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Considering its importance and the necessity to conserve the wisdom tree, it must be planted across places of eminence in the country.”Punekar and his team have planted saplings along the Alandi to Pandharpur pilgrimage route. At present, it is on the samadhi of Sant Dnyaneshwar in Alandi. The tree has ecological, spiritual and medicinal significance and a special status for devotees. The Savitribai Phule Pune University already has such a sapling planted for conservation,” he added. Pune: Biospheres, an NGO, submitted a proposal on Sunday to the Union minister of human resource and development Prakash Javadekar for the planting of 'Ajanvruksha' or wisdom tree in the universities and eminent institutions across the country.Founder of Biospheres, Sachin Punekar, who submitted the proposal to Javadekar, said, “The tree is a heritage that needs to be preserved and conserved..