View: The gift-bearing Xmas tree and Indian art of the kalpavriksh
What makes our tree truly special are the distinctive nidhis, or treasures, it bears, configured in eight sections separated by hanging roots along its expansive, circular trunk. One observes bags filled to the brim and tied at their mouths with ropes hung from the tree's lower branches, pots overflowing with square- and circular-shaped period coins, and most significantly, the precious lotus-treasure (padma-nidhi) and conch-treasure (shankha-nidhi) that are seen abundantly here onwards in the visual arts of ancient and medieval India.
Source: indiatimes.com