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- Nature worship has been an age old tribal belief based on the premise that all creations of nature have to be protected.
- Such beliefs have preserved several virgin forests in pristine form called Sacred Groves (the forest of God and Goddesses),
- These patches of forest and parts of large forests have been left untouched by the local people and any interference with them is banned.
- Certain societies revere a particular tree which they have preserved from time immemorial.
- The Mundas and the Santhal of Chota Nagpur region worship Mahua (Bassia latifolia) and kadamba (Anthocaphalus cadamba) trees.
- Tribals of Odisha and Bihar worship tamarind (Tamarindus indica) and mango (Mangifera indica) trees during weddings.
- Peepal and Banyan trees are considered sacred to many of us.
- Indian society comprises several cultures , each with its own sets of traditional methods of conserving nature and its creation.
- S acred qualities are often ascribed to springs , mountain peaks , plants and animals .
- Troops of Macaques and langurs are found around the temple. They are fed and treated as devotees of the temple .
- In and around Bishnoi villages in Rajasthan , herds of blackbuck, (chinkara), nilgai and peacocks can be seen as an integral part of the community and nobody harms them.
