Abstract
The Umari Dham is a sacred grove situated at the Jamwa Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Jaipur District of Rajasthan, India. It’s a beautiful arbour near the city of Jaipur. Umari Dham sacred grove has a temple, which has been visited by worshippers for approximately 450 years. During present field investigation, attempts were made to categorize the floral diversity of this sacred grove, and around 215 flowering plant species belonging to 159 genera under 52 families have been recorded according to Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (APG III) classification. This grove serves as a vital pool for preservation of threatened, endemic and medicinal plant species.
Highlights
The sacred groves are forest fragments which are delimited and protected by indigenous communities under their religious beliefs
Many old and rare plant species are found that are protected by indigenous peoples in order to perform their religious rituals [3]
This paper describes a case study of Umari Dham sacred grove which is basically a temple grove situated within the Jamwa Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Jaipur
Summary
The sacred groves are forest fragments which are delimited and protected by indigenous communities under their religious beliefs These groves conserve nature and the traditional knowledge associate with it. Groves vary in sizes from a small patch of trees to several acres of densely vegetated areas In these sacred groves, many old and rare plant species are found that are protected by indigenous peoples in order to perform their religious rituals [3]. Many old and rare plant species are found that are protected by indigenous peoples in order to perform their religious rituals [3] These groves are dedicated to the local folk deities and so the cutting of trees, grazing and hunting is prohibited in these areas [4]. Sacred groves are classified into three categories i.e., traditional sacred groves, temple sacred groves and groves around the burial or cremation ground [5]
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