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Preservation Earth Project

Protecting Biodiversity Through Compassionate Land Stewardship
“TEN WELLS ARE EQUAL TO A POND, TEN PONDS TO A LAKE, 10 LAKES TO A SON AND TEN SONS ARE EQUAL TO ONE TREE.”

​— SURAPALA
About the Project
Fruits and flowers are necessary offering at every puja in any Hindu Temple. A variety of vegetables is also necessary for the unique form of worship for Shakambhari Devi. We have been collecting and growing heirloom fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers for use in Temple offerings in addition to keeping and promoting heritage breed livestock. We have also fed our volunteers with the excess of produce. We have sold fruits, veggies, plants, and flowers to help offset our costs for growing and to help save the historic varieties for future generations.  ​​As mass production moves toward promoting a very few varieties, many of the thousands of heirloom varieties are being lost.

Bio-diversity is essential for food security in the future. Our work to help maintain and spread the historic varieties of fruit and flowers helps to ensure that food and flowers will be available to future generations. Goddess Shakambhari provides nourishment to humanity. She has provided a wide variety of fruits and vegetables and flowers and healing herbs for the nourishment of the world. We praise her and help to promote her will for the world when we work to preserve the variety that nature has blessed us with.    
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  • About
    • About the Center
    • Temple >
      • Puja Sponsorship
      • Murtis From India
      • Temple Services
      • Temple History
      • Goddess Shakambhari
    • Our Work >
      • Preservation Earth Project >
        • Heritage Breeds >
          • Healthy Dairy
        • Heirloom Fruits
        • Medicinal Herbs
        • Historic Flowers
      • Herbal Tea Farm >
        • Siddhi Tea
      • Promoting Vegetarianism >
        • Ayurvedic Cookbook
      • Plantation Healing
      • Prayers for the deceased
    • Our Teacher
    • Blog
  • Events
    • Full Moon Puja
    • Netron-milanam Ceremony
  • Learn
    • Learning at the Matha
    • Teachings >
      • Spiritual Teachings >
        • Yama Niyama
      • Mantra (Sacred Incantations) >
        • Sanskrit Sounds
        • Mantras for Worship
      • Yantra (Mystical Diagrams)
      • Tantra (practice techniques)
      • Yoga (Union with the Divine)
      • Ayurveda (Science of Life) >
        • Ayurvedic Teachings
      • Jyotisha (Vedic Astrology)
      • Spiritual Initiations
    • Ayurveda Classes
    • Yajna Course
    • Deepen Your Mantra Practice
  • Get involved
    • Study With Us
    • Volunteer
    • Karma Yoga Retreats
  • Donate