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Westerners probably can’t pronounce the word ‘Pichavaram’ but it doesn’t matter. A look at the picture below is sufficient to know.

Pichavaram is situated approximately 250 kms from Madras, near Chidambaram, the famous pilgrimage town.

Pichavaram is  a confluence of lakes meeting the Bay of Bengal and is surrounded by thick Mangrove forests. It is said there are as many as 400 small islands inside this spectacular place.

One of the unique sight in this place is salt crystal that are formed on the leaves of Mangrove trees.

   Salt crystas on the Mangrove leaf

Image courtesy: Google Images and Wikipedia

Name one person who doesn’t like to watch butterflies!

My husband has seen a rare blue butterfly in our terrace and daily when he was about to call me to watch it, the butterfly would fly away. I never knew butterflies are shy of women!

My husband assured me that he will take me to a butterfly garden one day. Butterfly gardens-where are they? I have not heard about butterfly garden till date.

My husband told that there is one in our state itself near a place called Kutralam, the famous water falls place.

If you are in Canada, I have information on a butterfly garden. Victoria Butterfly Gardens is centrally located on the beautiful Saanich Peninsula, 20 km (14 miles) north of Victoria and 19 km (12 miles) south of the Vancouver-Victoria ferry at Swartz Bay. The Victoria International Airport is located close by, as is the Ferry from Anacortes, Washington.

Here is a map copied from the website Butterfly Gardens.

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