Highlights from the Nilgiris Earth Festival 2024
2 weeks ago

Highlights from the Nilgiris Earth Festival 2024

The Hindu  

When it comes to conservation messaging, two distinct approaches often emerge. Fresh from the farm On the third afternoon of the Nilgiris Earth Festival, we arrive at Kikui Farms in Ooty to experience the flavours of high-elevation organic produce and farm-to-table cooking with organic farmer and chef Vishanth Kumar. “It’s about creating living ecosystems, buzzing with insects, critters, and life forms.” Vishanth is one of many changemakers celebrated by the Nilgiris Earth Festival. Final-day celebrations The final day of the Nilgiris Earth Festival feels like a culmination, a celebration of ideas, community, and the land itself. “The Nilgiris Earth Festival started as a Wild Food Festival, and now it connects people to the landscape and its challenges.

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The Nilgiris Earth Festival begins from December 19
4 weeks, 1 day ago

The Nilgiris Earth Festival begins from December 19

The Hindu  

Indulge in a feast for the senses and savour a seasonal spread of indigenous cuisines representing the communities of the Nilgiris Biosphere at The Habba, the heart of the four-day event — The Nilgiris Earth Festival which begins December 19. This is the festival that turns the Blue Mountains into a stage for rich culinary experiences and ecological learning, while …

Earth Day observed in the Nilgiris district
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth Day observed in the Nilgiris district

The Hindu  

The Garden of HOPE Trust, along with various other non-governmental organisations that are working towards the conservation of the Nilgiris and its ecology, observed Earth Day 2024 at the Government Botanical Garden in Udhagamandalam on Monday. The event was held in collaboration with the JCI Kotagiri, Rotary, Lions, Rotaract Club of JSS and a coalition of voluntary organisations, including Muddy …

The Nilgiris Earth Festival turns the spotlight on the biosphere
1 year ago

The Nilgiris Earth Festival turns the spotlight on the biosphere

The Hindu  

On a foggy winter morning, the sprawling Keystone Foundation campus at Kotagiri in The Nilgiris is abuzz. Irula men and women dance rhythmically to a tune played on drums and pipes as the Habba, the central event of The Nilgiris Earth Festival begins. A walk tour of stalls showcases the bounty of the region including colourful varieties of red, black, …

The Nilgiris Earth Festival begins from December 19
1 year, 1 month ago

The Nilgiris Earth Festival begins from December 19

The Hindu  

The honey collectors of the Nilgiris begin their honey hunt, either from a cliff or tree, with rituals and ceremonies. Listen to the stories from indigenous people who bring their local food, honey, and produce at The Nilgiris Earth Festival formerly The Nilgiris Wild Foods Festival, that shines the light on food, culture, and ecology that is quintessentially Nilgiris. Highlighting …

Two-day Vegetable Show marks the beginning of summer festival in the Nilgiris
1 year, 8 months ago

Two-day Vegetable Show marks the beginning of summer festival in the Nilgiris

The Hindu  

With the inauguration of the two-day 12th Vegetable Show at the Nehru Park in Kotagiri town on Saturday, the summer festival in the hilly district of the Nilgiris took off to a colourful start. The show also focused on ‘Ooty 200’ to mark the discovery of Ooty town by John Sullivan 200 years ago, Meendum Manjappai, Organic Nilgiris Mission, and …

Nilgiris summer festival season to begin from May 6, annual flower show from May 19 to 23
1 year, 9 months ago

Nilgiris summer festival season to begin from May 6, annual flower show from May 19 to 23

The Hindu  

The summer festival in the Nilgiris is set to kick off on May 6 this year, with the 10th annual vegetable show in Kotagiri. The season’s marquee event, the 125th annual Flower Show is set to take place from May 19 till May 23, announced district collector, S.P.Amrith, on Wednesday. Set to be the main draw of the summer festival, …

A four-day Wild Food Festival in the Nilgiris puts the spotlight on sustainability
1 year, 11 months ago

A four-day Wild Food Festival in the Nilgiris puts the spotlight on sustainability

The Hindu  

The United Nations has declared 2023 the International Year of Millets. “It’s ironic that we find millets only at an occasion like a Wild Food Fest,” says Chef Thomas Zacharias leading an enriching conversation on wild foods and communities on a sunny winter morning at habba, a celebration at the green campus of The Keystone Foundation in Kotagiri. At one …

Ooty: Nilgiris, all set for 2nd autumn tourism season
5 years, 3 months ago

Ooty: Nilgiris, all set for 2nd autumn tourism season

Deccan Chronicle  

OOTY: The rejuvenating cool and yet shiny mornings, cloudy afternoons with occasional showers and drizzles, breezy evenings coupled with verdant looks and bloom of flowers in the hills, herald the “Second autumn season of Ooty”, that runs between mid-September and early-November, raising hopes for vibrant tourism in the days to come. Shiva Subramanian Samraj, joint director of Horticulture here, said …

Photo expo attracts tourists in Nilgiris
5 years, 7 months ago

Photo expo attracts tourists in Nilgiris

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: As part of the summer festival, a photography exhibition is underway at the Horticulture Complex at Charring Cross here. It would go on till the end of May to help tourists to reconnect with nature and wildlife and to travel to the deep woods through the works of the shutterbugs and wildlife photographers as the exhibition gives a ringside …

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