In 1730, a local woman called Amrita Devi Bishnoi of the present day Khejrali village near Jodhpur was so steadfast in her belief of this tenet that she stood with an unwavering courage against a ...

The monsoon rains were recent so a woman of the village, Amrita Devi, was tending the crops ... Her life worked because she was a Bishnoi who lived by a clear set of twenty-nine rules set down ...

it was marked by the presentation of the annual Amrita Devi Bishnoi Wildlife Protection Award. This is given for a significant act of nature conservation and that first award was posthumous ...

Saako-363,' a movie based on a true story. It is about a Bishnoi woman - Amrita Devi who fought with a Deewan of Jodhana realm to protect the ambient flora and fauna in their locale, Khejarli Village.

Goodman's latest book dives into the extraordinary world of the Bishnoi, the planet's first eco-warriors – and what we can learn from the community ...

In an excerpt from the first chapter, Amrita Devi and the 363 Martyrs, Goodman recounts the legendary tale of lives sacrificed to save trees on Bishnoi land. On Monday 11 September 1730 (although ...