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🌿The G20 leaders visited the forest before the final sessions on the second day of the summit that is focused on finding solutions to global challenges such as the climate crisis and energy transition. 🍀Mangroves play a key role in global conservation efforts. 🇮🇳🍃India recently joined the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC), a joint initiative of Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates.

🎡🎠 Do watch this video on Bali Jatra to know about the valiant jacksparrows of Kalinga and how they established a beautiful link to Suvarnabhumi (Indonesian pennisula ) 🅾️https://youtu.be/aLjT-2zo6Uo

🅾️🙏Lord Jagannath and Bali ☸️🕉️Confluence of Jagannatha(Hindusism) and Tantric Buddhism 🅾️King Indrabhuti of Odhisha introduced Vajrajana Buddhism in Bali

🅾️Terms :👇 1) Boitas----Long ships 2) sadhabas----sea merchants(voyagers) 3) sadhabani---wives of sadhabas 4) boita bandãna---traditional maritime navl festival celebrated annually throughout Odisha , as symbolic gesture of their ancestors' voyage 👆Read ::: Who was Ta Poi?

⛵Famous ports of 4-5th CE like Tamralipti , Manikpatna, Chelitalo, Palur, Pithunda of Kalinga empire allowed India yo connect with the other countries via sea. ⛴️⛵KALINGA ------"Lord of the Sea " 👆Read what Roman coin deciphers about Kalinga empire

👆Balinese stuti suggesting Mahanadi a sacred river over there too. 🅾️ Have a look on foreign accounts like "Periplus of Erythrean Sea " and Kalinga port which had been mentioned by travellers such as Pliny , Fa-Hien and I-tsing. 🔵Account of Balijatra in Kalidasa's Raghuvamsa -----Read👆 🔴Buddhist text Arya Manjushri Mulakalpa which mentions 'Kalingadresu'& Kalinga Sea 👆15th CE SARALA MAHARBHARATA & Kalinga