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| Pahadajhar
 rakesh  2010/8/5 11:59  Tell a friend
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| The old and ancient look of lush surrounding of Pahadajhar Fall, a famous picnic spot near Kota, Rajasthan. In the view it is a temple of Lord Shiva and known as Pahadajhar Mahadev. |
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| Kalpavriksha
rakesh 2010/8/5 11:49 Tell a friend
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| The Holy Tree of Kalpavriksha is treated as a wish-fulfilling tree. |
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| Beautiful Rainy Flowers
rakesh 2008/9/14 12:24 Tell a friend
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| These flowers blooms only in Rainy Season and again only in day time. The small plant have leaves similar to grass and does not grows tall above one feet. |
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| Sunbird
rakesh 2008/9/7 5:39 Tell a friend
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This little bird is among regular visitors of my small lawn.
The sunbirds and spiderhunters are very small passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings.
The sunbirds have counterparts in two very distantly related groups: the hummingbirds of the Americas and the honeyeaters of Australia. The resemblances are due to convergent evolution due to the similar nectar-feeding lifestyle. Most sunbird species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.
The family ranges in size from the 5-gram Black-bellied Sunbird to the Spectacled Spiderhunter, at about 30 grams.
Sunbirds are tropical species, with representatives from Africa to Australasia; the greatest variety of species is in Africa, where the group probably arose. Most species are sedentary or short-distance seasonal migrants. The males are usually brilliantly plumaged in metallic colours. Sunbirds have long thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to their nectar feeding. They are monogamous and often territorial. Up to three eggs are laid in a purse-shaped suspended nest. The female builds the nest and incubates the eggs alone, although the male assists in rearing the young after hatching.
Like hummingbirds, and unlike other birds, sunbirds drink by using protrusible grooved or trough-like tongues.
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| Koel or Koyal
rakesh 2008/8/31 12:34 Tell a friend
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This bird is commonly known as Koel or Koyal.
The Asian Koel is a large, long-tailed, cuckoo at 45 cm. The male is bluish-black, with a pale green bill, rich red eyes, and grey legs and feet. The female is brownish above and whitish below, but is heavily striped and spotted brown on the underparts and white on the upperparts. She has an olive or green beak and red eyes.
Koels are very vocal, with a number of different calls.
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| Champa Flowers (Plumeria Rubra)
rakesh 2008/6/29 12:09 Tell a friend
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Champa Flowers in a Garden at Jaipur.
Plumeria rubra is a deciduous plant belonging to the genus Plumeria. Its common names are Gulabi Champa, Red Frangipani, Common Frangipani or Temple Tree.
Plumeria rubra can grow to 8 meters (25 feet) tall. It has usually pink flowers, and also has varieties with white or yellow shades. |
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| Koel
rakesh 2008/5/13 12:21 Tell a friend
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This bird is commonly known as Koel or Koyal.
The Asian Koel is a large, long-tailed, cuckoo at 45 cm. The male is bluish-black, with a pale green bill, rich red eyes, and grey legs and feet. The female is brownish above and whitish below, but is heavily striped and spotted brown on the underparts and white on the upperparts. She has an olive or green beak and red eyes.
Koels are very vocal, with a number of different calls.
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| Small, Yellow but beautiful
rakesh 2008/2/14 10:12 Tell a friend
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This tiny mustard plant grown in one of the flower pot in my house.
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| Guldaudi or Chrysanthemum indicum
rakesh 2008/2/13 20:26 Tell a friend
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| Guldaudi or Chrysanthemum indicum |
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| Tulasi (Holy Basil) Flowers
rakesh 2008/2/3 5:53 Tell a friend
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Tulasi or Holy Basil is known as the most sacred plant. It has many uses including worshiping, medicinal use of its leaves etc.
The Mala made from its stem's beads is believed to bring good fortune to the wearer. Each Tulasi Mala has the 108 beads.
These flowers are very small and beautiful. |
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