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Sharngakkavu Devi Temple Sacred Grove
Venmoney, Alappuzha district, Kerala
India
Active
Single grove
- Location
- Venmoney, Alappuzha district, Kerala
- Coordinates
- 9.2454°N, 76.6244°E; ~21 m asl
- Elevation
- 21 m
- Age / Founded
- Traditional (temple grove)
- Status
- Active
- Deity & Religion
- Sharngakkavu Devi (goddess); Hindu (Kaavu)
- Community & Guardians
- Local village/temple community
- Vernacular name
- Kaavu (Sarpakavu = serpent grove)
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Temple worship; medicinal/ethnobotanical use
Plant species
Red-listed & medicinal species (floristic study)
Biome & fauna
Kerala lowland temple grove (humid, ~2763 mm rain)
Threats & protection
Conservation of rare/medicinal plants
Source
John & Anitha 2016, Int. J. Advanced Science & Research 1(4):15-17