Hinduism and Ecology: Earth as Mother

Long before "environmentalism" became a movement, Hindus were worshipping rivers, protecting groves, and treating animals as sacred. This was not accidental. Hindu philosophy is deeply ecological at its core. If everything is Brahman - if God is in everything - then polluting a river is like defiling a temple. Cutting down a sacred grove is like demolishing a shrine. The Earth is not a resource to exploit - she is Bhumi Devi, the Earth Goddess, and she deserves reverence.

Temples & Travel

Services

Rivers as Goddesses

Sacred Groves - Community Conservation

Ahimsa - Non-Violence Toward All Life

What Hinduism Offers the Environmental Movement