Hyderabad, Feb. 22 -- Karnataka's cultural capital, Mysuru (previously Mysore) could boast of the largest concentration of twitterati within the country. No, not in the virtual space, but in the real sense of the word! The city's Sri Ganapathy Sachidananda Ashrama hosts the largest number of parrots, in a bewildering range of colours and hundreds of them as large as half of the height of a normal person. During the last few years, the Ashrama has emerged as a new tourist attraction in the city already known for its famed gardens, palaces and sanctuaries.

'Shukhavana' in Mysuru hosts a twitterati of around 2,200 birds, all members of the parrot family. The cacophony is at its shrill best at dawn and could be heard from afar when the macaw...