School Colledgena Pravasni Bus Ratre 11 Thi Savarna 6 Vagya Sudhi Pravash Nahi Kari Shake:Sarkarno Nirnay

School Colledgena Pravasni Bus Ratre 11 Thi Savarna 6 Vagya Sudhi Pravash Nahi Kari Shake:Sarkarno Nirnay Vruk:shmandir is a temple without walls and roof. First of all a large piece of barren land is acquired; then swadhyayees from fifteen to twenty neighbouring villages and towns dig wells for its irrigation, and then plant saplings. Mantras are chanted as if pran pratishtha of those plants is done. Bhavgeets are sung. And slogans like Hamari Shakti, Krishna ki Bhakti and Chhod rna Ranchhod are uttered while the 'baltarus' (plants) are put in the beds. Once a Vruk:shmandir is set up like this, swadhyayees from neighbouring villages and towns take turns to attend these saplings in a spirit of devotion as pujari (worshipper). They chant Narayan Upnishad while watering these plants.
The large plots of totally desolate and barren land are now turning into beautiful lush green orchards.
The survival rate of plants is nearly one hundred per cent! The first Vruk:shmandir was raised in July
1979. Today only Gujarat has almost 19 Vruk:shmandirs. Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Puraskar
was Awarded to Pandurang ShastriAthvale in 1987 for turning barren land into orchards'Madhvvrund' is an extension of Vruk:shmandir. Those who cannot reach Vruk:shmandir plant saplings at their own place on every 12th of July. They water and nurture the plants in madhavvrund for at least 100 days chanting Narayan Upnishad. According to Athvaleji : when we go as pujaris, we are not social workers. It is our bhakti because it is reverence for man, reverence for nature and reverence for every creation. This is a permanent solution for all our problems related to environment.