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Lachundi / Lalchandi Devi Sacred Grove
Pagewadi village, Purandar tehsil, Pune district, Maharashtra
India
Active
Single grove
- Location
- Pagewadi village, Purandar tehsil, Pune district, Maharashtra
- Coordinates
- ~18.28°N 74.1°E
- Size
- 1 ha (10,000 m²)
- Age / Founded
- Traditional (previously unrecorded)
- Status
- Active
- Deity & Religion
- Lachundi/Lalchandi Devi (goddess); Hindu
- Community & Guardians
- Pagewadi villagers
- Vernacular name
- Devrai / Devrahati
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Goddess worship; rivulet (seasonal water)
Plant species
140 angiosperms/124 genera/49 families; threatened Delphinium malabaricum, Argyreia cuneata, Vigna khandalensis
Biome & fauna
Western Ghats (Pune) grove with rivulet
Threats & protection
3 threatened species; first scientific record
Source
Bagdane & Mahajan 2023, Int. J. Life Sciences 11(4):320-328