Rajah returned home on a holiday from his undergraduate study in London.

He had no intent of living in the garden.

His father astutely encouraged him to enjoy his holiday by hunting in the estate forest and riding in the plantation. But, Man proposes God disposes. A fall from his horse on 21st August 1970 proved to be momentous. It was a moment of pure spiritual connection with the forest around it.

A hitherto unknown love for the trees blossomed, and the germ of Makaibari as we know it today was planted.

It was a calling for him to remain and evolve splendours of diversity of flora and fauna of the region by becoming a fourth generation planter in his ancestral estate.