Sacred Groves are:
(a) parts of large forests that have been left untouched by the local people.
(b) places for grazing animals.
(c) forests earmarked for commercial felling of trees.
(d) forests used for planting trees with medicinal properties.
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Khan[1]
India is well known for worship of nature, and this plays an integral role in the lives of many communities. Religion and cultural practices are closely linked with forests, and this helps in conservation. Some patches of forest are left untouched because of social fencing by local people. These types of forest are regarded as “sacred groves”. India has an abundance of sacred groves, which are known by several names. The conservation practices used in the groves vary in different states according to their nature, distribution and local beliefs. In this paper we discussed the features, mythology and taboos associated with sacred groves. Ecological importance, management and measures for conservation have been discussed with special reference to sacred groves of northeast India.
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In north-eastern India, various ethnic groups have preserved and protected several forest patches and even individual trees or animals with the belief in nature’s worship. Manipur is in the north-eastern corner of the country. Nagaland surrounds it on the north, upper Mayanmar on the east, Chin-hills of Mayanmar and Lusai hills of Mizoram on the south, and Cachar district of Assam on the west. In ancient Manipuri culture, people worshipped the natural phenomena like the sun, the moon, the sky, the water and the fire. Although Hinduism invaded in the early Manipuri culture, the religious and cultural practice performed by the ancient meities were not change at all. The worshipping and protection of forest in the name of “Umanglai” because of their associated deities are still practice by the modern Manipuries preserving the ancient tradition till date. In Manipur, some of the forest patches are owned by some deity and conserved by the local people largely on the basis of religious beliefs and cultural practices. Such forests are known as “Umanglai”. Among the different ethnic groups of Manipur, meitei is the dominant community and they administer most of the sacred groves.
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