Long Lasting Love by baxsyl (off) on Flickr.
Storks losing their wetland homes end up at local garbage dump in India
Fast vanishing wetlands in and around Guwahati city have now become a major threat for the survival of the Greater Adjutant Stork. Guwahati city has the largest concentration of the stork in the world but their numbers are gradually declining due to the loss of wetlands, habitat and declining availability of food. [EPA via msnbc]
Is it me, or are those storks GIGANTIC? Probably has something to do with the photography.
The oldest Yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch, at 93 years old, was named the world’s oldest yoga (the popular Hindu practice of physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India) teacher by Guinness World Records. Here Porchon-Lynch goes through yoga poses at her yoga class in Hartsdale, New York May 14, 2012. Photo: REUTERS/Keith Bedford
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Illustration of a female Indian dancer (Photo credit: flickr.com)
This is the Portrait of Mahayogi Lakshmamma Avva as found in The Mahayogi Lakshmamma Temple, Adoni. Mahayogi Lakshmamma Avva was a Siddhar/Avadhootha, and once someone in jealousy had chopped off her limbs while she was sleeping and found them intact the next morning as she resumed her chores.
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