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A Day of Sustainability and Books

A Day of Sustainability and Books

The Uravu Bamboo Grove Resort, in its role as a centre for cultural and educational initiatives, hosted a day filled with discussions on sustainability, tourism, new concepts, books, students, and the "living library" concept with a group of 35 students from Companion...

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Wayanad Art Cloud Drawing Camp

Wayanad Art Cloud Drawing Camp

Wayanad Art Cloud and Uravu Eco Links organised a two-day drawing camp that brought together a diverse group of artists. Held at the Uravu Bamboo Grove Resort in Thrikipetta, the event featured contributions from the following artists: Deepa KP, Jayesh K, Jithin T...

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Successful collaboration with the HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Successful collaboration with the HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Since 2015 Uravu Eco Links collaborates with the Swiss University of Applied Sciences - HES-SO Valais-Wallis in Sierre, Switzerland. As from then onwards, every year a Swiss tourism management student is given the chance, to put the learned skills into...

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A taste of Adivasi cuisine at the Bamboo Grove Resort

A taste of Adivasi cuisine at the Bamboo Grove Resort

On 11 January, a get together with some members of the Adivasi community from Thrikkaipetta was organized at the Uravu Bamboo Grove Resort. The guests and some Adivasi members shared a good homemade Adivasi dinner. Events like this enable the local communities to...

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Maha Shivaratri celebration in Thrikkaipetta

Maha Shivaratri celebration in Thrikkaipetta

Only two days after the annual Temple Festival, on Friday 21 February, Thrikkaipetta celebrated another hindou festivity. Maha Shivaratri is a national holiday and celebrated all over India. The festival, celebrated in honour of Lord Shiva, is also known as...

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Life with Corona

Life with Corona

On 24 March 2020, all of India went into a 21-days complete lockdown. God’s own country was not excluded from the threat of COVID-19. From one day to the next, life in Thrikkaipetta as we know it was put on hold. The Uravu Bamboo Workshop closed its doors and guests...

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An evening full of joy, music and tasty food

An evening full of joy, music and tasty food

As the new year started, it was time to have a joyful get together with all the team members of Uravu Eco Links and their families. It was a good opportunity as well, to welcome new members of our team. Our guests from Spain and Switzerland also joined us for this...

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Thrikkaipetta village and plantation walk

Thrikkaipetta village and plantation walk

Palm trees, singing birds, rice fields, fruit and spice plantations, smiling villagers and a lot of new information about the rural life of an Indian village. This is what you can expect when participating in a village tour of Thrikkaipetta. One of our local guides...

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Birdwatching Tour – Interview with N.V. Krishnan

Birdwatching Tour – Interview with N.V. Krishnan

Interview with N.V. Krishnan, professional wildlife photographer and birdwatcher Did you know that Wayanad is home to more than 350 bird species? At the Uravu Bamboo Grove Resort the preservation of Wayanad’s exceptional biodiversity and wildlife is very important....

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Clean-Up Day – 4 April 2019

Clean-Up Day – 4 April 2019

On 4 April 2019, Uravu Eco Links organised a Clean-Up Day in the streets surrounding our office in Thrikkaipetta, Wayanad. The main objective of this special day was to raise awareness among the local community that the waste problem can be solved. The waste that was...

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Sanskrit & Yoga Week

Sanskrit & Yoga Week

From 25 January to 3 February 2019, we had the pleasure of welcoming a group of Swiss yoga teachers and an Indologist and Sanskrit teacher to the Uravu Bamboo Grove resort. “Yoga & Bhoga” was their theme for these ten days of mindfulness activities. The...

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Outdoor lesson on bamboo in the Uravu Bamboo Grove Resort

Outdoor lesson on bamboo in the Uravu Bamboo Grove Resort

On Tuesday, 6 March 2018, a small outdoor learning event on bamboo took place at the Uravu Bamboo Grove Resort. Bamboo expert Dr Abdulla explained about the different types of bamboo and children from the village participated by naming them with nameplates. As soon as...

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Bamboo Log Project

Bamboo Log Project

Two houses and one community centre are currently being constructed by Uravu Eco Links. They are part of the Bamboo Log project — a two-year project, which is jointly organised by Uravu and Habitat Forum India (INHAF). The buildings serve as demonstration units to...

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Uravu Eco Links and the Priyadarshini Tea Environs

Uravu Eco Links and the Priyadarshini Tea Environs

Community tourism  - Uravu Eco Links and the Priyadarshini Tea Environs (Mananthavady Tribal Plantation Corporative Society) The Priyadarshini Tea Enirons with the official name Mananthavady Tribal Plantation Corporative Society is a special tea estate in Wayanad,...

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72-hours Bamboo Workshop in Wagamon

72-hours Bamboo Workshop in Wagamon

72-hours Bamboo Workshop in Wagamon at the D.C. School of Architecture and Design Six Uravu bamboo masters were invited to an intensiv Bamboo Workshop in the D.C. School of Architecture and Design, Wagamon. The workshop took place from 18-20 February 2016....

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Village life through the lens of design students

Village life through the lens of design students

Workshop on Communities and Practices in Thrikkaipetta for Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, organised by Uravu Eco Links and Aileen Blaney & Athira K. from Srishti Institute. Twenty photography and design students from Srishti Institute...

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Waste Management Awareness Campaign started

Waste Management Awareness Campaign started

On 8 April 2016, following the start of the Waste Management Programme in Thrikkaipetta by Uravu Eco Links (UEL) in collaboration with Uravu and the Village Committee, a presentation on waste management was given to all interested villagers by Uravu Eco Links’ intern...

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Workshop on Space and Place

Workshop on Space and Place

From 26 to 30 January 2016 Uravu Eco Links welcomed students from the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore for a workshop on ‘Space and Place’. The workshop was part of a one-month project. During the workshop the students were exposed to...

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Temple Festival in Thrikkaipetta

Temple Festival in Thrikkaipetta

IMPRESSIVE, COLOURFUL, MYSTIC - three words to describe the temple festival in Thrikkaipetta, which took place on 18 and 19 February 2016. During two days, the devotees came to attend the Gulikan Thira and Bhagavathi Thira performances and their drums rhythms, at...

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Manikunu Mala pilgrimage

Manikunu Mala pilgrimage

Friday, 3 April was a special festive day of celebration for Hindus and nature lovers of Thrikkaipetta and its surroundings alike. The holy pilgrimage to Manikkunu Mala was a wonderful experience and was captured in a short film by Uravu Eco Links’ intern Vincent....

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Workshop on Science, Craft and Language by Professor Rao

Workshop on Science, Craft and Language by Professor Rao

Professor A G Rao (IIT Bombay), Uravu, ARFC India and the Children’s Club of Thrikkaipetta conducted the second workshop on craft, science and language. Over three days the children discovered different methods to approach maths and geometrical shapes at Kuttamangalam...

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Bamboo cutting with tribal expertise

Bamboo cutting with tribal expertise

Have you always wanted to know how we harvested the bamboo used for the construction of our bamboo cottages? Please have a look at the pictures and the video to see for yourself the impressive tribal expertise in bamboo cutting. Our team harvested this bamboo in the...

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Bamboo log project workshop

Bamboo log project workshop

The month long design workshop of the Bamboo log project has finally come to a close. 26 architecture and design students participated, to produce some brilliant housing and furniture designs and plans. In the end we all realised that it was not about promoting bamboo...

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