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Pirbaba's Taroda Islamic Sacred Grove
Pohra-Malkhed Reserve Forest, near Taroda village, Chandur-Railway tehsil, Amravati district, Maharashtra
India
Active
Single grove
- Location
- Pohra-Malkhed Reserve Forest, near Taroda village, Chandur-Railway tehsil, Amravati district, Maharashtra
- Coordinates
- 20°50'51"N, 77°57'08"E
- Size
- Giant Ficus benghalensis covers ~2.5 acres; grove larger
- Age / Founded
- Traditional (Islamic Pir shrine)
- Status
- Active
- Deity & Religion
- Pirbaba (Muslim saint/Pir); Islamic sacred grove (worshipped across religions)
- Community & Guardians
- Village of all communities ('Pirbabacha Taroda')
- Vernacular name
- Devrai / Devrahati
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Shrine worship; tree-cutting strictly prohibited; sacred spring/rivulet
Plant species
Ficus benghalensis (huge), Terminalia bellirica, Millettia pinnata, Butea monosperma, Ziziphus, Flacourtia indica
Biome & fauna
Dry deciduous forest; lake & rivulet feeding Malkhed lake
Threats & protection
Within protected reserve forest; taboo-protected
Source
Onkar & Bhogaonkar, 'First report of an Islamic Sacred grove' (Maharashtra)