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World’s largest Cedar tree found in J&K’s Bhalessa forest range: Officials

BHADERWAH: A Cedar tree, having 54 feet trunk and 35 feet breast diameter, was found in Chanti Bala in the Bhalessa forest range in Jammu and Kashmir Doda district, which forest officials claim is the world’s largest and perhaps the oldest Cedar tree. The officials want the location of the Cedar tree to be declared as a heritage site, while the Panchayat Raj Institution (PRI) members demanded that the location be brought under a tourism map. Believed to be centuries old, the mammoth tree located on the eastern hill of Gandoh tehsil’s Chanti-Bala Panchayat, 124 km from Doda town, has a religious significance for Nag devotees and has been worshipped for centuries by the community.

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