Day 3
It's Saturday. But, today is not holiday.
Sacred groves, ദശപുഷ്പങ്ങൾ
A sacred grove or sacred woods are any grove of trees that are of special religious importance to a particular culture. Sacred groves feature in various cultures throughout the world. They were important features of the mythological landscape and cult practice of Celtic , Estonian , Baltic , Germanic , ancient Greek , Near Eastern , Roman , and Slavic polytheism , and continue to occur in locations such as India , Japan, and West Africa. Examples of sacred groves include the Greco-Roman temenos , various Germanic words for sacred groves , and the Celtic nemeton , which was largely but not exclusively associated with Druidic practice. During the Northern Crusades , there was a common practice of building churches on the sites of sacred groves. The Lakota and various other North American tribes consider particular forests or other...
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