A year ago this blog had written about the use of solar cooking by Hindu Temples and spiritual organizations. Now, Time Magazine in its latest issue explores this highly encouraging aspect in an article titled ‘ India 's Temples Go Green.’ The solar cooking project which is environment friendly – reduces pollution and is cost saving. Gadhia Solar Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd located at Gundlav in Valsad in Gujarat is the organization that is helping temples, schools and organizations in India go green. Solar cooking technology cuts down on the amount of diesel fuel and earns valuable carbon credits, which is sold to major companies around the world. Some of the important organizations and temples that are using solar cooking in India with the help of Gadhia Solar Energy Systems include Tirupati Balaji Temple , Brahma Kumaris Mount Abu, Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan and Sringeri Mutt.  When emissions in India are constantly increasing, there are numerous Hindu spiritua...

Thanks to the Kyoto Protocol for climate change, several Hindu Temples and religious institutions are now helping in reducing the gas emissions that are responsible for global warming. Tirupati Balaji Temple, Sringeri Mutt in Karnataka, Kalahasti Temple in Andhra Pradesh, and Ambaji Temple in Gujarat are now using solar community kitchens and similar applications to reduce emission of greenhouse gases. The Kyoto Protocol for climate change has set specific carbon emission reduction targets for countries around the world. But most developed countries are not ready to meet the targets because cutting down on emissions will adversely impact their production and cost. Instead, they fund specific projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries and the points thus earned allows developed countries to meet the specific targets of Kyoto Protocol for climate change. In India, Gadhia Solar Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. in cooperation with Factor C...

Hinduism is deeply rooted in Nature. Hindu religion believes in the Brahman – the Supreme Being that pervades in all animate and inanimate. Sri Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita My Prakriti can be divided into eight-fold categories – Bhumi (earth), Apas (water), Anala (fire), Vayu (air), Kha (ether), Mana (mind), Buddhi (intellect), Ahankara (ego). (Bhagavad Gita Chapter VII, 4) The great sages of the past who laid the foundations of Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) knew the importance of Nature and that Human Beings are part of Nature not above Nature. Thus Mother Earth, the Sun, moon, mountains, rivers, animals and forests are all part of Hindu tradition. Hindus worship them as they are manifestations of the Supreme Being and their existence is necessary for the survival of the human race. But River Ganga, the Snowcapped Mountains that are the abode of Lord Shiva, the glaciers that serve the holy rivers are all under the threat of global warming. The very surviv...