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Punit Van Mahotsava at IGRMS from 7th t& 8th February, 2015
Sacred Groves are patches of natural or near-natural vegetation, dedicated by local communities to their ancestral spirits or deities. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya with the intention to bring the tradition of Sacred Groves in the cities, these Groves are planted and protected by local communities and tibes usually through customary taboos and sanction with ancestral and ecological implications. The Museum studied and documented the traditions and ritual for sacred groves in various communities and developed sacred groves with the help of the related communities and tribes. The installed sacred groves in Manav Sangrahalaya are :-
(Kava) Kerala, (Maw-Bukhar) Meghalaya, (Umanglai) Manipur, (Oran) Rajasthan, (Rajbanshi) West Bengal, (Sarna) Chhattisgarh, (KovilKadu) Tamil Nadu, (Devarai) Maharashtra etc.
In course of time, the industrialization and globalization affected biodiversity and natural resources to great extent. In a view of the adverse effects of biodiversity degradation, ecologist, environmentalists etc has made conservation of biodiversity as on issue of global significance. Earlier there have many traditional conservation practices of indigenous communities which contributed to the conservation and protection of biodiversity-such practices were named as sacred groves.
The programme will be inaugurated by Dr Ram Prasad (Former Principle Chief Conservator of Forests and former VC, Barkatullah University) at lake side of IGRMS at 11.00 am. The local residents of various communities will carry out various ritualistic activities at the sacred groves.
In the press conference, Prof. KC Malhotra (Senior Anthropologist) explained the importance of sacred groves in our society since ancient times and told the history of sacred groves in Manav Sangrahalaya. The programme coordinator of Sacred Groves Festival is Mr. Sudhir Shrivastava (Officer in-charge Horticulture Section, IGRMS).
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Date: February 9, 2015
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