Spirituality and ecology of sacred groves in Tamil Nadu, India

Unasylva

Volumn 54, Issue 213, 2003, Pages 53-58

  Swamy, P S ^a   Kumar, M ^b   Sundarapandian, S M ^b  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SARASWATHI NARAYANAN COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; PERCEPTION; RELIGION; TREE;

INDIA;

EID: 0242655297     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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