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Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary is a traditional sacred grove conservation established in 1993 under the direction of a Peace Corps volunteer as a community-based ecotourism project. Tafi Atome is the home of mona and patas monkeys.
Thus, a Gurjjar settlement appears like a human-inhabited sacred grove. [10] Similarly Mangar Bani, last surviving natural forest of Delhi is protected by Gurjars of nearby area. [11] 14,000 sacred groves have been reported from all over India, which act as reservoirs of rare fauna, and more often rare flora, amid rural and even urban settings ...
The Tano sacred grove and rock shrine is a traditional conservation practice bedded in indigenous religion of the Bono people of Ghana. The sacred grove is believed by the Bono people to be the abode of local gods, and ancestral spirits. It is also the home of super natural beings. [5]
The Sacred Grove is also suggested as a possible site where Smith showed the golden plates to Eight Witnesses in June 1829. [2] Smith's mother, Lucy Mack Smith, said the event took place at a location near the Smith log home [3] "where the [Smith] family were in the habit of offering up their secret devotions to God" (Smith 1853, p. 140).
Lucus Pisaurensis, [7] the Sacred Grove of Pesaro, Italy was discovered by Patrician Annibale degli Abati Olivieri in 1737 on property he owned along the 'Forbidden Road' (Collina di Calibano), [7] just outside Pesaro. This sacred grove is the site of the Votive Stones of Pesaro and was dedicated to Salus, the ancient Roman demi-goddess of well ...
The term "Sarna", derived from the Mundari language, means "sacred grove", referring to the sites where tribal religious practices take place, although the term for sacred grove varies among tribes; for instance, the Santals call it Jaher Era, Oraons call it Kurukh Kuti, Hos call it Desauli.
The Smith Family Farm was the boyhood home of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. [1]The farm—located in the townships of Palmyra, Wayne County and Manchester, Ontario County, New York—includes the Sacred Grove, the Smiths' restored frame home, and a reconstructed log home. [2]
Mangar bani is a sacred grove as it surrounds Gudariya Das Baba temple, which is within Mangar Bani forest and lies is 2 km to the northwest of Mangar village. This ancient temple provides the status of sacred grove to Mangar Bani. [ 8 ]