Indian Traditions of Environmental Thoughts – A Special Reference to Bishnoi Movement
Chhatradhar Das
Faculty Member, Department of Physics, Lalbaba College, Howrah, West Bengal, India
Raunak Das
Associate, ML Data Operations, Amazon, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
ABSTRACT:
India is the home of Vedic culture. Long before environment became the prime focus of the global song at Stockholm and Rio, the Indian tradition had already provided a cultural, spiritual and ethical home for the environmental ethos. The Indian tradition of environmental thought expose a full understanding about the negative consequences of environmental deterioration. The relationship of nature and life was central idea to Vedic thought. Environmental concepts vary from age to age as it depends on the circumstances and behavioural pattern that are common at that specific moment. In the history of mankind the Bishnoi movement was an unparalleled event where the Bishnoi community, driven by religious sentiment, sacrificed their lives to safeguard trees. This paper explores a continuum of ways in which environmental consciousness had been expressed by Indian thinkers since ancient times with special reference to Bishnoi movement.
Published in: International Journal of Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Topics (Volume 5, Issue 10, October 2024)
Page(s): 56-61
Date of Publication: 28/10/2024
Publisher: IJRAMT
Cite as: Chhatradhar Das, Raunak Das, “Indian Traditions of Environmental Thoughts – A Special Reference to Bishnoi Movement,” in International Journal of Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Topics, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 56-61, October 2024.