The nearly 200 years old and more than 20 meters tall Arayaal Maram ( usually found in temples , kavu etc) located to the right side of the Napier Museum building as shown in the pics fell down on a monday in the dry,rainless December Month of 2012 . Just like the failed North-East Monsoons of this year this ancient tree also gave up and crashed with a blood-curdling roar during the late hours of the afternoon . Luckily other than a few park benches , masonry works etc there was no human casualty . The concrete circle that was recently constructed around the old tree played a major role in weakening its roots that resulted in this tragedy . Sadly a mute witness to the history of the city and the vagaries of time has also bid adieu .
