Indian palm squirrel
Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) is known for the distinctive three stripes across its back, much similar to that in Chipmunks, a smaller variety of squirrels seen in N. America.
There is a legend related to the stripes seen on this squirrel. Though it is a well-known legend in India, here it is in brief.
According to this Mythological legend, the squirrel helped Lord Rama to collect sand and build bridge to reach Lanka, the Kingdom of Ravana, where Sita was in captivity. Lord Rama stroked squirrel’s back to show his appreciation and three stripes, marks of his fingers, appeared on its back.
I have two more posts on Indian palm squirrel. Please check out here- Post1 Post2.
This adorable critter decided to have lunch on my backyard wall. Looked like the rice I had placed was tasty.
Observe the expressions!
Lovely…
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Ah …such great shots Indira. Liked the captions you gave them 😀👌
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Nice clicks Indira. 👌
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Amazing clicks.. One thing I know that they are very shy creature, it must have taken a lot of effort to capture them and it came out well Indira ji!
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So lovely! Wonderful work!
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Awwwww… such cute clicks along with captions !!
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Hhhaaa Nice co.ments and captures
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Really adorable. Like this🐿
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(EN) Colourful, cute and interesting post, Indira. Your creativity on nature theme is amazing😊
(IT) Post colorato, carino e interessante, Indira. La tua creatività sul tema della natura è sorprendente.😊
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What a cheeky, adorable little one you have there, Indira! Great photos and post 🙂 I had a squirrel visit me here this morning 🙂
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Hahaha great work and chipmunk’s expressions and captions are awesome friend !! 😀 💙
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Cute and lovely pictures, Indira and such an interesting read. Never knew about the squirrel and his help during the time of Lord Rama.
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Adorable captures, Indira! And I enjoyed the fun titles, made me giggle!! 😊
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So cute and adorable ❤️❤️❤️😀
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Such amazing friends
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Haha – very nice post, Indira. Love the photographs (but I’m not quite good enough at squirrel expressions to tell whether it is smiling or not). Here in the UK The Battle for the Planet of the Squirrels is on. See this rivelting post (if you wish) for how it all began: https://robertcday.wordpress.com/2020/08/19/bench-views-05-omnicon-balfour-beatty/
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Photographs taken with great patience, showing efficiency in work! Amazing photography ma’am👌👌😊🤗🌻🎆⚘
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How you managed to take this clear pictures of this fastest moving squirrel. So lovely.
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The pictures generate curiosity…
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Lovely 💛
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A very sweet set of photographs! I was amused to watch a grey squirrel running up and down the fence in my own garden as he collected nuts for winter. (We get ordinary grey squirrels here, but I hadn’t seen one for ages.)
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How cute and loveable that is! I really love these pictures and appreciate you❤️.
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You have captured this little critter splendidly, Indira! And an interesting story about the squirrel.
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😀😃👌 great shots and with great caption timings!!keep up great work!!
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How amazing.
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“Gillu remembered”🙂🙂 the story written by famous Hindi writer Mahadevi Varma ji.
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Very beautiful post.
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👍
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Sweet!
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Those pictures are so cute! And the captions are funny indeed, the squirrel would like them. 😂 Nice bit of info. Thanks for sharing.
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