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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 India Ocean at Kanyakumari – it occupies a position of
pride in the central court yard of the house tended to carefully, by the housewife.
2) A part from the elaborate myths connecting to Krishna, the tulsi plant has several medicinal
properties.
3) To protect and revere this plant with so many medicinal properties, it was designed 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
trace with a sacred sthala or sthana is reflected in the chaitya vriksha and sthala virksha or
literature and Society.
4) 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, symbolizing
fertility so essential or the survival of the early people. Spirits – good or bad were behaved 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’.
5) 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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1) Which of these form an important part of the ecological heritage of India? [ ]
A) Indo – gangetic mains B) Mother Goddess
C) Sacred trees D) Kanya Kumari
2) People worship trees as an admiration of their [ ]
A) Fertility ability B) Creative ability C) Both A & B D) Neither A nor B
3) ______________ is associated with several medicinal properties [ ]
A) Chaitya Vriksha B) Sthala Variksha C) Tulsi plant D) Sacred tree
4) The author of the passage attempts to ___ the readers through this write – up [ ]
A) Enlighten B) battle C) warm D) confuse
5) The most important things given by mother Earth to us are [ ]
A) air and fire B) Creative abilities C) Plants and animals D) Spirits
6) What were the sacred forests replaced by? [ ]
A) Temples B) Shelter C) Agriculture D) None of these
7) What is the message conveyed in the last paragraph of the passage? [ ]
A) Mother Goddess is the protectors of mankind.
B) Spirits reside in trees
C) Trees are regarded as abodes of gods
D) Tulsi plant has several medicinal benefits.
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- C) Sacred trees
- C) Both A & B
- C) Tulsi plant
- A) Enlighten
- 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.
C) Plants and animals.
6.C) Agriculture
7. C) Trees are regarded as abodes of gods.
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