Maasi Magam’ Festival inside Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

17 Feb 2024

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The Uppiliya Naicker community is celebrating Maasi Magam festival at a 200-year-old temple inside Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR)

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  • The temple (Aadhi Karuvannarayar Bomma Deviyar temple), which is said to be over 200 years old, is Located in a forest within the Bhavanisagar Range of the Sathyamangalam Division in STR.
  • Recently, the Madras High Court has directed the Forest Department to regulate the festival proceedings to minimise wildlife disturbance in the tiger reserve.

About Maasi Magam Festival

  • It is a Tamil festival that occurs during the Tamil month of Masi (February – March) on the day when the full moon day aligns with the Magha star.
  • Masi Magam is widely celebrated in Tamil Nadu’s temples, where main deities are paraded to sea shores or riverbanks.
  • Belief:  The celestial beings and ancestral spirits come down to the earth and take a holy dip in the sacred waters to wash away their sins.

About Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

  • Location of STR:

    • It is located in the Erode District of Tamilnadu, within the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, at the confluence of the Eastern and Western Ghats.

Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

Corridor: The Mudumalai – Mangalapatti – Thengumarada – Karachikorai – Bannari is an important corridor (The Great Moyar Corridor) that links the Mudumalai and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserves.

Habitat:

  • Vegetation: Consists of ‘Southern Tropical dry thorn forests’, mixed deciduous forests, semi-evergreen forests, and Riparian forests.
  • Flora: Albizziaamara Chloroxylonswictenia, Gyrocarpusjacquini, Neem, Tamarind, Sandalwood, Randi dumetorum, Zizyphus and associates.
  • Fauna: Elephant, Tiger, Panther, Sloth bear, Gaur, Black Buck, Spotted deer, Wild boar, Black napped hare, Common langur, Nilgiri langur, Striped neck mongoose and Bonnet macaque.
  • Tiger Status: 
Also Read: List Of All National Parks In India

 

Tiger Reserves in India

  • The Indian government announces new tiger reserves under the 1972 Wildlife Protection Act, based on the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s recommendations, to protect tigers and their prey.
  • India has 54 tiger reserves as of Jan 2024. The most recent one, announced on September 20, 2023, is the Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh.

 

Also Read: Achievements Of NTCA In 2023

News Source: The Hindu 

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