Wednesday, March 4, 2015
MA PRITHVI: CREATE A GREEN FOREST AT THE HEART OF THIRUVANANTH...
MA PRITHVI: CREATE A GREEN FOREST AT THE HEART OF THIRUVANANTH...: Space is at a premium at the Thiruvananthapuram Zoo, and the Government is on the look-out for an ideal location to move the zoo outside ...
World wildlife day 2015 march 3: Nellimapathy biodiversity equal to Parambikulam Tiger Reserve
2015 March 3 Wildlife day observation: study at Nelliampathy-parambikulam Route organised by Aashrayam Rural Development Society, Kollengod, Palakkad, and Nemmara Forest Division of Kerala Forest Department.
Precious, Endangered, and most important species, endamic to Western Ghats are sighted in Nellimapathy- Parambikulam forest areas.
a pair of Sloth bear was the first to come across in Minnampara forest, Gaur, Nilgiri thar, rare and endamic snakes, butterflies, scats of leopard, tiger, elephant, spotted... hundreds of birds and deers found.
endamic plants also found here.
the 24 member team studied the wildlife abundance of this biodiversity hotspot region of Western Ghats under the leadership of Mr. S.Guruvayurappan Mr. Ranjith, P.Aravandakshan, etc.
The team demands the Kerala Forest Department to Protect this beautiful Nelliampathi landscape and biodiversity by Merging in to Parambikulam Tiger reserve.
An Urgent Detailed Wildlife Census is also requested to Kerala Forest Department.
The one and Only Buddha temple in Kakkayur - Palakkad
It is claimed that the Kakkayur Buddha temple was built under a Bodhi tree grown from a seed brought from Bodhgaya by a local farmer about 65 years ago.
It would be intriguing to see a small but well-maintained Buddha temple in a nondescript agrarian village with hardly any followers of the Tathagata. Located at Kakkayur on the outskirts of Chittur town, the temple is attracting a large number of people.
The shrine is built beneath a Bodhi tree (Pipal tree), grown from a seed collected by a local farmer about 65 years ago from Bodhgaya. “The seed was collected by my maternal grandfather Kuttikrishnan Nair from the same Bodhi tree under which the Buddha meditated. A devout Hindu, he used to travel around the country inspired by traditions and cultures. He brought the seed from Bodhgaya and planted it here,’’ says E.V. Gopinathan, owner the land on which the temple located.
Kuttikrishnan Nair constructed the temple using his own resources. The Mahabodhi Movement in Chennai was contacted for the Buddha idol to be installed in the temple. The idol, believed to have been made in Colombo, has Sinhalese inscriptions on it.
“The temple has been lending a distinct identity to the Kakkayur village for the last six decades. Though there is no Buddhist family in the village, its residents are now taking turns to light candles on a daily basis in the temple. On occasions like Buddha Poornima, followers of Buddhist ideals from the State and outside gather at the temple to pay homage to the Buddha,” says S. Guruvayurappan, a local resident and noted environmentalist.
“Though Buddhism was widespread in Kerala once, this region is was not among the Buddhist centres. It may be one among the few Buddha temples built and maintained by people of other faiths,” says Haridas of the Kerala Mahabodhi Mission.
The mission has over 1,000 followers in the district and they assemble at the temple on Buddha Poornima. The mission is running a meditation centre and Buddhist library in Palakkad town.
Long tale of a legacy loom - The Hindu
It was exactly a year ago; the rhythmic clicks of the traditional looms of Neelikkad village on the banks of Shokanashini River in Thathamangalam stopped reverberating forever.
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“The returns were meagre. An eight-member family can earn a maximum of Rs.35 a day from collective engagement in weaving. Modern education also prompted many of us to look for other options,” says environmentalist S. Guruvayurappan, who hails from the village’s weaving community
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