The role of Western Ghats in the prosperity of Tulunadu

We cannot deny the fact that Western Ghats has a great impact on the prosperity of Tulunadu. It is a rich heritage of India because of its faunal and floral wealth.  Though Western Ghats is only 2 per cent of the entire geographical land of India yet it occupies 20 to 25 per cent of the entire biodiversity. It is blessed with the major source of water.        Tulunadu being part of the Western Ghats has prospered in agriculture and coconut cultivation. The people of Karnataka, especially South Canara which was originally known as Tulunadu made fortune out cash crops like aeronaut and cotton.

The floral wealth of Western Ghats has affected the people of this region significantly.            They find themselves closely related to flora because it enhances their life. For instances, a number of plants and leaves is used as medicines.  In the month of ‘Atida Ammavasi’ the people of Trigarta or Tuluva-desa find a baroque of a tree and use in their rituals. The ‘Tulsi’ worship among the Hindus is most apparent one because the people consider ‘Tulsi’ as one of the Goddesses in Hindu mythology. There are also other leaves from plants and trees are used as medicines.  In Tulu culture, there are times when leaves are used to steam food so that the essence of it has medicinal effect on the human bodies. 

          Western Ghats also invites people for doing research which will educate others too. The recent research revels that 35 furn plants have been discovered so far. A lot of research process is being held in the Western Ghats. The People of Tulunadu have not only grown in their lifestyle but also in their thinking and understanding of the mother earth.