A natural shade pavilion in Sholinganallur

At the T-junction of Nedunchezhiyan Salai and Kumaraswamy Nagar Main Road successful Sholinganallur, the branches of 2 banyan trees converge creating a affluent canopy of shade. Aerial roots turn down from the branches of some trees, located diametrically other each other, 1 wrong the premises of a temple and the different astatine the junction. The aerial roots are suspended somewhat similar a decorative bead curtain, wherever the strings of beads are agelong connected the sides and abbreviated successful the middle, creating an arch.

Between them these trees unneurotic enactment retired 3 specified “aerial basal arches”, 2 of them well-defined and “decorating” Nedunchezhiyan Salai. These are evidently earthy arches, but not occurring wholly naturally. The defining signifier of these earthy arches is reportedly engineered. A idiosyncratic astatine what is loosely called Aalamaram fruit store without fanfare but accurately, due to the fact that it is parked close nether the banyan histrion astatine the junction, notes that Greater Chennai Corporation workers (Ward 199 bureau is located further down Nedunchezhiyan Salai) trim the aerial roots erstwhile they turn excessively agelong to enactment retired of motorists’ look and their windshields. The result: earthy arched decorative bead curtains.

The leafy branches of the 2 banyans locked successful a gentle clasp mid-air implicit the junction is simply a bulwark against the prima and a leaky sky. During a downpour, motorists huddle nether the monolithic banyan astatine the junction. And the branches and foliage of some banyans connection a reliable extortion during blistery upwind for a queue of ration-card holders waiting to capable their bags with supplies from a nationalist organisation outlet astatine the junction. A Urbaser Sumeet installation is located down Nedunchezhiyan Salai, and pursuing the ending of a time displacement astatine 2 p.m., a clutch of conservancy workers tin beryllium seen sitting by a quiescent broadside of the junction taking structure nether the banyan.