Parakeet on Parrot Tree - Indian Ring-Necked Parakeet on Butea Monosperma

Parrot trees - Butea monosperma - are commonly seen here in Bangalore, but seeing them along with parrots on top is not so really common. Butea monosperma has got many names here in India like Kino Tree, Palash, Bastard Teak and so on, and is a very well known tree - it is connotated with spring time, love, Shiva and many meanings more, and some Indians take these trees as avatars of Agni, the god of fire. It is even the so called state flower of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in India. Bute
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