Planted A Jackfruit tree on Srila Prabhupada 125 Birthday

Published On: 2022-03-05

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The Jackfruit Tree!!
Coming from the birthplace of Srila Prabhupāda, this jackfruit plant is an expansion of the same tree under which 125 years ago, His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, had appeared.

In accordance with Bengali tradition, the mother had gone to the home of her parents for the delivery, and so it was that on the bank of the Adi Ganga, a few miles from his father's home, in a small two-room, mud-walled house with a tiled roof, underneath a jackfruit tree, Abhay Charan was born.

We can also see in this conversation where Srila Prabhupada asked to plant a Jackfruit tree and he also mentioned about it's importance---
Prabhupāda: You can have some jackfruit tree.
Devotee (1): On the land, on the property. Okay.
Prabhupāda: Yes, yes. [break] ...nutritive and very sweet.
Devotee (1): Very sweet.
Prabhupāda: Ah, yes. When it is ripe, it is very sweet. And when it is not ripe, it is called "vegetable meat."
Devotee: "Tree goat."
Prabhupāda: Yes. [break] ...prepare, it is better than meat.
Devotee (1): [break] ...the seeds.
Prabhupāda: Yes, big, big seeds. That is also very digestive. If you make it powder, it acts like, what is called, the pancreas.

Morning Walk
June 16, 1975, Honolulu

Jackfruit tree was planted in the BGIS Campus premises on 2nd March 2022 which was brought by Dahrmatma Prabhu.