BSAP Umamaheshwaram Trip June2014

Umamaheshwaram in india Umamaheshwaram (Telugu: ఉమామహేశ్వరము, also known as Maheshwaram and Umamaheshrum) is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is in the picturesque Nallamala forest range around 100 kilometers away from Hyderabad on the Hyderabad-Srisailam highway. Umamaheshwaram is the northern gateway of Srisailam — one of the jyotirlingas. It is mentioned in many Vedas that visit to a Srisailam without Umamaheswaram is incomplete. It is atop the hill properly covered by huge trees. Hill ranges shields the temple and 500 metres of stretch to PapaNasanam. Through the day hardly any sunlight falls on this stretch, thus maintaining the temperature below normal year round. It is popularly known as Poor Man’s Ooti.(wiki)

Kushmi Forest

Earth day 

Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.

In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be celebrated on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a Proclamation written by McConnell and signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations. A month later a separate Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in recognition of his work.^[3] While this April 22 Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations. Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues.(wikipedia)

kushmi jungle in india Kushmi, Dense forest mainly of Shorea robusta also known as shala tree, It is situated near Gorakhpur Air force Station.

Hyderabad Bird Race 2014

Hyderabad Bird Race 2014 in hyderabad

Hyderabad Bird Race 2014 in hyderabad A bird race is a day long fun event where teams of 4 members go around the city at various places (List will be provided) where birds maybe seen. The Teams check a tick mark against a list of birds they have seen around and submit it for review to a panel of judges. The Team with maximum number of birds will be the winner.

The winners of the Hyderabad Bird Race 2014 were 1) First - Team Name Geese with participants Manipal, Prasad, Eva, Bindu 2) Second - Team Name: Eagles with participants Asif, Ashwin, Siddharth and Hemant 3) Third - Team Name: Falcons with participants Prashant, Suryatej, Manjoy and Gururaju