10-19-2007, 04:51 PM
Raju, Of all the people I thought you would connect immediately. The Kurma avatara was to enable the churning of the Khseera Sagara (the Milky way). It could be a harbinger of the stellar alignment this thread talks about.
Off course all this is if you believe. if you dont its an albino tortoise or a genetic mistake!
Deccan Chronicle
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Warangal: <b>A white tortoise brought in by an inebriated fisherman has foxed wildlife experts here. </b>The tortoise was left with one Ch Kishore of Krishna Interior Decors by a fisherman on Wednesday night.
âThe fisherman came to my shop in an inebriated condition and left even before I could ask him where he got it,â Mr Kishore said. <b>Many elders thronged the shop to see the tortoise. They said it was an omen as it signified the kurma (tortoise) avataram of Lord Vishnu.</b>
<b>One elder said that the white tortoise was found during the churning of Pala Samudram, the mythical ocean of milk, by gods and demons for amrutam, the divine nectar.</b> âIt could cost around Rs 1 lakh in the international market and there would be many buyers given its importance in our mythology,â said Mr Avula Sudhakar who had come to see the tortoise. Later on Thursday, Mr Kishore asked wildlife experts but no one had seen a similar tortoise. <b>Fisheries deputy director R. Purushotham said </b>that it was for the first time in his 30-year career that he had seen a white tortoise. <b>âIt could be due to sudden mutations or due to genetic changes.â Mr Purushotham said. âIt should be given to the wildlife sanctuary or the forest department for protection and research,â </b>he said.
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And mind you Warangal is land locked.
Off course all this is if you believe. if you dont its an albino tortoise or a genetic mistake!
Deccan Chronicle
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->White tortoise in Warangal foxes experts
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Warangal: <b>A white tortoise brought in by an inebriated fisherman has foxed wildlife experts here. </b>The tortoise was left with one Ch Kishore of Krishna Interior Decors by a fisherman on Wednesday night.
âThe fisherman came to my shop in an inebriated condition and left even before I could ask him where he got it,â Mr Kishore said. <b>Many elders thronged the shop to see the tortoise. They said it was an omen as it signified the kurma (tortoise) avataram of Lord Vishnu.</b>
<b>One elder said that the white tortoise was found during the churning of Pala Samudram, the mythical ocean of milk, by gods and demons for amrutam, the divine nectar.</b> âIt could cost around Rs 1 lakh in the international market and there would be many buyers given its importance in our mythology,â said Mr Avula Sudhakar who had come to see the tortoise. Later on Thursday, Mr Kishore asked wildlife experts but no one had seen a similar tortoise. <b>Fisheries deputy director R. Purushotham said </b>that it was for the first time in his 30-year career that he had seen a white tortoise. <b>âIt could be due to sudden mutations or due to genetic changes.â Mr Purushotham said. âIt should be given to the wildlife sanctuary or the forest department for protection and research,â </b>he said.
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And mind you Warangal is land locked.

