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Sargiguda Sacred Grove (Debta Gudi)
Sargiguda village, Kalahandi district, Odisha
India
Active
Single grove
- Location
- Sargiguda village, Kalahandi district, Odisha
- Coordinates
- ~19.9°N 83.2°E (Kalahandi)
- Age / Founded
- Age-old (not specified)
- Status
- Active
- Deity & Religion
- Dharani, Thakurani, Maili (deities/spirits); Hindu/animist tribal
- Community & Guardians
- Local tribes; pujhari/Jhankar (Dambarudhar Majhi)
- Vernacular name
- Debta Gudi / Jahera
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Deity worship; source of traditional medicines, fuel, fodder
Plant species
Entire vegetation considered sacred (not enumerated)
Biome & fauna
Tropical deciduous (Odisha)
Threats & protection
Community taboo-protected
Source
Panda & Mund 2019, J. Medicinal Plants Studies 7(4):266-268