My Thoughts! - by Prakash G.R.

We all know that Tiger is the national animal. But how many of us know the state animals? Huh, state animals? This was my first reaction when I saw in today’s “Young World”, a The Hindu suppliment. I was surprised that we also have state birds, flower and tree!

Here is a complete list of animail, tree, bird and flower for every state in India. Some notable points:

• Elephant is the state animal for four states - Kerala, Karnataka, Jharkhand & Orissa
• Peacock is not just the national bird, the state bird for Orissa
• Lakshwadeep’s state animal is Butterfly fish and for West Bengal its Fishing Cat
• Coconut is Kerala’s state tree & Sandal for Karnataka. Sounds appropriate. For Tamilnadu its Palm !

written by Prakash G.R.