Rajasthan's Nature-Loving Bishnoi Sect
May 24th 2014 The Bishnois are a sect of Hinduism that take drastic measures to preserve and co-exist with the natural environment in which they reside. Primarily descendants of Jats, a caste of pastoralists from northern India and Pakistan, they have now settled in a number of small villages in the extremely dry Thar desert of Rajasthan.
The name Bishnoi means 29, representing the 29 principles put f
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