Author : Sriman Rama Lakshman das

E-Mail : ramlakshman.brs@gmail.com

Date Produced : September 2014

Editor : RP Bhakti Raghava Swami

Serial No. : 41 of 54

INDIA FARM

COMMUNITIES

Farm Communities in INDIA

Govardhan Eco Village

• Location ---- Wada, near Mumbai

• Maharastra

Activities

• Temple

• Organic farming

• Cow care

• Eco friendly guest houses

• Waste water management

Sri Sri Radha Vanvihari

Eco Friendly Seminar Hall

Toilet flush will help to

grow fruits and vegetables

Neelachal Dham

• Location:

Talasari, near Mumbai, Maharastra

• Managed by ISKCON JUHU

ACTIVITIES

• Organic farming

• Watershed management

• Cow care (from highway to happy home)

• Chikoo chips

• Vegetables, turmeric, flowers

• 1000 types of medicinal herbs

• Cow products

Warli Art

Fruits, pulses for Sri Sri Radha Rasa Bihariji

From Highway

To Happy Home

Bio Gas Plant

Nandagram

• Location--- Kevadia colony,

Narmada district

• Gujarat

Activities

• Devotees moved to farm recently

• Organic farming

• Gurukula----Boys managed Janmastami festival by doing kirtan, drama, serving prasadam

• Cow care

• Eco friendly construction

Cow Care

Organic Food

Gurukulis

TEAM- Nandagram

Venu Madhuri

• Location ---

Near Kolhapur

• Ramanwadi,

• Maharastra

Activities

• Organic farming

• Cow care

• Cow products

• Migration from city to village

• Rain water harvesting

Grazing in the Forest

Sugar Cane and Paddy

Godhan Bhandhar

Gokul Dham

• Location ----Near Belgaum,

Karnataka

• Managed by ISKCON Belgaum

Activities

• Organic farming

• Self sufficient in construction

• Cow care

• Composting toilets

• No electricity

• Rain water harvesting

• Bull driven water lifting device

• More austerity

Bull Driven Water Lifting Device

Rain Water Harvesting Tank

Compost Toilets

Squash and Firewood

Cooking on Firewood

Panchavati

• Location ----Karumadhurai,

• Near Salem,

• Tamil Nadu

ActivitiesOrganic farming

Eco friendly

construction

Cow care

Compost toilets

High spiritual

standards

80% self sufficient

Grihasta Quarters

Vegetable & Fruit Garden

New Narasimhapalli

Activities

• Organic Farming

• Rain Fed Crops

• Cow Care

NO SUCCESS WITHOUT VARNASRAMA• Prabhupäda: Cätur-varëyaà mayä

såñöam. [Bg. 4.13] Unless in the human society the varëäçrama system is introduced, no scheme or social order, health order or any order, political order, will be successful.

Vrindavan october 18th 1975

www.iskconvarnasrama.com

ISKCON DAIVA VARNASRAMA MINISTRY(Promoting Rural Development in INDIA)

Secretariat, Room # 137,Chakra Building,

Sri Mayapur

Sriman Rama Lakshman das

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Name Sriman Rama Lakshman das

Age and Gender 38, Male

Country/Province of Origin India, Andhra Pradesh

Educational Degree and Year Bachelor of Physiotherapy, 2003

Educational Institution Manipal University

Professional Work/Experience Senior Physiotherapist – 6 years

Affiliation with ISKCON Since 2003

Present Service in ISKCON Director, IDVM-India Secretariat