Page 7 - Tạp chí bonsai cây cảnh BCI 2017Q1

D I V E R S I T Y

Top left inset and middle left;
Shuka Vana (Parrot Park), is a
rehabilitation centre for birds
in the serene premises of Sri
Ganapathy Sachchidananda
Ashrama. This park has
numerous rare and colorful
species of Parrots from the
world over.
Top right inset; The Kishkindha
The venue was the Avadhoota Datta Peetham. The Moolika Garden is a testimony
host and founder of the Ashram is Sri Ganapathy to the love and care His
Sachchidananda Swamiji. Holiness Sri Swamiji has for
Over 400 delegates attended from Australia, Japan, nature and ecology. Swamiji
USA, Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam, Oman and Sri along with Jyoti and Nikunj
Parekh with Sujata Bhat and
Lanka as well as locals from all over India. Chand Kejriwal beside a very
The Ashram is home to Kishkinda Moolika Bonsai old Pemphis acidula bonsai.
Garden which houses a large bonsai collection of Bottom; Unique inaugural was
around 300 bonsai. The Swami also established Shuka conducted by watering a Ficus
Vana, a rehabilitation centre for birds, housing more Bonsai.
Temple. Bylekuppe, the second largest Tibetan settle-
ment outside of Tibet, complete with Tibetan monas-
tery with 7,000 monks, a Tibetan village and market.
Abbey Falls, Raja’s Seat watching the sun set, Madikeri
Fort, Madikeri Spice Market and Spice Garden, Cau-
very Nisargadhama, Golden Temple and Dubare El-
ephant Camp. On route to Mysore we also visited the
Somanathpura Temple.
On arriving in Mysore the evening before the event
we were able to look at our demonstration material. All
plants used for demonstrations and workshops is nurs-
ery-grown. No yamadori (trees from the wild) materi-
als were used at this event with a view to protect nature.

January/February/March 2017 | BCI | 5