Natural Heritage

Natural heritage incudes, features like mountains, forests, deserts, rivers, streams, seas, trees, plants, creepers, flowers, leaves and insects etc. India is a land of geographical and environment extremities. It includes high, mountains big and small rivers, wide fertile lands, river valley regions, dense forests, long seashores and deserts. In this varies landscape a wide range of minerals, vegetation, plants, and animal are abound. Irregularities in weather or climate can even affect our heritage. The result of a close relationship between nature, environment and human- life is natural heritage.

Worshipping animals, river and mountains has been a part of Indian tradition. Similarly we consider pipal, banyan and tulsi as holy and reverential. Some birds and animals are accepted the vehicles of gods and goddesses. It is only because of this that we treat them with we respects and faith. Due to this, Indian culture has made a unique impression in the world. Some example of these can be found in ‘Jataka Kathas’ of Buddhism.

We can also see a close relations between nature and the classical and folk music. Several Classical ragas are based on ‘Prahar’ (period of a day) and on ‘ritu’ (seasons). Nature and the seasons of the year have been the central themes for our songs, poems, festival and paintings. Similarly, Ayurveda, Unani and Nature cure are also based on nature. Therefore, we can say that natural and cultural heritage have a very deep relationship.

Nature has endowed India generously. In the course of Indian History nature has played a prominent part.