Thanks, Janaki. I am really finding lot of wonderful posts from you.
On 22 June 2014 07:53, JANAKI TURAGA <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > West Bengal celebrates owls as vahana of goddess Lakshmi. The crafts > people make wooden owls made of wood of Neem(Azadirachta indica) and > Gamhar(Gmelina arborea) trees. Reportedly Neem is the sacred wood > associated with Goddess Lakshmi. These owl statues are worshipped > along with Goddess Lakshmi in homes in West Bengal. > These owl statues are either fully painted or partly painted. But in > either form, they are stunning. The size ranges from three inch to > couple of feet. > I happened to see these wooden owls in a craftsperson's stall who had > come from West Bengal to sell his wares in Dilli Haat. A special > exhibition of crafts of West Bengal is currently on at Dilli Haat, INA > near the open air theatre. > This special West Bengal exhibition will be on until 30th, June, 2014. > These days owls are in fashion as jewellery items, and as brass > decorative pieces. > But come Diwali, and owls have to flee for their lives!!! > It is intriguing that we have cultures that celebrate and yet destroy > birds and animals at the same time. > Are there other trees whose wood is preferred and is used for making > temples etc. of Gods or statues of gods and goddesses? Would > appreciate any input on this. > Kind Regards > Janaki > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
