Hanuman flies to the Himalayas in search of sacred herbs

Healing properties of plants were associated with divine beings, and veneration of healing/sacred plants are integral to the culture of India. Uncertain about the identity of Sanjeevani, Hanuman carries the entire mountain top with a Sacred Grove containing many medicinal plants from the Himalayas to Sri Lanka. While the identity of Sanjeevani is still being debated, lore and beliefs about sacred/healing plants encode valuable information about their healing properties, garnered by centuries of use, and sacred groves all over India remain last resources of many endangered medicinal plants.