaurav Moghe Mythology and religion Plants Pan-India The Soliga tribe of Karnataka and its intimate relationship with nature Gaurav Moghe Indigenous practices Not noted Karnataka The Asiatic Lion in Indian culture Gaurav Moghe Mythology and religion Mammals Pan-India Serpents in Indian culture Gaurav Moghe Mythology and religion Reptiles Pan-India Satyanarayan pooja and biodiversity Gaurav Moghe Mythology and religion Mammals Pan-India Samudra manthan and the Kurma avatar of Vishnu Wikipedia Mythological stories Not noted Pan-India Salman Khan and the sacred Blackbuck episode Gaurav Moghe Indigenous practices Mammals Rajasthan Reference library Collaborative Reference Library Not noted Pan-India … further results

Only 15 articles are shown in this list. A total of 64 articles in the database as of this moment. For the complete list, click on further results on the bottom right corner of the above table.

Semantic tags

• Browse all Semantic Tags associated with this page
• Find more pages and articles created by the community by clicking this link.

Title	Lord Krishna and the Bakul tree	Article is on this general topic	Mythological stories	Author	Gaurav Moghe
Specific location(s) where study was conducted	Not noted	General region where study was conducted	Not noted	State where study was conducted	Pan-India
Institutional affiliation	Not noted	Institution located at	Not noted	Institution based around	Not noted
Species Group	Plants	User ID	User:Gauravm	Page creation date	2011/10/21

Share this page: