Sacred groves are forest patches that are exhilarated around places of worship. In India, such groves are common and are found in Rajasthan, Western Ghats of Karnataka and Maharashtra, Meghalaya, and Madhya Pradesh.
Sacred groves provide protection of many rare, threatened, and endemic species of plants and animals found in an area. In this region, the process of deforestation is strictly prohibited by tribal communities. Thus, it is a rich biodiversity area.