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ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE
Rehabilitation
Centre for Birds
- Shuka Vana
Dr. Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji feeding birds at Shuka Vana
age and seer, His Holiness Dr. Sri Ganapathy
Sachchidananda Swamiji, the Founder of Avadhoota
Datta Peetham, Mysore, India, is recognised far and wide
for his extraordinary vision and compassionate heart. S individual we respond with a smile, recognizing and
acknowledging the sameness of species, even if we do not
share the same language, culture, or ethnicity. But we do
not do the same with animals, birds, reptiles, or insects.
Sri Swamiji has established Shuka Vana (Parrot Park), a
rehabilitation centre for birds in the serene premises of
Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama. This park
has numerous rare and colourful species of Parrots from
the world over. “A parrot, on the other hand, naturally identifies
with and shares the expressions of all those whom it
notices around it, regardless of species. It empathizes with
everyone and everything that it comes in contact with,
and blends its voice with theirs. It makes no distinction,
be it a speaking or coughing human a meowing cat,
a mooing cow, a barking dog, a ringing telephone, a
beating hammer, a slamming car door, or a beeping
electronic gadget.
Shuka Vana most importantly gives shelter to injured
& uncared birds with a high degree of commitment
and compassion. Sri Swamiji has taken a serious resolve
to take care of physically challenged birds that are not
receiving proper care with their owners who have lost
interest in them.
Sri Swamiji says “When we see the smile of another
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Anything that makes a movement or a sound
attracts a parrot’s attention and it mimics the sound and
sometimes the movement with as much accuracy
as its capacity will allow. Its talent for reproducing
Vol 2|Issue 1|Mar - May 2017