Pongal celebrated at elephant camp in Anamalai Tiger Reserve
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Mahouts and residents of the tribal settlements within the reserve honoured
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Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Coimbatore Circle) I. Anwardeen feeding an elephant during the Pongal celebrations at Kozhikamuthi elephant camp of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve on Friday.
Mahouts and residents of the tribal settlements within the reserve honoured A total of 26 elephants participated in the Pongal celebrations organised by the Forest Department at Kozhikamuthi elephant camp in Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) on Friday.
Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Coimbatore Circle) I. Anwardeen, ATR Assistant Conservator of Forests E. Prasanth and other forest officials participated in the celebrations. “Usually, we have [the Pongal celebrations] at Topslip, but due to COVID-19, we could not bring the elephants there,” Mr. Prasanth said.
When a conservator and stamp collector finds Buddha
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Lokeswara Rao discusses his life and teachings through philatelic materials, including stamps & postcards
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Lokeswara Rao discusses his life and teachings through philatelic materials, including stamps & postcards
It’s no surprise that many stamps of M Lokeswara Rao are related to nature. As Nagaland’s former Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, he lived in the midst of wildlife. But about one-third of Mr. Rao’s stamp collection is on Buddhism. In his book,
Buddhism on Stamps, which was released on Thursday, he discusses the life and teachings of Buddha through 1,134 philatelic materials, including stamps and postcards.
‘Buddhism on stamps’ to be released
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A book titled “Buddhism on stamps” by M. Lokeswara Rao, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force (retd.), will be released on Thursday.
According to a press report, the book release programme will be held at the Conference Hall, office of the PostMaster General (PMG), South Karnataka Region, 2nd floor, GPO, Bengaluru, at 11 a.m.
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