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Celebrated Kannada writer and thinker K. P. Poornachandra Tejaswi’s heavy transportation with literature, nature, and the Malnad landscape has taken centre stage astatine Lalbagh’s Republic Day Flower Show, themed ‘Tejaswi Vismaya’.
The floral exhibition, which volition tally till January 26, brings to beingness the situation helium cherished and the many facets of his life.
Life and works
Inside the Glass House and its surroundings, the displays trace different phases of Tejaswi’s life, including his childhood, education, and idiosyncratic influences. Excerpts from a missive helium wrote to his father, Kuvempu, a towering Kannada literate figure, are showcased. There is besides accusation connected his mentors and ideological influences, including his contemporaries, Shivaram Karanth and Ram Manohar Lohia, and his parents. His writings connected biology degradation and conservation signifier the cardinal taxable of the exhibition, with respective of his books displayed.
Outside the Glass House, a heart-shaped horticultural installation and honeybee sculptures adjacent Tejaswi’s statue symbolise his ecological concerns. A ample reddish roseate elephant installation accompanied by a tortoise has been placed other the Glass House adjacent the elevation area, which represents his location successful the Malnad region.
GI crops
The accumulation besides includes a peculiar show of Karnataka’s GI-tagged crops, uncommon and exotic effect plants, and an insect grounds featuring butterflies, honeybees, and beetles, organised under the K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi Foundation.
This year’s taxable drew a ample fig of visitors, galore of whom told The Hindu that the accumulation brought backmost memories of books they had cherished. Rashmi M., a pupil who visited the accumulation with her friends, said the arrangements had been designed successful a mode that intelligibly conveyed Poornachandra Tejaswi’s legacy. A European mates who besides visited the amusement appreciated the wide absorption of the event.
On January 16, the angiosperm amusement recorded a full footfall of 39,790 visitors. This included 15,590 adults, 4,750 children, and 18,960 schoolhouse students. Ticket income connected the time amounted to ₹6,78,560.
