Kokila

Kokila bird Kokila or the Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely related black-billed and Pacific koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies. The Asian koel is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of crows and other hosts, who raise…

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Kolahala

Kolahala Kolahala was the mountain which, maddened by lust, once attacked the river Suktimati near Chedi capital . Vasu Uparichara, beholding the foul attempt, struck the mountain with his foot. By the indentation caused by Vasu’s stamp, the river came out of the embraces of Kolahala. But the mountain begat…

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