Aadhavan Ramanathan -
Thekkur Tamil Nadu 614902 Tamil Nadu 614902
Thekkur(my birth place) is a village situated about 20 km away from city of Thanjavur, Thanjavur district. As we have large sized paddy fields, Sugarcane fields and coconut farms, flock of sparrows used to built their nest in coconut trees and sugarcane fields. The nests will swing to and fro like simple pendulum while breeze flows. It is very beautiful to watch and one my favorite time pass during my childhood. During Paddy harvest times the sparrows will be in very large number. Its pleasant to watch and hear flock of sparrows were flying and chirping over paddy fields, and used to feed our golden colored grain. But we kids along with family members used to protect our grains by making huge sounds by beating drums and plates esp after sunrise and before sunset. And we followed our tradition that to hang a pile of paddy and water pot in the front and back of our home to feed sparrows during summer and harvest times. Still the memories are crossing over my mind whenever i see a sparrow. It was a wonderful period in my childhood.
Thekkur(my birth place) is a village situated about 20 km away from city of Thanjavur, Thanjavur district. As we have large sized paddy fields, Sugarcane fields and coconut farms, flock of sparrows used to built their nest in coconut trees and sugarcane fields. The nests will swing to and fro like simple pendulum while breeze flows. It is very beautiful to watch and one my favorite time pass during my childhood. During Paddy harvest times the sparrows will be in very large number. Its pleasant to watch and hear flock of sparrows were flying and chirping over paddy fields, and used to feed our golden colored grain. But we kids along with family members used to protect our grains by making huge sounds by beating drums and plates esp after sunrise and before sunset. And we followed our tradition that to hang a pile of paddy and water pot in the front and back of our home to feed sparrows during summer and harvest times. Still the memories are crossing over my mind whenever i see a sparrow. It was a wonderful period in my childhood.
