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Chinnathambi - Gentle Giant

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          Chinna Thambi is a 25-year-old wild bull elephant. He was captured by forest officials in Coimbatore South Tamilnadu. and translocated to kraal at Varakaliyar elephant camp near Topslip. The elephant then escaped and walked more than 100 km (62 mi) back to the place from where he was captured in search of his family.This elephant was both loved and feared by the villagers.         Chinna Thambi was born in the area known as Booluvamppati in Coimbatore range, this elephant was named chinna thambi by one Mr Abraham who is an environmental Photographer in Annaikatti hills near Coimbatore. This animal was first spotted by him in the year 2007 at a place called Thanni Paarai near the Anuvavi Subramanyaswamy Temple. Due to encroachment of the forest area his habitat had been destroyed and as a result of lack of food this elephant started to destroy the crops of the village. Based on the public concerns the elephant was first ...
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Pride of Western Ghats

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The  Western Ghats , also known as  Sahyadri  (Benevolent Mountains), are a mountain range that covers an area of 140,000 square kilometres (54,000 sq mi) in a stretch of 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) parallel to the western coast of the Indian Peninsula, traversing the states of Kerala, Tamilnadu, Karnataka,  Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is one of the eight "hottest hot-spots" of biological diversity in the world. It is sometimes called the Great Escarpment of India. It contains a large proportion of the country's Flora and Fauna, many of which are only found in India and nowhere else in the world. According to UNESCO, the Western Ghats are older than the Himalayas. They influence Indian monsoon weather patterns by intercepting the rain-laden monsoon winds that sweep in from the south-west during late summer. The range runs north to south along the western e...
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