Kent, Eliza F.,  1966 <br/><br/>
Sacred groves and local gods  religion and environmentalism in South India 
Eliza F. Kent 
 - New York  Oxford University Press  2013 
 - ix, 236 p.  ill., maps  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-221) and index 
<br/><br/>Introduction: sacred groves and local gods: religious environmentalism in South India -- Fierce gods and dense forest: sacred groves near Madurai -- A road runs through it: changing meanings in Malaiyali sacred groves in Tiruvannamalai district -- Mixing botany and belief: guardian deities and their forests in the Pondicherry region -- Soteriology and stake-holders: the greening of the Auroville plateau 1973-2007 -- Sacrifice and sacrality: sacred grove restoration projects near Chennai 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-19-989548-9  Rs. 2355.00 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sacred groves--India--Tamil Nadu<br/>Forest conservation--Social aspects--India--Tamil Nadu
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Tamil Nadu (India)--Religious life and customs