Disney Princess in real life. 🧚♀️🧚♂️🧚
Love and trust don’t need a language. The most beautiful thing is how this little girl has made these animals feel loved and safe. It’s truly wonderful to witness moments like this in the world. If only everyone’s heart could be this beautiful… ❤️
This is the Kalpathy Agraharam in Palakkad, a historic Tamil Brahmin settlement established around 1425 AD. Renowned for its linear row houses, it is globally celebrated for its vibrant annual chariot festival and for preserving a timeless blend of Tamil and Keralite cultures.
The initial settlement was formed when the Raja of Palakkad invited priests from Thanjavur in 1425 AD to perform daily rituals at the newly built Kalpathy temple after a conflict with the original priests. The settlement expanded significantly in the late 18th century when waves of Tamil Brahmins fled Thanjavur, fearing attacks by Tipu Sultan. The Raja of Palakkad granted them refuge and land.
The houses follow a strict, symmetrical, linear pattern, constructed directly adjacent to one another and sharing walls. The houses on either side of the road form a protective "garland" shape leading directly to the temple. Homes are typically two-storied, featuring traditional sloping, tiled roofs. Thick clay and brick walls are paired with front verandahs and open internal courtyards to reduce the radiant indoor temperature, making them highly climate-adapted.
Unlike many modernized settlements, Kalpathy is heavily protected by heritage restrictions, allowing its centuries-old layout and traditional building techniques to remain largely intact. The village has been officially recognized by the Indian government as a heritage site due to its value as a traditional vernacular settlement.
The agraharams are synonymous with Vedic chanting, Carnatic music, and the artistic drawing of rice flour kolams in front courtyards. It stands as a living museum of how Tamil Brahmin culture seamlessly integrated with the local geographical and architectural norms of Kerala. #Palakkad #heritage #settlement #travel
🚨🇮🇳: India tops inland fish production, ranks 2nd globally
India's Global Ranking:
> 2nd largest fish producer in the world after China.
> Produced 9% of the world's aquatic animals in 2024.
> World No.1 in inland capture fisheries, producing 2.2 million tonnes from rivers, lakes and freshwater bodies.
> 2nd largest aquaculture producer, contributing 12% of global farmed aquatic animal output.
Global Aquaculture Leaders:
> Top 5 producers: China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam & Bangladesh.
These five countries account for:
> 82% of global farmed aquatic animal production.
> 84% of global aquaculture output.
Fish Consumption:
Global per capita aquatic food availability:
> 21.1 kg (2023)
> 21.3 kg (2024 estimate)
Asia recorded the highest consumption:
> 26.3 kg/person/year
Credit: Down2Earth, — FAO 2026 Report
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காண்டூர் கால்வாய் பற்றிய அனைத்து தகவல்களையும் அடுத்தடுத்த காணொளிகளில் பகிர்கிறேன்.
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ஆங்கிலம் மற்றும் தமிழ் சேர்ந்து வார்த்தைகள் சில இடங்களில் பக்கத்தில் இருக்கும் ஒருவரிடம் பேசியது போல உள்ளது. அடுத்த காணொளிகளில் கண்டிப்பாக திருத்திக்கொள்கிறேன். மன்னிக்கவும்.
Happy World Turtle Day
For millions of years, sea turtles have returned to our shores. In Tamil Nadu, an entire team works quietly to welcome them led by TN Forest Department. Sea turtles even have a dedicated Marine Elite Force safeguarding their ancient journey. This year, 1,986 nests were protected, 2,29,668 eggs conserved and 1,91,615 baby turtles reached the sea. Ten turtles have been tagged, and their satellite transmitters are revealing remarkable ocean journeys. Nearly 2,600 Turtle Excluder Devices are helping reduce accidental deaths, while turtle mortality has fallen by 50%. Conservation takes courage, commitment and teamwork to ensure that this ancient journey continues for generations to come #WorldTurtleDay #Turtles #OliveRidley #TNForest
John Sullivan's statue unveiled by Hon'ble CM at Ooty. Mr.Sullivan I.C.S was the 10th Collector of Coimbatore (1815-17) and the founder of the British settlement at Ooty 100 yrs ago.His son Henry Edward Sullivan also became the Collector of Coimbatore (1869-70)
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A fish tending to its young in the Eastern Ghats, doing what its ancestors were doing before India even collided with Asia.
The Orange Chromide (Pseudetroplus maculatus) is one of the few cichlids native to India
Watch in HD: https://t.co/lPJh2IE3qo
The lion-tailed macaque is one of India’s rarest and most charismatic primates. It is instantly recognised by its silver-white mane, glossy black body, and lion-like tail tuft, making it a flagship species of the Western Ghats rainforests. As it is endemic to the Western Ghats of South India, its survival is our direct responsibility. Also known as LTM, this species is currently listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss, Under India’s Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, it receives the highest legal protection as a Schedule I species. It is also listed under CITES Appendix I, which restricts international trade. Lion-tailed macaques live mainly in the evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka. Important strongholds include Silent Valley, Anamalai, Megamalai, and Kalakkad-Mundanthurai landscapes. They are highly arboreal, spending much of their lives in the upper canopy. Unlike many macaques, they are shy forest specialists that depend on intact rainforest cover. Their diet includes fruits, seeds, flowers, insects, and small vertebrates. They are excellent seed dispersers and help regenerate forests naturally. Protecting them also safeguards thousands of other species of the Western Ghats. In Valparai, Tamil Nadu, their story is both inspiring and alarming. Once restricted to fragmented forest patches, some groups now move through roads, tea estates, settlements, and other human-dominated spaces. Researchers describe this as a behavioural adaptation to habitat loss and changing landscapes. Saving the lion-tailed macaque means saving rainforests, biodiversity, and ecological balance for future generations. Its future depends on the choices we make today. Beautiful Video by @pnsenthilkumar #LionTailedMacaque #WildlifeConservation
In Kerala, apparently you can now call a coconut harvester the same way you book a cab.
A uniformed professional arrives on a cycle, equipped, trained, and ready to work.
We often speak about India’s services economy in terms of IT exports or global capability centres.
But we’re digitising even our most traditional, hyper-local services.
There was another detail from this video that stayed with me.
The young man who climbed those trees was from Chhattisgarh.
When I began my career in our Group’s steel business, many of of our associates working in our furnace and foundry shops had come from states like Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, travelling far from home in search of opportunity.
Today, it seems those same aspirations are finding avenues not just in heavy industry, as in the past, but in new-age, tech-enabled services.
People moving, adapting and rising are a powerful economic force.
And also a force for integration.
As long as they’re welcomed by the host states!
மாண்புமிகு தமிழ்நாடு முதலமைச்சர் திரு.@mkstalin அவர்கள், நாகர்கோவிலில் நடைபெற்ற அரசு விழாவில், பல்வேறு துறைகளின் சார்பில் 3,12,082 பயனாளிகளுக்கு 858 கோடியே 92 இலட்சம் ரூபாய் மதிப்பிலான அரசு நலத்திட்ட உதவிகளை வழங்கினார்.
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வள்ளுவ முனையில் வரலாறு படைத்திட்ட பிரமாண்ட அரசு விழா!
இதுவரையில் இல்லாத அளவிற்கு 3,12,082 பயனாளிகளுக்கு நலத்திட்ட உதவிகள் வழங்கி,
குமரி மாவட்ட ���ீனவர்களுக்கும், சுற்றுலா மேம்பாட்டுக்கும் சிறப்பான அறிவிப்புகளை வெளியிட்டு,
40 ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்டோருக்கு வீட்டுமனைப் பட்டாக்களை வழங்கி,
பல்வேறு திட்டப்பணிகளைத் திறந்து வைத்திருக்கிறேன்.
இந்தியத் துணைக்கண்டம் தொடங்கும் வள்ளுவ முனையில் #DravidianModel 2.0-இன் தொடக்கத்துக்கான அடித்தளம் அமைந்தது!