Hinduism is not only one of the major religions of the world but also a way of life. However, like any other religion, Hinduism is complex if not obfuscating. The disparate shade of Hinduism as a way of life has been manifested in the environmental horizons too. Nature has been an important part of the Hindu belief system. Belief in the Vedas, karma, the ritual of offering flowers and fruits to a deity, vegetarianism, yoga, offerings to snake, etc is some of the practices which one identifies with Hinduism. This paper attempts to explore and not verify the practices followed in Hinduism and their association with the environment-in the form of deities who are prayed, practices associated with Hindu festivals, belief systems and faith. The concept of Sacred Natural Landscape, refers to a complex cultural mosaic and network of spatiality of time, temporality of space, sacrality of nature and overall the encompassing manifestation of transcendence of man who since time immemorial is trying to make a strong bridge between conscious mind and super-conscious divine. In Hindu mythologies the idea of Mother Earth and Mother Nature goes back in the Vedic period, ca 1500 BCE that continued in the passage of time and still maintained at different levels, and illustrated in the religious texts. Cult of the Earth goddess (Bhu Devi), and associated symbolism representing her parts of body in 51 places is a representation of imaging India as a whole as Mother Land.
Hinduism, nature, conservation, biodiversity, sacred, divine
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