To Study of Aesthetic Values of Some  Traditional Worshiping Plants of Dang  District

DR. BHARAT A. KUMBHAR; DR. PRAKASH J. DABGAR

Volume : III, Issue : IV, April - 2014

To Study of Aesthetic Values of Some Traditional Worshiping Plants of Dang District

Dr. Bharat A. Kumbhar, Dr. Prakash J. Dabgar

Abstract :

Tree occupies the important place in the history of India. Plants are an integral parts of Indian life and culture and worshipped among various tribes in india. The present article deals with some important band common trees in worshipping. One of the roles of plant worshipping has been common in the third or fourth millennium B.C. This paper highlights the important of some plant known to be traditionally in Dang district. In ancient time kadam tree is popular for lord Krishna, Banana plant has special significance as it is order in �VRATRAJ�, Brahma is believed to be seated on the Lotus, Pipal tree occupied a very important place during the Vedic period. The present taxonomic account is based on field survey in the Borsad taluka. The present paper deals with total 18 angiospermic plants like Mangifera indica L, Ficus racemosa L., Ficus religiosa L., Oscimum sanctum Linn. etc. These plants are found in wild as well as grown in close vicinity of tribal folk of various places of Dang forest.