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By J. B. S. Umanadh
NARSAPUR, DEC. 23. The Forrest Department is setting up a "Kartika vanam" for people from all religions in the forest nursery at Narsapur in Medak district, 50 km from Secunderabad. The 3.5-hectare land set aside for the ambitious project will soon flourish into a designer garden based on astrology, mythology, Vedas and scriptures of the Hindu, Muslim and Christian religions.
Navagraha vanam
At the entrance of the park the stage is set for a massive "Navagraha vanam" (garden of nine planets). On the outer periphery of this theme park, nine gardens representing each planet are planted -- darbha for Kethu, raavi for Guru, uttareni for Budha, jammi for Sani, tellazilledu for Surya, medi for Sukra, garika for Rahu, sandra for Kuja and moduga for moon. The Rasi - Nakshatra vanam, which will have a lawn in the centre and three outer layers with acacia catechu (Sandra) and acacia perujinea (Inupa tumma), and mimosops elengi (Pogada), would be second in row. Seven representative plants were identified for the Saptarushi vanam with the help of priests. The master plan envisages garika for Jamadagni, jambi for Vasista, ummetha for Goutama, tulsi for Kasyapa, avisa for Agastya, maredu for Viswamitra and uttareni for Bhardhwaja. Chand-tara vanam The crescent-shaped garden for Muslims would have the lucky numbers 786 carved with select herbs. Forest officers are shopping in Bangalore and Hyderabad for the jaffra, khajur and anjur plants that would adore the crescent. The Cross-shaped Christmas vanam will have golden duranta as a major component, followed by auricura cunninghamai, terminalia calappa and casurina. The Siddipet range officer, C. Sridhar Rao, who had picked up the idea from parks in Bidar and Shimoga of Karnataka, had succeeded in stopping encroachment on the 20-hectare forest land in Narsapur. Initially, a nursery was planned there, later with the help of funds from the AP Community Forest Management project he took up the work. "The information about representative planet is available in scriptures, all awe have to do is to look for them" Sidhar Rao adds.
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