Ghorpad: Monitor lizards are called

Monitor lizards are called guishaap/goshaap in Bengali, gui-xaap in Assamese, udumbu in Tamil and Malayalam, udumu in Telugu, uda in Kannada, goh in Punjabi and Bihari, bis-cobra and ghorpad in Marathi. It is said that during battle, Shivaji’s general Tanaji tied a rope to a ghorpad and climbed up the wall of the Sinhagad fort. यशवंती घोरपड - तानाजी मालुसरे यांची ही घोरपड सत्य होती की कल्पना? इतिहासातील एक उपेक्षित पात्र म्हणजे तानाजी मालुसरे यांची यशवंत घोरपड. यशवंतीस काल्पनिक पात्र म्हणून घोषित करताना ... Discover the fascinating legend of Tanaji Malusare and the Bengal monitor lizard used to scale Sinhagad Fort. Was this reptile truly a siege weapon? Explore the historical and scientific perspectives on World Lizard Day 2024. In South Asia, they are known as hangkok in Meitei, mwpou in Boro, ghorpad (घोरपड) in Marathi, uḍumbu (உடும்பு) in Tamil and udumbu (ഉടുമ്പ്) in Malayalam, bilgoh in Bhojpuri, gohi (गोहि) in Maithili, in Sinhala as තලගොයා / කබරගොයා (talagoya [land monitor] / kabaragoya ...