Monday Mural- Jadav Payeng

 

“I’ll plant till my last breath.” - Padma Shri Jadav "Molai" Payeng

Amazing wall mural of The Forest Man of India Jadav Payeng
at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra, Panjabari, Guwahati , Assam, India
Reforestation Hero: Jadav Payeng :
https://www.oneearth.org/reforestation-hero-jadav-payeng/
The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia Gholz
https://www.amazon.in/Boy-Who-Grew-Forest-Payeng/dp/1534110240
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Monday Mural - The Forest Man of India

 

Wall art portrait of  ‘The Forest Man of India’ Padma Shri Jadav Payeng
at newly constructed Dispur Supermarket Flyover, Guwahati, Assam 
[ Art work by TEAM LivingArt Guwahati )
[ Jadav "Molai" Payeng is an environmental activist and forestry worker from Majuli,popularly known as the Forest Man of India.Over the course of several decades, he has planted and tended trees on a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra turning it into a forest reserve. The forest, called Molai forest after him, is located near Kokilamukh of Jorhat, Assam, India and encompasses an area of about 1,360 acres / 550 hectares.In 2015, he was honoured with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India. ]
~ Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadav_Payeng ]
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