35th National Games mascot Ammu the Great Hornbill in Limca Book of Records
35th National Games mascot Ammu- the Great Hornbill, has made into the Limca Book of Records.
It made into the record books owing to a play Kalikkunna Kuttikalkkayi Bharatham Kathirikkunnu (India Awaits Children Who Play) in which Ammu is featured as lead role.
According to the Limca Book’s 2015 Special Literature Edition, this play is about a mascot, which had been staged in most number of schools. By 9 April 2014, the play had been staged in 147 schools across seven districts of Kerala.
Kalikkunna Kuttikalkkayi Bharatham Kathirikkunnu is scripted and directed by theatre artist Anil Karetee and enacted by a team of police officers. It was envisaged to promote sports among children and persuade them to take up sports along with academics.
About Ammu- the Great Hornbill mascot
- Ammu- the Great Hornbill is official mascot 35th National Games held in Kerala. Designed by Rakesh.
- The Great Hornbill is the State bird of Kerala and was selected as the Games Mascot to reflect state’s concern for conservation of this species which is facing extinction.
- It is also expresses Kerala’s concern to preserve its rain forests and regenerate the lost habitat of this precious bird.
- The feminine name Ammu was chosen for the mascot as a tribute to the women of Kerala and is a reminder that Kerala is proud to have a gender ratio which is tilted in favour of women – the only State in India.
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