Testimonies of Our Adventures

ED Media through Shola Tours  organised a trek to an ancient rock painting site, Porivarai, situated in Erode District of Tamilnadu to understand the culture, ethos and the life situations of the Prinitive Tribal Groups of Nilgiris.

In an effort to understand the works of ED Media, Nishanth Nagavar, Head of English and Theory of Knowledge Department, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai, came on a three days tour to the Nilgiri Hills. ED Media, a pioneer in organizing the tribals of the district, in collecting, coding and developing the tribal communities of Nilgiri Hills and other parts of Tamilnadu enlightened him by facilitating the trip.

Among other programs to meet the local Irula and Kurumba Tribes, Nishanth Nagavar also trekked into the forest belts to see one of india’s ancient heritage sites of rock paintings. It is to be noted that popular Dailies like The Hindu, and the periodicals like, The Frontline, Outlook and various other journals had covered this subject extensively earlier. Apart from many other local dailies covering the subject, many specialists in Rock art like, Erwin Neumeyor from Germany, Giovanna from Italy, Aldo from Italy and Christine Gillespie from Australia.

He took part in a traditional month’s mind program ( seer, in local language) of one of the tribal leaders. Speaking about the experience he said, “It is notable that ED Media had already done quite a lot for the welfare of the tribal communities, especially in terms of self sustenance programmes. I am moved to see the significant developments brought in by ED Media, especially in their attitude of preserving their cultural heritage and customs.”

It is to be noted that the site was found out by Glorious Steve, the Founder and CEO of ED Media when we was touring around the place along with the tribals to plan a Watershed programme for the area Saranganihalla Watershed in the years 1996-97. He had already worked extensively for the welfare of the tribal communities along with a big number of local well wishers and supporters.