¹Nitesh Kumar, ²Monika Thakur, ³Surendra Kumar Godara, ⁴Rakhi Gangotia , ⁵Priya Kumari

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.31142/ijahm/v10i4.04

¹Department of Botany, Govt. Degree College Sujanpur Tihra, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh   

²Department of Botany, Government degree college Sarkaghat,Mandi (H.P). 

³Assistant Registrar, MGSU, Bikaner, Rajasthan.

 ⁴Department of Botany, Gautam college Hamirpur (H.P).

⁵Department of bioscience,H.PU Shimla

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ABSTRACT:

Plants plays important role in the life cycle of the rural people of Bilaspur district. They are helpful to the rural communities to meet their daily requirement such as food, fodder, fiber, shelter, ornamental ,medicinal and used in various religious ceremonies and  also associated  with various deities and their worshipping. Every region has its own sacred plants .The sacred plants has important place in the Indian mythology and thus these plants  play an important role in the life of rural people of study region from birth  to death  in every ceremonies. Bilaspur district is  the beautiful district of Himachal Pradesh. This district is also known for famous temple such as Baba Nahar Singh temple, Naina Devi temple,Rishi Markandey temple and Rukmani kund and temple etc. The plants grown in temple courtyard of these temples shows that these plants are sacred and having their religious importance and  and  their association with deities. Instead of religious importance, this study attempts to highlight the herbal potential or medicinal importance of some plants of Bilaspur district which are worshipped to appease  various dieties.  The traditional knowledge about the herbal potential of local plants of study area is used by rural communities for primary health care and for treatment of various diseases. This traditional knowledge about religious and medicinal ascepts form the basis of conservation of plants resources for rural community.

Key words:   Deities, Folk remedies, Traditional knowledge, Ritual and rites, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh

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