Butterfly Garden Opens, Kottayam Gets More Serene
The Butterfly Garden in the Kottayam Collectorate campus is now open. Photos and video included.
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Kottayam got something great to be proud of – a nice Butterfly Garden. It’s prepared & maintained to the right of the main entrance of the Kottayam Collectorate (Civil Station) and is always open to all (but the time between 10 am and 12 noon is the best time to sight butterflies).
Butterfly Garden is not something new, but the one we just got at Kottayam is indeed unique; it’s the only open-environment butterfly garden in the World that’s situated at a busy urban area (Note that the place is so close to the always busy K.K. Road (N.H. 220)). It is called ‘open-environment’ because the butterflies are NOT put inside some cages or walls. Then how does it work, you ask.
In the specially maintained area, the minds behind this great venture – Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences – have planted and nourished those plants and shrubs, which play important roles in the life cycle of butterflies. And yes, the butterflies come automagically!
The butterfly garden was inaugurated by Hon’ble District Collector, Mrs. Mini Antony on 31st October, 2009. The garden is built & maintained by the Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences led by Dr. Punnen Kurian (Zoology lecturer, St. Mary’s College, Manarcadu).
Periodic awareness and demo sessions will be arranged at the garden. School students are the main target audience, since they are mainly the ones who need to understand and love nature. The idea of a butterfly garden is expected to spread wide, with gardens being built in school & college campuses and public sector institutions.
We were present there for the inaugural event, and here are the photos, followed by a short video clip.
Video clip shot minutes before the garden was inaugurated
If you haven’t visited the place, we urge you to make a visit and give a green salute to our beautiful ecosystem.
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November 1, 2009
Great to see such a website for Kottayam pattanam..
My best wishes to you Aravind…
November 1, 2009
Well begun is half done and your first post is simply excellent, good photos with good report..
November 3, 2009
Thanks a lot, Jerin.
November 3, 2009
Hi,
Good work done there. It takes a little time to load the pics but it’s okay.
My best wishes
November 6, 2009
Congrats for this amazing work about our great Kottayam
November 26, 2009
Dear Owner of this website,
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Wishing you the best.
November 28, 2009
Hi,
Aravind my best wishes…u r doing a good job.
November 29, 2009
Thank you so much for dropping by and the wonderful comment. Thanks again
November 29, 2009
Halo Aravind,
Congratulations for the website kottayampattanam.com
It is excellant, the photos as well as the comments.
I am eagerly waiting to see the sixth sense.
November 29, 2009
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And yes, Sixth Sense will be great for sure.
December 1, 2009
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April 13, 2010
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Thanks Aravind