Farmer’s unique celebration of Independence Day
The Hindu
Award-winning Mavuram Mallikarjun Reddy has created an India map with kalabati saplings
On August 15, as India celebrates its 75th Independence Day, Pedda Kurumapally village in Karimnagar district of Telangana etches its name in history with a unique flag hoisting ceremony. Its award-winning farmer Mavuram Mallikarjun Reddy will hoist the tricolour near an India map made of rice saplings on his farm there. Mallikarjun has planted kalabati — a black rice variety — saplings to create an India map of 50 feet in length (measured north to south) at his farm. Done as part of the Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav, Mallikarjun calls it a farmer’s way of celebrating Independence Day. He has also created images of Mahatma Gandhi, ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) and Swachh Bharat with kalabati saplings planted on his two-acre farm.
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