Indian State To Hunt For 'life-saving' Mythical Plant
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published July 28, 2016 | 06:58 PM
NEW DELHI, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th july, 2016) - A northern Indian state will soon begin a multi-million Dollar search in the Himalayas for a mythical plant believed to hold life-saving properties, a local minister said Thursday. Uttarakhand will spend 250 million rupees ($37 million) of state money hunting the herb Sanjeevani Booti, which is credited in the ancient Hindu text Ramayana with restoring life. While many wild plants with medicinal properties grow in the Himalayas, there is scant evidence that the plant ever existed, with sages and modern researchers failing for centuries to find it. "We have to try and it will never go to waste.
If we are determined we will certainly find it," Surendra Singh Negi, the state's minister for alternative medicine, told AFP.
The minister said the search will focus on the Dronagiri range of Himalayas near the border, one mountain of which is mentioned in the epic Ramayana as being the site where the magical herb grows.
"We have set an initial budget of 250 million rupees ($37 million) for the project," Negi said. Scientists will start work in August, the minister said, adding that the central government has refused to fund the project. Ancient texts say the plant has life-restoring properties, grows in the high mountains of the Himalayas and glows in the dark.
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