{"id":1116,"date":"2026-05-23T08:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2026-05-29T08:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:40:39","slug":"sacred-groves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/sacred-groves\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Groves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Sacred Groves<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>About<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sacred groves are\u00a0<strong>clusters of trees<\/strong>\u00a0which are<strong>\u00a0protected and sustained by the local communities<\/strong>\u00a0because of their\u00a0<strong>cultural and spiritual significance.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It usually consists of a\u00a0<strong>dense cover of vegetation including climbers, herbs,\u00a0shrubs\u00a0and trees<\/strong>, with the presence of a<strong>\u00a0village deity<\/strong>\u00a0and is mostly situated near a\u00a0<strong>perennial water source.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They are vital for<strong>\u00a0biodiversity conservation, preserving rare medicinal plants, recharging local groundwater<\/strong>, and<strong>\u00a0anchoring cultural heritage.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sacred groves are found all over India &#8211; especially in states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sacred Groves have been<strong>\u00a0legally protected<\/strong>\u00a0in India as\u00a0<strong>\u201cCommunity Reserves\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>under the<strong>\u00a0Wildlife (Protection) Amendment act, 2002.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-6.png 336w, https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-6-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacred Groves About<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1118,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions\/1118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}