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The Bishnois of Rajasthan
Bishnois of Rajasthan
Founding Guru: Jambhoji (16th cent.)
Khejri Trees
Khejarli Massacre (1730)
Khejarli Massacre (1730)
Khejarli Massacre (1730)
Gandhian Forest Satyagrahas& Tilari Massacre (1930s)
The Chipko Movement
Chipko “tree hugging” -- Gaura Devi (1974)
Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Let them know they will not fell a single tree without felling one of us first. When their men raise the axe, we will embrace (chipko) the trees to protect them”
Ghanshyam Raturi, Folk-Poet of Tehri-Garhwal
Embrace the trees, andSave them from being felled;The property of our hills,Save them from being looted.”
THE ESSELEN AND THE NEW LOS PADRES DAM PROJECT
“Our birthing rock they will grind into cement. Our altars they will flood. We must stop it.'‘
Tommy “Little Bear” Nason,
