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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Jacarnda flowers adorned the grounds of the park. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Devotees of Draupadi near the honge mara tree inside Cubbon Park.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Through this ritual, the community protects two important elements of the local ecosystem: Indian Beech trees and ponds. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A unit manufacturing Kashmir willow cricket bats.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Bashir Ahmad Wani, a sawmill labourer from Gulzarpora village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, about 40 kilometres from Srinagar. For 20 years, he has worked at a sawmill that processes willow wood used in making cricket bats.]]></image:caption>
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