Dragonfly Festival- Thumbimahotsavam 2020
- Kerala is preparing to host the first-ever State Dragonfly Festival- Thumbimahotsavam 2020.
- The Dragonfly Festival started in 2018 to educate and inform the public about the integral role that dragonflies, and their lesser known siblings damselflies, play in our environment.
Thumbimahotsavam 2020
- This is part of a National dragonfly festival being organised by the WWF India, Bombay Natural History Society & Indian Dragonfly Society.
- It is celebrated in association with the National Biodiversity Board, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Development Programme and IUCN – Centre for Environment Conservation.
- Pantaluis the official mascot of the festival.