The Palmyra palms dot the landscape all along the Indian coast line. The leaves of this useful tree is used to thatch the cottages . You can see a thatched cottage under the tree.
The palmyra leaves were used as paper to write books in ancient India. The letters were written with an iron stylus. The picture above shows some 13th century palmyra manuscripts preserved in a museum. You can see the stylus too. The plamyra fruit is black, and has sections where you find transparent, jelly like edible parts.
A man was selling these palmyra leaf bowls filled with sections of palmyra fruit which were dunked in palmyra toddy. The toddy is the sap of the palmyra collected in mud pots. It is sweet when it is fresh. They make a local beer from the sap by fermenting it for a few days.
A man was selling these palmyra leaf bowls filled with sections of palmyra fruit which were dunked in palmyra toddy. The toddy is the sap of the palmyra collected in mud pots. It is sweet when it is fresh. They make a local beer from the sap by fermenting it for a few days.After a eating the palmyra fruit and drinking the sweet toddy, we felt invigorated enough to stand under the raging cascades .
We were oblivious to the fact that our dry clothes were being stolen by monkeys, to the amusement of everyone around.
We were oblivious to the fact that our dry clothes were being stolen by monkeys, to the amusement of everyone around.This is my contribution to My World. To see more and fascinating pictures, please click on
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