Question

define sacred groves

Answer 1

A sacred grove or sacred woods are any groveof trees that are of special religious importance to a particular culture. Sacred groves feature in various cultures throughout the world. They were important features of the mythological landscape and cult practiceof Celtic, Baltic, Germanic, ancient Greek, Near Eastern, Roman, and Slavic polytheism, and were also used in India, Japan, and West Africa. Examples of sacred groves include the Greco-Roman temenos, the Norse hörgr, and the Celtic nemeton, which was largely but not exclusively associated with Druidic practice. 

Answer 2

Scared groves of India are forest fragments of varying sizes , which are communally protected and which usually have a significant religious connotation for protecting community .