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review of literature of sacred groves​

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The sacred grooves are the trees which are considered as socially, culturally, medicinally or religiously important. The common examples of sacred grooves are Ficus Religiosa (Peepal) tree and Ficus benghalensis (Banyan) tree.

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2.    LITERATURE REVIEW

Schimper’s (1903) work on tropical forest has been considered as one of the pillars of modern ecology. The Tropical Rain Forest by Richards (1952) is an acknowledged classic that generated considerable amount of interest. It is based on the studies carried out in Guyana, Borneo and Nigeria. Corner’s, ‘The Life of Plants’(1964) considers tropical rain forest as the matrix of terrestrial vegetation type. The first important work on India’s vegetation is by Champion (1936) and revised by Champion and Seth (1968).

Early botanical studies in Uttara Kannada district, towards the south of which is situated Kathalekan, the focus of this study, were purely floristic. The systematic and detailed inventories of flowering plants of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency prepared by Cooke (1901-08) and Talbot (1909) are still some of the best reference materials for the flora of this district. Since the time of Cooke and Talbot, more than 1700 species of flowering plants have been reported from the district. (Daniels, 1989). Arora (1961) for the first time explored the Uttara Kannada forests as a part of his studies on the floristic ecology of Western Ghats. Pioneering work by Chandran (1993, 1997) on kans of Western Ghats constitute the basis for this work.

The studies on sacred groves in India gained impetus with the pioneering works of Gadgil and Vartak (1975, 1976) in the Western Ghats, especially from Maharashtra state. Gadgil and Berkes (1991) attributed the traditional practice by most human societies of rendering complete protection to certain biological communities by setting aside of

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