Nakshatra Van

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{{short description|Park in Jharkhand, India}}

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Nakshatra Van is a park created by the Jharkhand Forest Department in front of the residence of the governor of Jharkhand in Ranchi, the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand.{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111201/jsp/jharkhand/story_14822309.jsp#.UFnxx1GMJCw | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222511/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111201/jsp/jharkhand/story_14822309.jsp#.UFnxx1GMJCw | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 March 2016 | title=Count on zodiac park for stargazing - Gamharia to house second Nakshatra Van in Jharkhand | publisher=The Telegraph, India | date=1 December 2011 | accessdate=19 September 2012 | author=JENAMANI, KUMUD}}

A Nakshatra or lunar mansion is one of the 27 or 28 divisions of the sky that the Moon passes through during its monthly cycle, as used in Hindu astronomy and Hindu astrology. Each Nakshatra is identified by its prominent star(s) and is associated with a Zodiac. Hindu astrologers believe that each constellation of the zodiac is associated with a tree. Those trees are of medicinal, social, aesthetic or economic value.{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030313/asp/ranchi/story_1762390.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930050309/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030313/asp/ranchi/story_1762390.asp | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 September 2007 | title=Zodiac theme for Rs 2-cr herbal hub - Nakhshatra Van in Ranchi and Hazaribagh | publisher=The Telegraph, Calcutta India | date=13 March 2003 | accessdate=19 September 2012 | author=MAJUMDAR, PINAKI}}