SACRED GROVES IN TAMILNADU
Sacred grove at Keelvettai
Sacred grove at Sembulipuram
C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre took up a survey of Sacred Groves in Tamilnadu in April 1997. The study was conducted to:
  • Precisely locate and map the groves and to prepare an inventory.
  • Demarcate the sacred groves based on the availability of endemic and threatened plants.
  • Suggest measures for the preservation and effective management of the threatened groves.
  • Study the socio-economic and cultural importance of the groves.
448 groves were documented throughout Tamilnadu, out of which 6 groves (Benagudi Shola, Sittannavasal, Puthupet, Udaiyankudikadu, Tirukurungudi and Devadanam) were taken up for detailed floristic and faunistic studies.

 


District-wise distribution of Sacred Grove in TAMILNADU

S.No
Name of District
No. of Sacred Groves
Area (hectares)
1.   
10
201.76
2.  
31  
49.80
3.
31  
4421.39
4.
6
1147.79
5.
21
6248.97
6.  
4  
9.49
7. 
37
55.20
8.
8 
15.77
9.  
3 
46.13
10.
11 
21.48
11. 
20 
157.59
12. 
32 
2100.93
13. 
63 
131.11
14.
28 
111.41
15. 
17
22.87
16.
24 
714.47
17.
5 
48.88
18. 
5
5.9
19. 
12
397.58
20.
34
65.81
21.
12
709.63
22.
3
1.10
23.
47
1847.41
24.
3
2.23
25.
5
42.7
26.
16
1918.37
27.
34
54.74
28.
6
556.58
 
TOTAL
528
21107.09

List of Sacred Groves in Tamilnadu


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