Today is Dasara Festival. Since ancient times sighting ‘Pala
Pitta’ bird, an ‘Indian Roller’ also known as the ‘Blue Jay’; on the
day of Dasara Festival is considered to be very auspicious and a good omen. The
bird is very beautiful as you can see in the above pictures and it is a very
popular bird in India. It is the “State Bird” of four States that is Telangana,
Karnataka, Orissa and Bihar.
As it has become difficult to see the bird in recent times and
impossible to find it in the cities, some people from the villages used to catch
these birds and roam around the towns and cities on Dasara Day showing them to
people for money. However, since a few years, this practice has been banned, but
still, a few villagers were bringing the birds into the city secretly and carrying
out their business. Call it tradition or superstition, we also believe in
seeing ‘Pala Pitta’, today, though it is not possible nowadays even in the wilderness.
The attached pictures are from a long time back when there were no
restrictions. The bird you see in these pictures, we bought it from the villager
and later took it far out of the city (a joy ride for us) and freed it amidst
plenty of trees.
The pictures above are of my nephew, Dr. Sudheer, my son, Srikanth and my wife with the ‘Pala Pitta’ we set free. I am sure the
‘Pala Pitta’ is safe and happy even today. We were very happy to see the bird
flying away, the villager who gave it to us was indeed happy, and I hope all
of you who care for the bird are also happy and will not find fault with what
we have done.
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the state bird is in extinct awareness should be created to hold the glory of telugu people
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