Sacred groves

The Gaulish goddess Nemetona, whose name means Goddess of the Sacred Grove, combined the sacred and the warlike; her consorts were forms of Mars. Her sacred groves were a source of fascination and …

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The Osun-Osogbo sanctuary, a Unesco World Heritage site, has temples, distinctive art, and a sense of peace.

Several small trees in the Sacred Grove.

Studies in Northeast India and the Himalayas have supported the sacred groves’ potential for nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration. Here's more.

Botanists and community stewards from Auroville, Tamil Nadu, are using scattered patches of native forest as a blueprint to revive the tropical dry evergreen forest ecosystems of coastal India.

I spent about twenty hours out of a 48 hour period right in this grove, wandering around, sitting and thinking, and taking photographs in an...

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Mawphlang forest is one of the most remarkable features of the Khasi Hills are the sacred forests, which have been preserved by traditional religious sanction, since the ancient days.