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In the Thar, where life is a fight for survival, there lives a community for whom saving the environment is their religion. The Bishnois of Rajasthan, show that it is possible to live in harmony with nature. Their founder, Guru Jambeshwar Ji, Also Known As Jamboji, was born in 1451 in a warrior-class family of Rajasthan. The community got its name from the twenty - nine teachings of Jambho ji known as Bishnoi - bish which is twenty and noi which is nine in Rajasthani. Bishnois are very aggressive in protecting wildlife and the recent case of 1998 of a noted Bollywood star, Salman Khan is one of the many cases which shows that the community is fearless and strong-headed when it comes to the protection of the wildlife. The women take equal part in preserving nature by walking a long distance
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