Court : Sikkim
..... all the gompas (monasteries) and other religious institutions are responsible for a considerable degree of (unintentional) biodiversity conservation. natural landscapes have been consecrated as sacred forests, sacred lakes, sacred boulders, stones and sacred spaces around these monasteries. even lakes and mountains rocks and caves, springs and rivers here are considered holy as a result of which there is natural inhibition about .....
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