A tree beloved to the trimurti. As per the scriptures, man is not supposed to touch it. Women should circumambulate it a thousand times daily. According to the Shravanamahatmya, on all Saturdays of August-September (Chingam in the Malayalam calendar) people should worship the tree. The sage Vaikhilya claimed that the tree had been born from Vishnu. Its roots and leaves are used for sacred rituals.