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Van Mahotsav is an annual tree-planting festival in India, celebrated in the first week of July. This movement was initiated in the year 1950 by India's Union Minister for Agriculture, Kulapati Dr.K M Munshi.
This festival has gained immense national importance and every year, millions of saplings are planted all across India in observation of the Van Mahotsav week.
It is expected that every citizen of India has to plant a sapling in the Van Mahotsav week. It helps spread awareness amongst people about the harm caused by the cutting down of trees.People celebrate Van Mahotsava by planting trees or saplings in homes, offices, schools, colleges, etc. Awareness campaigns are held at various levels. Novel promotions like free circulation of trees are also taken up by various organizations and volunteers.
The planting of trees during the festival serves various purposes like providing alternative fuel, increase production of food resources, helps create shelter-belts around fields to increase productivity, provide food for cattle, offers shade and decorative landscapes, helps conserves soil deterioration, etc. The festival educates the awareness of trees among people and portrays the need of planting and tending of trees, as trees are one of the best ways to prevent global warming and reduce pollution. Van Mahotsava is celebrated as a festival of life. In India it was started as a crusade to save mother earth. The name Van Mahotsava means "the festival of trees". It began in July 1947 after a flourishing tree planting drive was undertaken in Delhi, in which national leaders like Dr Rajendra Prasad and Jawaharlal Nehru participated. The festival was simultaneously celebrated in a number of states in India. Since then, thousands of saplings of diverse species are planted with energetic participation of the locals and various agencies like the forest department.
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What is importance of vanamahotsava?
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Which month will be celebrated for vanamahotsava?
July
How do people celebrate vanamahotsava sapta?
The concept of this great festival for the nature lovers was first initiated by (Late) K.M. Munshi, the then Union Minister for Food & Agriculture in the year 1950. It was the vision and wisdom of this great leader that the issue of environmental degradation, unless timely action is taken to prevent & restore, it may go beyond human control & threaten the survival of any living organisms on this earth planet. While survival & development of human being is important, it is also equally important to preserve the nature which is the only source of oxygen and other essentials required for our living. People celebrate vanamahotsava by planting trees in schools, offices, colleges, homes etc. Awareness programmes are also held at different levels. Novel programmes like free distribution of tress are also taken up Girish.H.C. Hassan,Karnataka India.
Importance of vanamahotsava?
This is celebrated in India in July/August generally after the monsoon has set in depending on the convenience.This is a green movement started in the fifties which has become even more relevant now since global warming has become an important and major issue which has far reaching implications. Vana mahotsava or the festival of trees is celebrated to make the environment healthy .In India it is more popular in Gujrat and in the southern states of India where people live close to nature. We celebrated the event like we do every year here last week on the 10th .We have formed a group of ladies and men coming from all walks of life.We prepare plant saplings and distribute them to small offices,government offices , schools, shops and other business houses .We also help them plant in larger pots or if there is space available ,plant them out in the soil.Last year I had prepared and given 14 plants and this year I have given 23 plant saplings, which were all distributed and I have many people asking for more plants.. The preparation starts at least 2 months before Vanamahotsava , when people taking part in Vanamahotsava start taking cuttings and start them planting into empty plastic milk packets filled with a mixture of sand and soil.Most of them begin to grow roots and start growing well in the plastic bag.This year I had a hibiscus plant which had grown to a full fledged plant with buds and it was the first one to be selected by a school teacher who wanted it for her home.I love this time of the year when the monsoon rains are beating down and we are close to nature and this festival makes us all aware of how we are all totally dependent on nature and do our best to preserve it. When we go back into the history of this festival which has absolutely no religious significance whatsoever, we come to know that it is actually a movement started in the fifties by some eminent thinkers who realized the importance of preserving nature ,trees and forest land. They began by planting some saplings in public places during rainy season since, that is the best time to plant any new saplings.They grow root very easily and quickly. This movement became popular with the masses and began to spread. India used to have a vast forest cover and it really helped in every way including regulating the temperature.Once major cities started growing these forest covers began to vanish and there were many ill effects like a shortage of rain fall and a general increase in the temperature levels.So a few eminent thinkers foresaw what could happen in years to come and earmarked a day for celebrating nature and environment, which is what Vanamahotsava is all about. In western countries a lot of care is taken by the authorities to maintain the green belt around the cities and one finds a lot of greenery even in the middle of major cities like London, New York,Paris etc; so they do not have the need to worry since care is already being taken to maintain the eco balance !
When is tree planting festival Van-Mahotsava celebrated?
Van-Mahotsav; an one week long celebration for tree planting in India, is held in the month of July every year for protecting forests............. This is one of the methods for stopping GLOBAL WARNING.It is celebrated all over India to create an awareness among the people about the happenings of landslides, earthquakes, floods and all sorts of climatic disasters taking place everywhere, because people are not taking care of their environment and surroundings.SAVE THE WORLD TODAY.......... TOMORROW MIGHT BE TOO LATE!!!!!!
