Traditional healers in Bastar getting together to save medicinal forest plants

Mohan Yadav is visiting a meeting of Gayta Guniya Sirha Baiga Kalyan Sngh (traditional healers welfare committee)of Bastar in Kondagaon district in Chhattisgarh where they tell him that traditionally the healers do not charge anything for their services. They are discussing on how to continue that tradition and they have decided collectively to also work with patients to save the medicinal plants in forests of Bastar. For more Mohan Ji can be reached at 09479598133

Posted on: Oct 07, 2013. Tags: BASTAR FOREST MOHAN YADAV

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