Bishnoi and Antelope in India

Authors: 
Fleming, Robert L. Jr.
Date: 
February, 2010

 

On a peaceful February morning, five wild Nilgai, India’s largest antelope, browsed placidly inside the red sandstone fence of the Khejarli (Khejadli) Grove while Large Gray Babblers, their low contact notes holding the flock together, searched for termites in the shade of nearby Prosopis cineraria, khejri trees. And all the while, a caretaker, a man with a white turban and a splendid black moustache, explained the history and significance of this sacred shrine.

 

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