Sacred Groves in Satpudas

S. H. Patil

doi:10.36808/if/2015/v141i9/79839

Sacred Groves in Satpudas

Authors

S. H. Patil Van Bhavan, Civil Lines, Nagpur, 440 001, Maharashtra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2015/v141i9/79839

Keywords:

Satpudas, Nandurbar, Akrani, Sacred Groves, Gaodeo, Waghdeo.

Abstract

The tribals in Satpudas of Nandurbar district of Maharashtra state are conserving the nature traditionally. Some areas are specially reserved for conservation in and around their habitations. These areas are called Gaodeo or Waghdeo. The tribal population consists mostly of 'bhils' and 'pawaras'. The area reserved varies from a small patch of few trees and area of few square meter to about half hectare with hundreds of trees. The tribals use these areas for worshiping the nature God as Gaodeo or Waghdeo. This is an effort to document these sacred groves in Akrani (Dhadgaon) tahsil of Nandurbar district.

References

Kala C.P. (2011).Traditional Ecological knowledge, Sacred Groves, and Conservation of biodiversity in the Panchmari, Biosphere Reserves of India, Journal of Environment Protection, 2(7): 967-973.

Patel R.I. (1982). Forest flora of Melghat, Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun.

Patil S.H. (2010).Traditional Medicines in Satpudas , Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun pp.3-4.

Vartak V.D.(1996). Sacred Groves for in situ conservation In: Ethno botany in human welfare, (S.K. Jain Ed), Deep publications, New Delhi,pp.300-302.

Vartak V.D. and Gadgil M.(1981). Sacred Groves of Maharashtra, Glimpses of India Ethno botany, (Sudhanshu Kumar Jain Ed.), Oxford and IBH, pp.272-278.