250 foreigners visit Pilikula Nisargadhama

250 foreigners visit Pilikula Nisargadhama

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Apr 8, 2012: Twelve groups of foreign tourists visited Pilikula Nisargadhama recently. The groups consisted of more than 250 members from USA, Australia, Canada, Poland, Germany, and Mexico.

They were given hands on experience of different crafts like pottery, stone carving, cane work, traditional beaten rice, handloom, carpentry, traditional oil extraction with bullock driven gana, and others.

 

 

 

This was a unique experience for them. They also visited the Guthu House, the paddy fields, the arecanut gardens, and others and had a glimpse of traditional village life in this region.

Mr. J.R.Lobo, Executive Director of Pilikula Nisargadhama along with other officers and officials of Pilikula extended full cooperation and support for their visit.

About Pilikula Nisargadhama 

Pilikula Nisargadhama is a major eco – tourism destination in the outskirts of Mangalore in coastal Karnataka is attracting domestic as well as foreign tourists in large numbers. Year after year it is getting more and more developed and becoming more important from tourist point of view, it has large collection of endangered and rare plant species of Western Ghats, medicinal plants, a biological park with rare animals, reptiles and birds, the Heritage Village, and others. Tourist from all over India and abroad are visiting Pilikula Nisargadhama in larger numbers.