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Beauty of Sundarban

Boy and girl birds, look almost the same. That is, there is no sexual-dimorphism.

Adult bird, head completely bald; Throat, featherless. Throat color, yellow; There is redness in the face.

Juvenile birds have some feathers on the head and neck, but are conspicuously bald. Throat color, whitish. And there is no redness on the face.

Madan, the name of the god of love in Sanatan Dharma. It is said that when all the other gods, fearing an angry Shiva, did not go before him, Madanadeva, in a simple mind, went before him, to pacify Shiva, and, consumed by the fire of Shiva's eyes (panchasara), was reduced to ashes. Perhaps, due to this incident, fools or simple minded people came to be called madans.

 

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Uploaded on January 23, 2023
Taken on December 5, 2022