Camels Hanging Out India Rajasthan Desert 6a
by Sue Jacobi
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Camels Hanging Out India Rajasthan Desert 6a
Artist
Sue Jacobi
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Photograph - Fine Art Photography - Digital Art
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Camels Hanging Out India Rajasthan Desert 6a.
While driving around the countryside near the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, Jaisalmer, in India , we came across a large herd of camels by the roadside, at sunset twilight. There were around a hundred camels... we couldn�t believe our eyes! There were mom and baby camels, families, buddies, friends, all hanging out in groups. It was a once in a lifetime moment, and we just stood there in stunned silence, open-mouthed, in awe.
In India, the Rajasthan State government recently declared the camel as the State animal. The decision, taken at a Cabinet meeting held in Bikaner, aims to check the dwindling number of camels.
The State government is also in the process of drafting a new law to prevent slaughter, illegal trade and transportation and has announced that it will include camel milk in its food security programme. Camels provide livelihood to a large number of people in rural Rajasthan.
The camel, also known as the "ship of the desert" is slaughtered for its meat, killed as part of sacrifice in several districts of Rajasthan and illegally transported to the neighboring states for slaughter which had resulted in its numbers falling sharply. Fast disappearing grazing areas has also added to a severe food crisis for camels.
According to the Livestock Census data, there were 668,000 camels in 1997 which were reduced to 498,000 camels in 2003, amounting to a 25 per cent decrease in five years. By 2008, the number had decreased further by 13.5 per cent to 430426. The only district in which camel numbers increased during the period from 2003-2008 was Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, India.
The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert or Marusthali (Land of the dead), is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent that forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan. With an area of more than 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi), it is the world's 9th largest subtropical desert.
The Thar desert is bounded by the Sutlej River to the north, the Aravalli Range to the east, salt marsh to the south, and the Indus River to the west. It lies mostly in the Indian state of Rajasthan and extends into the southern portion of Haryana and into northern Gujarat. The Desert National Park, Jaisalmer has a collection of fossils of animals and plants of 180 million years old.
From Indian Mythology : The Indian epics describe this region as Lavanasagara (Salt-ocean). The Ramayana mentions Lavanasagara (the Salt-ocean) when Rama goes to attack Lanka with the army of vanaras. Rama uses his agneyashtra-amogha to dry up the sea named drumakulya situated on north of Lavanasagara. A fresh water source named Pushkar surrounded by Marukantara was created.
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June 2nd, 2015
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