‘Vanamahotsava’ was observed by the Bendur parishioners by planting saplings on the road median in front of the St Sebastian Church, Bendur here on Sunday, July 17. Parish priest Fr Antony Serrao inaugurated the Vanamahotsava by symbolically planting a sapling.  Corporators Mariamma Thomas, Naveen D’Souza and Gretta Rebello also planted saplings on the occasion.