Review Article
Fish Environment of Garhwal Himalaya- A Socio- Economic, Religious and Cultural Analysis
Kusum Dobriyal1 and Anoop Dobriyal2*
1Department of Sanskrit, HNB Garhwal University (A Central University), Pauri Garhwal-246001, Uttarakhand, India
2Department of Zoology, HNB Garhwal University (A Central University), Pauri Garhwal-246001, Uttarakhand, India
*Corresponding author: Dr. Anoop Dobriyal, Department of Zoology, HNB Garhwal University (A Central University), Pauri Garhwal-246001, Uttarakhand, India, E-mail: anoopkdobriyal@rediffmail.com
Article Information: Submission: 03/06/2015; Accepted: 01/07/2015; Published: 19/07/2015
Copyright: © 2015 Dobriyal K, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Fish has a sacred place in Indian culture since time immemorial. It is honored as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, cultured at home in aquarium to get rid
of stress and have a peace of mind, reared in ponds and rivers for protein rich diet, becomes a cheap source of food for needy and poor rural folk and also
has been an important source of economy to the country. A socio-economic, religious and cultural aspect of Garhwal region of Uttarakhand was under study
for a period of two years. Apart from various issues like historical development in functioning of society, cultural changes and economic source alterations,
certain issues were taken up which were observed to have greatest impact on human life of this region. In present communication one such issue, “Fish
environment of Garhwal Himalaya- a socio-economic, religious and cultural analysis” has been taken up for discussion.