Are You a ‘Friend of Trees?’

Are You a ‘Friend of Trees?’

Today is World Environment day. A ‘National Summer Camp ‘  held at Prayagraj [Allahabad]  this week [June 1- 5] was one of the many ways that Tarumitra, India’s largest youth environment movement is celebrating World Environment Day. The World Environment Week Celebrations, was organized by Tarumitra Prayagraj  and  attended by student representatives of various high […]

सावन के मौके पर झूम उठा तरूमित्र आश्रम

सावन के मौके पर झूम उठा तरूमित्र आश्रम

14 अगस्त को पटना, दीघा स्थित तरूमित्र आश्रम में मनाया गया “सावन महोत्सव” यह उत्सव हर साल की तरह इस साल भी धूमधाम से मनाया गया। यह उत्सव को मनाने के लिए टीम नारीगुंजन, ज़ेवियर थिएटर क्लब, टीम दिशा, इनर व्हील क्लब ऑफ, आदि ने इस कार्यक्रम अपनी भागीदारी दिखाई। सावन का महीना जहां हर […]

Tree- friendly ‘Saawan Mahotsav’ in Patna

Tree- friendly ‘Saawan Mahotsav’ in Patna

On 14th August (Wednesday) at 4PM all arrangements were in place and everyone was ready to celebrate “Saawan Mahotsav” at Taru Mitra bio reserve. It was peaceful and green and gentle winds were blowing. Whoever was present looked excited and delighted for the celebration. The theme of Saawan Mahotsav was “Rain water conservation”. The program […]

Tarumitra celebrates Van Mahotsav

Tarumitra celebrates Van Mahotsav

Sir, On 1st of July the celebration of Van Mahotsav began in Tarumitra with a series of songs and dance at 2:30 pm. Leaves rustling to the beautiful music of wind blowing between them. The high branches forming a dense canopy were stopping the sunlight to fall on the guests of Van Mahotsav. The spirit […]

Students to celebrate Forests, amid looming crisis

Students to celebrate Forests, amid looming crisis

Taru Mitra is all set to celebrate the Van Mahotsav (Forest Megafest)  once again. “A week- long celebration. A celebration with trees, for trees. From 1st July to 7th July, trees of Taru Mitra  will receive lots of hugs and friendship bands from people”, is how Tarumitra spokesperson Devopriya Dutta puts it. Taru Mitra, the […]

Celebrations of Sharat Utsav in the lap of Nature

Celebrations of Sharat Utsav in the lap of Nature

On, 21st Sept. 2018, Tarumitra(Friends of tress) celebrated the “autumn festival”. The celebration was held to educate about the “autumn season”, known as “शरद ऋतु” in Hindi. It was an initiative of the “Tarumitra” ashram located besides the college campus. The event was witnessed by the  media personalities, faculty members and students of various schools […]

तरूमित्र में मनाया गया शरदोत्सव

तरूमित्र में मनाया गया शरदोत्सव

पटना 21 सितंबर: तरुमित्र में शरद ऋतु के आगमन का धूम-धाम से उत्सव बनाया गया। शरद ऋतु का जश्न मनाने के लिए, विभिन्न क्षेत्रों के लोगो ने शरदोत्सव के लिए तरूमित्र में अपनी उपस्थिति दर्ज कराई। प्रिंसिपल, निर्देशक, शिक्षक, प्रोफेसर, सांस्कृतिक कलाकार, चित्रकार, गायक, कलाकार, उदयमियो, सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता इस कार्यक्रम में शामिल थे। तरूमित्र के निर्देशक फादर […]

Forest festival at Bio-Reserve

Forest festival at Bio-Reserve

Get them young! Some 125 kindergarten kids toddled around Taru Mitra bio reserve to breathe in the sights and sounds of the forest, and of course to plant their very first tree! Tarumitra, ‘friends of trees’ started the gala celebrations of Van Mahotsav on July 27 in its Digha based bio-reserve with students, interns, volunteers […]

Special Kids, Tarumitra Students act for Environment

Special Kids, Tarumitra Students act for Environment

Patna: Kids with physical disabilities and others organised a ‘run’ to spread green awareness on the eve of World Environment Day in the Bihar capital. State disabilities commissioner Shivajee Kumar led a  group of some a hundred citizens, young and old – the differently-abled children and their parents, gymnasts, social activists and environmentalists, in the event […]

Friends of Trees and The Joy of the Harvest!

Friends of Trees and The Joy of the Harvest!

The earth is our teacher, and every winter, Taru Mitra demonstrates just that through the noisy, joyous organic rice harvesting festival. The fields attached to the Taru Mitra bio-reserve in Patna were swarming with students, teachers, a group of transgender friends, and even the Bihar Minister for Agriculture. They all had sickles in their hands […]

Rakhi for Trees @ Xavier Colleges

Rakhi for Trees @ Xavier Colleges

On July 6, some 68 Student council members of St. Xavier’s Colleges, Patna celebrated RakshaBandhan in a unique style when they tied Rakhis to trees and made friendship with them to send the message about the trees:  how important or beneficial they are in our daily lives. The word ‘raksha bandhan’ in Sanskrit roughly means […]

Friends of Trees have a Fairy House in Patna

Friends of Trees have a Fairy House in Patna

Patna: As part of the Celebration of the Spring season, Tarumitra students inducted a fairy tree house on a Kamroop (Fig)tree (Ficus Microcarpa) in their Bio-reserve in Digha (March 1). Tiny tots from Notre Dame Montessori and high-schoolers from S.R Vidyapeeth and Adarsh Bal Vidyalaya along with their teachers climbed up the tree house built […]