Located on Nanjanagud Road is the Avadhoota Datta Peetham Ashram with high walls and constant buzz of devotees throughout the day. However, in one corner of the Ashram and usually deserted is the bonsai garden. Over three decades in development, the garden is touted to be the biggest bonsai garden in the country. On display are over 250 bonsai specimen collected from all over the world as well as grown and nurtured at the site. They are placed in an oriental garden setting with pebbled paths and tiny water bodies. The garden has some rare varieties of casuarinas and some marine bonsai. It is said to have been designed with various aspects in mind including zodiac signs, stars, notes in Indian music and Indian sages.
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