| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Prachi Narawade (prachi_narawade) (38) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-08-07 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Exposure: f/3.5, 1/400 seconds |
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| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-09-21 9:45 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
This photo of the Indian Peacock is one of the rare and pleasant opportunity that I have got.I have been lucky enough to get this view at the hillock near my house. Its a forest area reserved for Peacocks. I'm a regular visitor there, hence I know the specific spots and time to get their glimpses. It is very difficult to capture as they hide themselves in the green backround. Though peacocks can be found commonly in rural areas of India.
The National Bird of India:
The Indian peacock, Pavo cristatus, the national bird of India, is a colourful, swan-sized bird, with a fan-shaped crest of feathers, a white patch under the eye and a long, slender neck. The male of the species is more colourful than the female, with a glistening blue breast and neck and a spectacular bronze-green tail of around 200 elongated feathers. The female is brownish, slightly smaller than the male and lacks the tail. The elaborate courtship dance of the male, fanning out the tail and preening its feathers is a gorgeous sight.
Peacocks in Indian religions and cultures:
Hindu mythology describes the peacock is to be the vahan or the vehicle for Karthikeya also called Murugan, the brother of Ganesha, the goddess Saraswati, and the goddess Mahamayuri.
Indian Peacock (called Mayura in Sanskrit) has enjoyed a fabled place in India since ancient times. In imagery Lord Krishna is always represented wearing a peacock feather tucked in his headband. Peacocks often live in proximity to humans. Ancient kings in India were said to have gardens to raise peacocks where guests were invited to see the famous male peacock dance during the mating season. Due to this close proximity to humans for thousands of years, they have entered ancient Indian stories, songs and poems as symbols of beauty and poise. As the mating season coincides with the onset of monsoon rains and the month of Shravan in the Hindu calendar, many songs of rains have peacock-dance mentioned in them. One possible origins of the name of the famous Maurya dynasty of ancient India is probably derived from the word Mayura as the ancestors of the Mauryas are thought to be peacock-keepers of a royal court in eastern India. |
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