THE WINGED BEAUTIES OF IISc: A PHOTO FEATURE

THE WINGED BEAUTIES OF IISc

 A PHOTO FEATURE

 

The 400 acre wooded campus of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore is a “Botanist’s and Butterfly enthusiasts Delight”, with over 800 species of flowering plants and trees blooming around the year. The lush green vegetation, the stunning range of flowers and a variety of birds and butterflies has rendered the campus a dream setting for nature enthusiasts and conservationists.

                                AERIAL SHOT OF THE IISc CAMPUS 

The Winged Beauties or Flying Jewels of IISc are a delight to watch and here is a modest attempt to portray the rich, colorful, enchanting and fascinating world of butterflies, through the eyes of an amateur photographer and a former member of the staff of IISc.

                                                        COMMON JEZEBEL

                                                                           THE INDIAN CRIMSON TIP

                                                                                STRIPED TIGER

COMMON FIVE RING

                                                                                    BLUE PANSY

It was Mr. German Botanist and Garden Designer G.H. Krumbiegel, the then Superintendent of the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, who was initially involved in landscaping the campus gardens. There were several others after him who continued his legacy and one among them was B S Nirody, who was also largely responsible for transforming the campus to what it is today.

AERIAL SHOT THE TATA STATUE AND MEMORIAL

PHOTO COURTESY DR. SANKARA RAO

DANAID EGGFLY

COMMON JAY

INDIAN WANDERER

COMMON LIME

GREAT ORANGE TIP

COMMON LEOPARD

LEMON PANSY

FOREST PIERROT

BLUE TIGER

COMMON MORMON

Today the campus is an astonishingly beautiful lush-green oasis, with its own distinctive microclimate and ambience, thanks to the landscape architects of yesteryears and to their abiding love for plants. An in-house nursery and garden with a dedicated team of gardeners maintains and nurtures the green oasis.

                                                      DAINAID EGGFLY - FEMALE

                                                       TWANY COSTER

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), often called the Tata Institute, after its benefactor and founder Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, by local residents, is one of Bangalore’s enduring landmarks. The lush green vegetation of the campus provides the Institute with an environment, which is the envy of those who reside in the midst of the urban chaos that characterizes Bangalore today.

                      FLORAL ARRANGEMENT - FOUNDER'S DAY @ IISc

                                                    

The Institute has grown over a century on a large tract of land (now about 400 acres), gifted by the then Maharaja of Mysore, His Highness Shri Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, in March 1907. The Institute formally came into existence on 27 May 1909 when the British Government issued the Vesting Order. The lush greenery of today, which has come to be the Institute’s characteristic feature, is the result of planting and nurturing by generations of lovers of nature. In fact, the campus of the Indian Institute of Science is among the oldest and the largest preserves of the botanical wealth of Bangalore.

                                                          YELLOW PANSY

                                                                  GREAT EGGFLY

                                                BROWN KING CROW

                                     IISc CENTENARY COMMEMORATIVE STAMP

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