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Haat Kali Sacred Grove
Gangolihat tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Central Himalaya, Uttarakhand
India
Active
Single grove
- Location
- Gangolihat tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Central Himalaya, Uttarakhand
- Coordinates
- ~29.75°N 80.0°E; 1750 m; 75 km from Pithoragarh
- Elevation
- 1750 m
- Age / Founded
- Ancient (Mahakali shaktipith installed by Adi Shankaracharya)
- Status
- Active
- Deity & Religion
- Mahakali (shaktipith); Hindu
- Community & Guardians
- 'Rawal' community of Rawalgaon
- Vernacular name
- Dev bhumi / Devban
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Shaktipith worship; folk culture, music; medicinal plants
Plant species
94 species (42 angiosperms, 4 pteridophytes, 15 bryophytes, 35 lichens); Cedrus deodara (sacred), Quercus leucotrichophora, Pinus roxburghii; threatened: Bergenia ciliata, Malaxis acuminata, Berberis asiatica
Biome & fauna
Himalayan deodar/oak temperate forest; endemic moss Macromitrium rigbyanum
Threats & protection
Medicinal plants disappearing from ethnic/commercial use
Source
Haat Kali sacred grove, Central Himalaya, Uttarakhand (Current Science note)