“…A number of studies have been conducted on the floristic diversity and other aspects of sacred groves of Southern India such as Gadgil (1985), , Hughes, (1997, 1998), Godbole (1998), Anupama (2008, etc. There is only a single report on the bryophytes of sacred groves in Kerala (Manju et al 2008 The present paper enumerates the bryophyte diversity of the area in detail. This is the first of its kind from a sacred grove in India.…”