CEREMONIAL AND RITUAL PLANTS OF INDIA: The Shubh-Labh Connections Between Spirituality And Science

About the Book: The book “CEREMONIAL AND RITUAL PLANTS OF INDIA: The Shubh-Labh Connections Between Spirituality And Science” tried to correlate our cultural religious and spiritual beliefs about plants with modern science. It also tried to clarify the Indian customs rituals and ceremonies associated with plants and the hidden scientific reasons behind them. This book finds and establishes the mutual relationship among spirituality science plants and human beings. Also pin-pointed how and why the plants have been an integral part of Indian culture from early of the civilization as well as why plants are worshiped as God or Goddess which indirectly valued plants & spreading message to conserve them for generations. Hopefully prove beneficial for research in the field of ethnobotany and folkloric medicine. About the Author: Dr. Amrendra Kumar Anand currently working as Assistant Professor of Botany in Bharat Sevak Samaj College Supaul a constituent unit of B. N. Mandal University Madhepura (Bihar) India. He has completed Master of Science in Botany from Centre of Advanced Study (CAS) Department of Botany Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Varanasi (U. P.) India. He has been awarded with Ph.D. in the area of ‘Herbal Contraceptives’ from Patna University Patna (Bihar) India.