Thank you Garg ji, for your kind words. On 6/22/14, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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'. >
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