Sacred Groves

Two sacred groves.  The one that looks like a field is actually a pond with floating vegetation that you can walk on (take your shoes off first, it's sacred).  Once a Buddhist stupa was next to it, then Hindus inhereted its sacredness and stuck to the rules: no fishing or laundry, only bathing.  Deb found a rare zoo plankton here and other stuff.
     The other features a lot of votives, no images of the deities are found at the groves.  Rare tree here.
   Dr. Deb's website is www.cintdis.org and his life's work is massive.  Sacred groves, a rice seedbank, a farm, and he's one of the world's only "degrowth economists," a radical theory against development and in favor of sustainable living.  Our experience there was incredible, to say the least.  Arati learned how to ride a bike!