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Tumburu Theertham Sacred Grove
Tirumala–Seshachalam hill range, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh
India
Active but vulnerable
Single grove
- Location
- Tirumala–Seshachalam hill range, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh
- Coordinates
- ~13.68°N 79.35°E
- Age / Founded
- Traditional
- Status
- Active but vulnerable
- Deity & Religion
- Tumburu Theertham (sacred spring/tirtha); Hindu
- Community & Guardians
- Sugali and Nakkala tribes
- Vernacular name
- Pavithravanam
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Ethnomedicine — 35 plant species for 31 ailments; sacred spring
Plant species
35 medicinal spp/23 families (18 trees, 7 shrubs, 5 herbs, 3 climbers, 2 lianas); endemic medicinals
Biome & fauna
Seshachalam hills dry/scrub forest
Threats & protection
Anthropogenic pressure; endemic medicinals vulnerable
Source
Savithramma et al. 2013, J. Ethnobiology & Traditional Medicine, Photon 120:547-556