Indian artists hope images of gods will save trees

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Indian artists hope images of gods will save trees

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/indian-artists-hope-images-gods-save-trees-043846784.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/epX.yvq_FP2Kv6K2gpTiPg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-11-01T044944Z_1_CBRE8A00DEZ00_RTROPTP_2_INDIA-TREES-PAINTING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Indian artists paint leaves along the state highway during a campaign to protect environment at Madhubani district of Bihar" align="left" title="Indian artists paint leaves along the state highway during a campaign to protect environment at Madhubani district of Bihar" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (Reuters) - Dozens of artists in the eastern Indian state of Bihar are painting roadside trees and their leaves with colourful stories from Hindu epics, hoping to save the region's already critically sparse greenery. The unusual campaign, using coats of paint and brushes, has been launched in Madhubani, a northern Bihar district known for its religious and cultural awareness, resulting in hundreds of otherwise untended roadside trees covered in elaborate artwork. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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