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Kona Malleshwarakona Sacred Grove
Veligonda Hills, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh
India
Active
Single grove
- Location
- Veligonda Hills, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh
- Coordinates
- ~14.7°N 79.4°E
- Age / Founded
- Traditional
- Status
- Active
- Deity & Religion
- Malleshwara (Shiva, kona/spring); Hindu (Pavithra-vanalu)
- Community & Guardians
- Local tribes
- Vernacular name
- Pavithravanam
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Deity worship; tribal medicinal use
Plant species
320 plant species/90 families (247 dicots, 64 monocots, 4 pteridophytes)
Biome & fauna
Eastern Ghats (Veligonda) hill forest
Threats & protection
1 of 88 groves in Nellore; tribe-protected
Source
Bhasha 2025, J. Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences (Kona Malleshwarakona)