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! <h2 class="recently-added home-page-h2"><span>Welcome to Project Brahma!</span></h2>
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| style="color:#000" |'''''What is this project about?''''' <br> Project Brahma is an open-source, community driven project, much like [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], where anyone - '''regardless of their religion, ideology, language or geographical location''' - can contribute their knowledge of India's biodiversity. Our aim is to promote conservation of India's wildlife resources by encouraging community documentation and increasing awareness. ''''' [[Introduction to the Brahma Database|Learn more about the need and aims of this project...]]'''''<br><br>[[File:Lotus.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The Lotus ''([[Nelumbo nucifera]])'' is considered the seat of Lord Brahma]]'''''What we do...'''''<br>Project Brahma has both online as well as field components. Currently, we have a framework set up for online activities. We are working on four different aspects of Indian biodiversity (and you are welcome to contribute to any of them!):<br>
# [[Division:Plants]]
# [[Division:Mammals]]
# [[Division:Videos]]
# [[Division:Education]]
# [[Brahma Notes]]
While [[Division:Plants]] and [[Division:Mammals]] involve documentation of different aspects of India's wildlife resources, the latter three divisions are aimed towards increasing awareness and interest in Indian biodiversity.''''' [[Projects for volunteers|Find out how you can contribute to Project Brahma...]]'''''<br><br>'''''What does the name Brahma mean?'''''<br>
The concept of [http://www.buddhanet.net/budsas/ebud/ebdha321.htm ''Brahma'' in Buddhism] refers to an all-encompassing, pervasive, divine force. In [[w:Hinduism|Hinduism]], [[wikipedia: Lord Brahma|Lord Brahma]] ([[wikipedia:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]: ब्रह्मा) is referred to as the creator of the entire universe and all life that inhabits it. The name ''Brahma'' is intended to convey the ideas of exhaustiveness of information as we intend to have on this site as well as strong cultural connections of Indian biodiversity. '''''We are not affiliated with any political group nor do we advocate any particular religious ideology.''''' '''''[[Frequently Asked Questions|More FAQs...]]'''''
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|style="color:#000 "| '''''Check out the following links and get to know Project Brahma better!'''''
* '''''Opinion articles on Brahma'''''
* [[Article:101|A vulnerable country on a fragile planet]] ''by Gaurav Moghe, Coordinator, Project Brahma''
* [[Article:102|Home remedies for common health problems]] ''by Dr. Daya Tilwe, Dept. of Botany, ICLES College''
* [[Article:103|Plants and animals important to the Koli-Agri community in Maharashtra]] ''by Dr. Daya Tilwe, Dept. of Botany, ICLES College''
* [[Biodiversity hotspots in India]] ''A [[:Category:WACA|WACA]] by Gaurav Moghe''

* '''''Use the sidebar to go places on this website'''''
* [[Official documents,books and references]] ''A collection of reports from various governmental and non-governmental resources''
* [[:Category:Lists of species|Browse some precompiled species lists]]
* [[Special:BrowseData/Plants|Make your own lists of species]]
* [[Division:News|RSS Feeds of biodiversity-related news from several sources]]
* [[Archives:Image of the week]] ''A feature we were running for almost six months''
* [[Noteworthy articles to read]] ''Collections from around the internet''
* [[Extinct species]] ''Species documented on our Facebook page''
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'''''[[Division:Videos|Explore our large collection of biodiversity-related videos...]]'''''<br>''(and you can contribute some too!)''
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|style="color:#000 "| '''''These writeups are a part of the [[:Category:Brahma notes|Bio Notes]] section of this website where we have tried to document the myriad connections between India's flora and fauna and its peoples. Through these writeups, we hope to provide a reason, a purpose for the common man to start thinking about biodiversity conservation.'''''

{{Recent community notes}}

'''''See more such stories in our [[Bio Notes:Biodiversity and Cultural practices|Bio Notes community page]]. We encourage you to contribute some too!'''''
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|style="color:#000"| An integral component of the Brahma Project is to document scientific, traditional and socio-cultural knowledge about various Indian species and present it in ways that make it interesting and enable its easy extraction. We are currently focused on [[Division:Plants|plant]] and [[Division:Mammals|mammalian]] species. A total of '''{{#ask:[[Category:Species page]] | format = count }} species''' currently exist in the database and several of them have some information filled in.
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==Contact us!==

* '''Comments, ideas or questions?''' We would love to hear from you! <br>


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