At a School for underprivileged students

Why spread awareness only to the well off sections of the Society?

Here, I covered the underprivileged children

At the school

At the school

Students at the school

Gifting a Sapling

Spreading Awareness

Spreading Awareness

Gifting a Sapling

Gifting a Sapling

@ Society

Gifting Apta Sapling to a student.

Gifting Apta Sapling to a student. 

Spreading Environmental Education and gifting saplings at the commercial arteries of the nation - highways

I spread environmental education people on highways as well.

I even gifted them saplings.

At the highway

Gifting sapling to a vendor

Gifting sapling to a vendor

Gifting sapling to a traveler

Rural Areas

As mentioned earlier , I didn't only plant saplings in the rural areas but also gifted some to the future of the nation - students !

Gifting saplings

Gifting saplings

Spreading Awareness

Gifting a sapling to the entire academy

Commiting  to Save Apta Tree

Commiting to Save Apta Tree

Gifting a sapling

Spreading Awareness among students

Students are the future of the country and so it is indeed extremely important to give the Environmental Education and also tell them the need of the hour - 'Save Apta Tree'

Let's Plant ...

Why limit ourselves to the urban ares ?

Let's explore the Actual INDIA and plant saplings

Planting sapling at the village.

Planting sapling at the village.

Adopted Saplings !

Why not adopt saplings and take the responsibility of nurturing them ?

My Adopted Saplings

Initiative commenced !

Our initiative COMMENCED !!!!

A couple of Apta Saplings that we gifted to some people

Giving Environmental education and gifting a sapling to a worker.

Initiative to spread awareness

Sitting at home and thinking about saving trees doesn't really help.

So, there's how I began my initiative......

Off the Screen !!!


My Posters!!!

Brutal treatment of the "GOLD"

Despite having so much importance during Dussehra, the rare tree is brutally treated on the Dussehra itself. Taking few leaves is different thing. But people and those who sell these leaves on the day, usually end up defoliating almost the entire tree and ruthlessly breaking its branches. I don't think hurting a live sacred tree will serve the purpose of Dussehra..the purpose of increasing cordiality in relations. Instead, why not plant or gift the tree itself to our loved ones? The live gold will be a perfect gift on this Dussehra!

The Sonpatta tree is worshipped with the recitation of special prayer, asking for victory over one’s defects & enemies, success in one’s endeavors and reunion with friends..

'Ashmantak Mahavruksha Mahadoshnivaran

Istana darshanm dehi kuru shtruvinashnam'

Meaning: O great Apta (Ashmantak) tree, you are the one who overcomes great defects. Unite me with my friends and destroy my foes.

The Real Gold

Being considered to be as valuable as gold for its medicinal values, there is a ritual of exchanging Sonpatta leaves during Dussehra in India. This story has a hidden meaning to it.. It teaches us to share whatever we have with each other. It teaches us to enjoy the Joy of Giving! The one who gives also gets something. We too have something to exchange, as much valuable as the leaves exchanged during Dussehra and that is..our heart.
The Sonpatta Tree (Bauhinia Racemosa/आपटा, श्वेत-कांचन) is a rare medicinal tree which can grow in poor & very harsh climatic conditions. The deciduous tree is propagated easily from seed.

Almost each & every part of this tree has some medicinal values. The stem bark of the tree is an astringent and is used in the treatment of headache, fever, skin diseases, blood diseases, dysentery & diarrhoea. A decoction of the bark is recommended as a useful wash for ulcers. The tree is demonstrated to have anti-oxidant & hepato-protective effects. An extract of the leaves has been proved to show analgesic, anti-pyretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, anthelmintic and anti-microbial activity too. The tree has anti-tumor qualities and is widely used in Ayurveda to treat first stage cancer.

The tree has small, creamy white or yellow coloured flowers in axillary or terminal racemes.  The flowers are laxative & seeds are anti-bacterial.

The leaves are used for makingbidis (Bidi Leaf Tree). The tree yields a useful gum & fibres. The bark is used for tanning and dyeing.

Apta Medicianal Value

Medicinal Use of 'APTA':-

 Apta is used as a cure for digestive diseases such as diarrhoea and dysentery.

 Apta has anti-tumour qualities and is used to treat the first stages of cancer.

Medicianal Value

Medicinal Use of 'APTA':-

 Apta is used as a cure for digestive diseases such as diarrhoea and dysentery.

 Apta has anti-tumour qualities and is used to treat the first stages of cancer.

The Apta Tree

The Apta -"Sonpatta" 

Apta is a small fibrous tree and has leaves with two lobes and has small white flowers. Several species of Bauhinia in India and often the more commonly occurring Kanchan which has pink flowers gets mistaken for the Apta.Apta leaves are used for making bidis.In many communities of central India, there is a ritual of exchanging the leaves of the Apta as a symbol of gold during Dasara. Leaves of the apta are offered as gold to God and friends. Conventionally, gold should be gifted by the young to the old. There is a story connected with this custom.

Sri Ram’s ancestor relative’s name was king Raghu. He was very generous. After a great ‘Yagna’ (Prayer) the king had distributed all his wealth among the poor.Raghu had nothing left to give a poor boy, who came to his door step asking for alms. Raghu attacked Kuber, the God of Wealth. As gold rained on earth, some of it fell on the Apta tree. Since then people exchange leaves of the Apta tree on Dussehra day.One of the traditional ways of celebrating Dussehra in Maharashtra is to offer friends and family leaves of the 'Apta' tree. This tree, Bauhinia Racemosa, is also known as 'Sonpatta', being considered to be as valuable as gold for its medicinal value.