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COCHIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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COCHIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT The emblem of Cochin International Airport (CIAL) has the pictorial of a plane made from coconut palm leaf flying with its initials and name written on the right in wasabi green colour.  The pictorial represents Kerala, the land of coconut groves and the colour wasabi green symbolises innovation, rootedness and rejuvenation. 

ICAR-CENTRAL PLANTATION CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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ICAR-CENTRAL PLANTATION CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE The abstract green colour emblem of ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) depicts the major plantation crops - coconut and arecanut, as growing leaves out of a circle with green outline. Below the motif, its acronym in Devanagari and English are written.

EMBLEM OF LAKSHADWEEP

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EMBLEM OF LAKSHADWEEP The archipelago of Lakshadweep is the tiniest Union Territory of India consists of twelve atolls, three reefs and five submerged banks. It is an uni-district Union Territory with an area of 32 square kilometre comprising ten inhabited islands, seventeen uninhabited islands attached islets, four newly formed islets and five submerged reefs. The inhabited islands are Kavaratti, Agatti, Amini, Kadmat, Kiltan, Chetlat, Bitra, Andrott, Kalpeni and Minicoy. Bitra is the smallest of all having only a population of 271 persons and Bangaram is the uninhabited island. The emblem of Lakshadweep shows the Dharma Chakra, supported by two coral fish and crested by a coconut palm-tree. Below is a banner in the name of the territory and in the colours of the national flag.

EMBLEM OF GOA

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EMBLEM OF GOA  The emblem of Goa State has been designed taking into consideration all the varied and rich facets of Goa’s rich cultural heritage rooted in the national ethos. Its abundant scenic beauty, the bounties conferred on it by nature and the significant progress achieved by its diligent and amiable people in the post liberation era under a democratic and popularly elected regime. The ‘Vriksha Deep’ the unique Goan traditional lamp depicts enlightenment through knowledge. A circular stylized design of coconut leaves symbolizing the bountiful and beautiful Goan nature at the same time suggesting the radiation of sunrays - the source of light and energy - surrounds the inset in a halo of suggestive glory. The outer circle is formed partly by a Sanskrit sholka ‘सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद् दुःखमाप्नुयात्’ meaning ‘May All be Well and None Suffer any Pain’ (1.4.14, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad) and the wording ‘Government of Goa’ at the base. The global circle, which sugge