It was 1730, Amrita Devi, a member of the Bishnoi community, sacrificed her life by hugging a khejri tree -- a vital lifeline for the people of Rajasthan's Thar Desert -- while a soldier of the ...

Spread mostly in hamlets across the state of Rajasthan, members draw inspiration from Amrita Devi, a Bishnoi woman killed in 1730 while trying to protect a grove of khejari trees.

The Bishnoi community are India’s original eco-warriors. Members of the Hindu sect - which has more than 1.5 million devotees - have been fighting to protect the environment for more than 500 years.

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday approved the upcoming nature park-cum-monument to be developed near Abohar in Fazilka district in the memory of legendary nature lover Amrita Devi Bish ...

An excerpt from ‘My Head For A Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Bishnoi, the World’s First Eco-Warriors’, by Martin Goodman.

Gopa Ram Bishnoi, former deputy zilla pramukh of Jodhpur, says: “The first one to die was Amrita Devi and then, 365 more people were killed. Amrita Devi was trying to save the tree in front of ...

Haryana police ASI Teluram Saharan, popularly known as Greenman will be awarded the Professor Jetaram Bishnoi Memorial Award for environmental protec ...

Also, 363 of his followers led by Amrita Devi sacrificed their lives in Khejarli village near Jodhpur nearly 280 years ago protecting the khejri tree from the greed of the Maharajah of Jodhpur.

“If a tree is saved even at the cost of one’s head, it’s worth it” -- these were the words of Amrita Devi Bishnoi, the woman who sacrificed her life in the name of conservation. Her devotion greatly ...