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Shifting Cultivation, Sacred Groves and Conflicts in Colonial Forest Policy in the Western Ghats (PDF). "CULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF SACRED GROVES IN INDIA] By Kailash C. Malhotra, Yogesh Gokhale, Sudipto Chatterjee, Sanjeev Srivastava" (PDF). Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi & Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal.
Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest, Kenya, one of the 10 forest locations of the Kaya forests. Mount Kenya is a mountain of volcanic origin that stands 5,199 metres (17,057 feet) tall. It has a unique forest and plant ecosystem that holds significant biological and cultural importance, and is home to over 882 plant species. [ 26 ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Sacred groves of India" The following 10 pages are in this category, out ...
Pakkamalai is steep-sided plateau that reaches an elevation of over 500 meters. In addition to being a forest reserve, Pakkamalai is a sacred forest. There is a shrine to the Goddess Durga on one of the peaks, and a temple to Perumal (Vishnu) at mid-elevation. [1]
The sacred groves is a zone of Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam located in the premises of Rani Chandramani Devi Government Hospital. It has more than 100 sacred plant species, which are medicinal herbs with religious importance. [1] Many sacred plants are becoming rare and endangered. Hence they are to be reared, protected, and conserved. [2]
Banyan Tree at a temple in Kannur, India Sacred grove in Mayyil, India Sarpakkavu in Taliparamba, India. A sacred Hindu grove near Chandod on the banks of the Narmada River, drawn by James Forbes, 1782. Sacred groves of India are forest fragments of varying sizes, which are communally protected, and
Nidhivan (Hindi: निधिवन), (meaning, Sacred Forest) is one of the sacred sites of Vrindavan, situated in the Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, India. [1] It is considered as the most prominent site dedicated to the pastimes of the Hindu deities Radha and Krishna and their cowherd companions, the Gopikas .
Birds at Sumin Reserve Forest include species like the kalij pheasant, hill partridge, satyr tragopan, bar-throated minla, black-eared shrike babbler, white-crested laughingthrush, rusty-fronted barwing, Crimson-browed finch, common green magpie etc.