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Sacred trees form an important part of the ecological heritage of India. Most temples, towns, villages-
and sometimes even Muslim dargahs- are associated with trees. Some plants are sacred to the
individual deity, others are sacred to the place. Several plants have been worshipped in India from time
immemorial. Wherever the tulsi grows-from the Indo-Gangetic plains to the shores of the Indian Ocean
at Kanyakumari- it occupies a position of pride in the central courtyard of the house, tended to carefully,
by the housewife.
Apart from the elaborate myths connecting it to Krishna, the tulsi plant has several medicinal properties
To protect and revere this plant with so many medicinal properties, it was designated as sacred, a fitting
tribute to its role in providing invaluable healthcare. The worship of plants is an ancient phenomenon in
India. It is probably the oldest form of worship. The association of a single tree with a sacred sthala or
sthana is reflected in the chaitya vriksha and sthala vriksha or literature and society
When people turned to food production, the Mother Goddess or the Earth Mother became the chief deity
Fertility, creation, and the world of plants and animals became her blessings to her devotees. The
worship of the tree was the adoration of her creative abilities, symbolising fertility so essential or the
survival of the early people. Spirits-good or bad-were believed to reside in trees. If the trees were
worshipped, then the resident spirits were pleased. As sacred forests were replaced by agriculture, a
single tree was left and was designated as 'sacred' tree.
The earliest temples were little more than images placed under trees. Later, the tree and the image were
enclosed by a fence made of wood, followed even by stone. Numerous references are made in literature
to trees as abodes of gods.​

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