ECO-CONSCIOUSNESS IN BISHNOI SECT
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Author(s):
DR. VIKRAM SINGH
Vol - 5, Issue- 12 ,
Page(s) : 219 - 227
(2014 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ
Abstract
The present paper is an endeavor to analyze and elucidate the ‘Eco-Consciousness in Bishnoi Sect’ as Guru Jambheshwar laid twenty-nine principles to be followed by his followers in the region of Marwar. He was a great visionary and it was his scientific vision to protect our environment in the 15th century. A simple peasant, saint, and seer, Jambhuji (Guru Jambheshwar 1451-1536 A. D.) knew the importance of bio-diversity preservation and ill–effects of environmental pollution, deforestation, wildlife preservation and ecological balance, etc. He not only learnt it himself, but also had fruit of knowledge to influence the posterity to preserve the environment and ecology through religion.
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