Jamnagar City Birding Activities News Gujarat India

Respected All Blog visitors and especially Wildlife and Birds Lovers from Gujarat India,

At below want to share really proud news from Jamnagar City Gujarat India, a little but good steps for Birds in this city that,

Jamnagar Municipal Corporation and Wild Gujarat set up 250 nest boxes on periphery of Lakhota Lake at Palace and also on trees of Azad garden here for local birds.

The nest boxes are made out of earthen material. Jamnagar Municipal Commissioner P.Swaroop, Mayor Kanaksinh Jadeja, Lakhota Nature Club Suresh Bhatt were present during nest setting ceremony. The nature lovers are targeting to set up 5000 such nest boxes at various places.

Lakhota Talav Lake Birds Jamnagar City Samachar Gujarat India

Contaminated food threatens Gujarat Migratory birds.

Migratory birds flocking to wetlands in Gujarat are at a serious risk of consuming contaminated food provided by locals.

Since November last year, around 352 species of birds have flown in to the man made Lakhota Lake Talav in Jamnagar City, which has become a death zone for them.

The birds, which include slender-billed gulls, brown-headed gulls and the black-headed gulls, along with varieties of ducks like Gadwal, Gadgil, Ton and Spoonbill, are found in the lake.

Hundreds of tourists come in daily to watch these exotic birds and feed them local food items like ‘Gaathia’ (pea flour balls) and biscuits.

Over the years, the birds have become accustomed to accepting food from the people.

Environmentalists, however, believe that it is the local feed that is proving harmful for the birds.

“Local people are feeding the migratory birds ‘gaathia’ with a good intention but it is not the birds natural source of food. These birds generally survive by consuming small fishes and other species found in the lakes. Gaathia has caustic soda in it and it is generally fried in contaminated oil. This was the reason why a lot of seagulls died here two years ago,” said P H Satha, Officer, Conservator of Forests, Jamnagar State.

However, tourists continue feeding the birds with local food items.

” We feed the birds food items like ‘gaathia’ and biscuits and take good care of them. The migratory birds have become our city’s pride,” said Manish, a local.

In 2006, over 500 birds in the Lakhota Lake were reported dead due to poisoning after consumption of contaminated food items.

Jamnagar City News - Akhand Non Stop Ram dhun Bala Hanuman Temple

Non Stop Ram Dhun completes 45 years in Jamnagar City

Jamnagar also known as “Chhoti Kashi” has something to cheer about with its record-setting `Shri Bala Hanuman’ temple located near Lakhota Lake in the heart of Jamnagar city. Its Akhand Ram Dhun today completes 45 years of non-stop recital.

This record of Ram dhun began on the very day when the temple was consecrated on August 1,1964 by late Sant Prembhikshuji Maharaj at 7.30pm. It was the maharaj and his handful of devotes who uttered the famous first line of akhand Ram dhun “Shri Ram Jay Ram Jay Jay Ram” in the first ever utterances during its never ending marathon journey.

Akhand Ram dhun after completing its 45th year today evening is entering its 46th year tomorrow(August 1, 2009).

Singing paeans of Lord Ram also involves mind-boggling statistics. From the day it started on August 1,1964 until the end of Friday today it has been recited incessantly 47,30,40,000 times in a span of 16,435 days totalling 45 years.

Twice the Shri Bala Hanuman temple found its pride of place in the Guinness Book of Records during 1982 and 1988 for this achievement.

It is amazing that in a minute where 20 dhuns are sung by the ever rotating assembly of devotees works out to be 1,200 in an hour and 28,800 in a day spiraling to 1,05,12,000 in 365 days or 47,30,40,000 in 45 years to the end of this day.

What is indeed surprising is that the Ram dhun had never ceased even during natural calamities like cyclones, famine or earthquakes or during wars.

The Bala Hanuman temple`s trustee Jaysukhbhai Gusani said that the ‘Maha aarti’ will be of 46 lamps to be lit later tomorrow evening (August 1, 2009) to commemorate the non-stop singing of Ram dhun as it enters its 46th year.

He said with Maharajshri`s blessings the Akhand Ram dhun continues in other cities as well like Porbandar where it began on May 12, 1967, Dwarka(December 12,1967), Muzzaffarpur in Bihar (January 20,1976), Rajkot(April 22,1984), Junagadh(August 15,1996) and in Mahuva of Bhavnagar district(April 22,1997).

Wonders of Akhand Ram Dhun

01-8-1964--------------------------------------Akhand Ram Dhun started

31-7-2009--------------------------------------Ram Dhun completes 45th year

01-8-2009--------------------------------------Enters 46th year

16,435 dhuns------------------------------------At end of its 45th year.

3,94,440-----------------------------------------Hours completed in 45 years

2,36,66,400--------------------------------------Total minutes in 45 years

20 dhuns-----------------------------------------Sung in one minute.

1200 dhuns--------------------------------------in one hour.

28,800 dhuns------------------------------------in one day

01,05,12,000 dhuns-----------------------------in one year

47,30,40,000dhuns-----------------------------sung in 45 years as on the end of July 30, 2009

Guinness Book of World Record acknowledged this achievement twice in 1982 and 1988

Even during war, cyclones, famine, earthquake dhun never stopped.