The famous rayan tree at Narmadai in Manibeli, where villagers "posted"
their oaths that they would drown but not move out. This tree was submerged in the
monsoon of 1994, and is now dead, a gaunt relic of the resistance movement.
THE HINDU PHOTO LIBRARY
The famous rayan tree at Narmadai in Manibeli, where villagers "posted"
their oaths that they would drown but not move out. This tree was submerged in the
monsoon of 1994, and is now dead, a gaunt relic of the resistance movement.