Kabirvad, Sacred banyan tree in Bharuch district, India

Kabirvad is a banyan tree on a small island in the Narmada River in Bharuch district, Gujarat. Its canopy covers 17,520 m2 with a perimeter of 641 m, and the island also holds a temple to the 15th-century mystic-poet Kabir. Visitors arrive by boat from Kabirmadhi on the riverbank.

Nearchus, admiral of Alexander the Great, described a banyan on the Narmada's banks that sheltered 7,000 men, possibly this tree. James Forbes (1749–1819) recorded in his Oriental Memoirs (1813–1815) a circumference of nearly 610 m with over 3,000 trunks. The canopy now covers 17,520 m² with a perimeter of 641 m.

The tree is named after the 15th-century mystic-poet Kabir, and pilgrims visit to honor his teachings and spiritual legacy. It serves as a place where people gather to connect with his message and philosophy.

Kabirvad sits on a river island, so access is by boat from Kabirmadhi on the Narmada bank, reached via Shuklatirth on the road from Bharuch to Jhanor. The photograph shows a small red passenger boat crossing the water, with two larger white boats moored by a stone and concrete embankment and a wide staircase climbing the bank where people walk and stand.

Local legend names the brothers Jeeva and Tatva, from Shuklatirth, who planted a dried banyan shoot and resolved that whichever saint made it turn green would be a true one. Kabir did so, and the shoot became this tree. Nearchus, admiral of Alexander the Great, described a banyan on the Narmada sheltering 7,000 men, possibly this one.