Thats really nice. If we create such myth about S. obvallata then it may help saving the species in wild. Myth really works sometimes, more effectively than conservation awareness. I have not seen S. sacra, just two more species I have seen. S. gossypifolia and one more.
Regards Pankaj On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ushaprabha ji another nice photograph of this important plant. > Pankaj ji, by they way have you ever seen or photographed the Yogi Padsha, > Saussurea sacre, also supposed to be growing at similar altitudes. A legend > (I had read about it perhaps in Coventry or Blatter) says that a person who > collects more than seven plants of this plant dies. The legend may have > relation to the rarity of this species. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks a lot Aunty ji, I didnt know abt this part of mythology. Yes >> indeed it is very fragrant..... >> Thanks for sharing. >> Dr. Pankaj Kumar, WII, Dehradun. >> >> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 6:31 PM, ajinkya gadave <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > WELCOME PAGE MADAM. >> > NICE PICS . >> > >> > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 6:15 PM, ushaprabha page >> > <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> As we are aware the story goes back to Mahabharat. Dropadi in himalayas >> >> was a ttracted by its scent on wind and asked Bhima to find the source >> >> of >> >> the same Bhima located it and offered it to Dropadi. >> > >> > > > > >
