The Centre on Friday approved a ₹3,000-crore scheme to conserve and restore nearly 15,000 sacred groves across the country ...

A silent green revolution is taking roots in Tamil Nadu as about 702 sacred groves are getting a second lease of life. CHENNAI: A silent green revolution is taking roots in Tamil Nadu as about 702 ...

As such, cacao bean production was carefully controlled by the Maya leaders of northern Yucatan, with cacao trees only grown in sacred groves. But no modern researcher has ever been able to pinpoint ...

Sacred groves in the Indian state of Odisha continue to be protected now, as they have for hundreds of years because of cultural and spiritual values associated with them, a recent study has found.

The sacred groves are today at risk and their ecological role is barely known. (The forests protected by deities, April 4). Several rare plant species are found only in these undisturbed patches of ...

New Delhi, Jun 25 (PTI) Nearly 50 'hat pakhas' (hand fans) hang suspended in visual artist Abishi Sarkar's installation at Galerie Romain Rolland here, inscribed with poems and personal testimonies, e ...

Sacred groves are widely recognised for their religious, cultural, and ecological value. They are an intrinsic part of traditional and indigenous practices of forest governance. However, the ...

His curved machete tucked into a wooden holder slung across his waist, Rudra Gowda leads the way through areca plantations and paddy fields. Our destination, tucked away in the forest near Hukli ...

Supreme Court wants a plan to map and manage the sacred groves. But history shows they are better preserved by local communities with deep links to them. In December 2024, the Supreme Court directed ...

Past the outskirts of Kochi, a teeming south Indian city of 2.1 million, it’s possible to walk a few short minutes and enter another world. Under a leafy green canopy a 90-minute drive from the city’s ...

The Mari El Republic in central Russia is home to the Mari people, an ethnic minority that proudly preserves its traditions. Sometimes described as "Europe's last pagans," locals speak a Finno-Ugric ...