LOCATION

Criteria for selection:-

• Similar activities carried out in the premises (i.E- bhakti yoga- meditation, bhajans, kirtans, yoga.
• Courses offered to devotees
• Different type of staying facilities provided for different people

Govardhan Eco Village

• Location: - Galtare village, Wada Taluka, Palghar, Maharashtra
• Site Area- 73 Acres.
• Built up Area- 2,00,000 sq. ft

• Govardhan Ecovillage is well connected by road from Mumbai, India’s financial capital. We are about 108
km from down-town Mumbai. It takes between 1.5 – 2.5 hours to reach us (depending on traffic
conditions.) Context: -
• Govardhan Ecovillage can also be reached from Palghar which is 36 km from Govardhan Ecovillage • The site is undulating with prominent ridges and valleys, Agriculture- primarily paddy
• The nearest airport is Mumbai International Airport which is 90 km from Govardhan Ecovillage. Where crops are grown in the valley region. The valleys with black cotton soil also formed the
Visitors can hire a pre-paid taxi from the Airport directly to Govardhan Ecovillage. drainage for the rainwater. The higher lands have grooves mostly of Teak and Toon, most
of which have been harvested by previous owners of the land before handing over the
land to the buyers.
Schedule • These higher land patches also have the best wind conditions micro-climate. With respect
7:00 AM – Asana Class and Pranayama to local Galtare experiences a composite climate with extreme summer reaching 45
degrees, rains of 3000 + mm and winter dipping to 8 degrees. Micro-climatally, hot
8:00 AM – Breakfast
9:30 AM – Yoga Nidra Relaxation Therapy summers are compounded by hot winds blowing off the rocky face off Kohoj hills and
10:00 AM – Talk (JOSD / Vegetarianism / Ecology) nights tend to be chillier than lands away from the hills.
10:40 AM – Nature Walk / Vrindavan Parikrama Constraint: -
12:00 PM – Temple Aarti • Location- the site is away from any manufacturing base or skill base, with Mumbai being
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Lunch Free Time the closest 100 kms away. All major materials other than steel and cement had to come
3:00 PM – Video Show from Mumbai including skilled labour. It was thus important to reduce the transfer of
3:30 PM – Bhagavad Gita Class materials and also impart skills to the locals so as to reduce both economic and ecological
4:15 PM – Asana Class & Pranayama costs.
5:10 PM – Goseva Vrindavan 7 Temple Aarti • Water- Other than depending on rains for agriculture, all domestic and animal husbandry
6:20 PM – Yamuna Aarti is dependent on the use of ground water for sustenance. It was important that ground
water be integrated into the planning exercise from the onset of planning activities.

STAYING FACILITY DONKEY SHED RESERVE POND YOGA HALL GAUSHALA INSIDE GAUSHALA

BIOGAS PLANT

MATS USED AS BUFFER

MINIATURE OF VRINDAVAN

SAINTS STAY FACILITY KUTIR SBT PLANT REPLICA OF VRINDAVAN ECO HOUSES

CASE STUDY- GOVARDHAN ECO VILLAGE

BHAKTI VYAKHYA KENDRA Name- Rohit S. Chavan, Fifth Year- A, Seat no- 9118
STONE CARVING DEPICITNG THE LIFE OF WOODEN ROOF ECO COTTAGES MEDITATION HALL
KRISHNA

WATER RECYCLE AND REUSE DESIGN TO INCLUDE

REDUCE HARD PAVING ON SITE EXISTING SITE FEATURES
(INCLUDING RAINWATER)

EXISTING SITE TREES- MEASURES LIKE

HOLDING PONDS- HOLDING PONDS OF
VARIOUS SIZES ARE THERE CATERING TO
NEED OF WATER TILL FEB AND MARCH.
POST HYDROGEOLOGICAL SURVEY
RECHARGE AND DISCHARGE POINTS
WERE FOUND AND ACCORDINGLY PONDS
WERE CREATED.
SOIL BIOTECHNOLOGY (SBT) BARICATING USING JUTE BAGS WERE
SBT IS A PROCESS THROUGH USED TO PROTECT THE EXISTING ON
WHICH WASTE WATER IS BEING SITE TREES DURING CON
FILTERED AND MADE SUITABLE
FOR USING IN LANDCSAPE AREAS. EFFICIENT WASTE
SEGREGATION

REDUCE BUILDING WATER USE - 2 POINTS

WATER RESTRICTIONS- THERE IS A
FIXED AMOUNT OF WATER SUPPLIED
TIMELY FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS
LIVING IN STAFF – LIMITING SUPPLY
OF WATER-REDUCES WASTAGE AND
PROMOTES OPTIMUM USE OF WATER
.THIS IS APPLICABLE ONLY AT STAFF
QUARTERS AND NOT IN THE GUEST
ROOMS.
METERISED SUPPLY OF WATER IN
HOUSE.
CENTRALISED WASHING SYSTEM FOR
CLOTHES
USING ONLY ONE RING ROAD- AROUND THE SITE . RESTRICTS VEHICULAR MOVEMENT
HARD PAVED AREA TO OPEN SPACE IS BALANCED .RUN OFF OF THE SITE IS INTO THE
AGRICULTURE LAND.
USING PAVERS OR SEMI PERMEABLE HARD PAVED ZONES HELP REPLENISH GROUND OPTIONAL CLAUSE
WATER OR HELPS RAIN WATER TO SEEP INTO THE GROUND. PROVISION OF MULTI-
COLOURED BINS FOR WASTE
SEGREGATION AT SOURCE
ANIMAL WASTE
USE OF AREATOR- MEASURES LIKE RESPONSIBILITY: ARCHITECT AND
• CATTLE WASTE IS CONVERTED INTO BIOGAS, TO BE USED AS A FUEL FOR COOKING.
AREATORS ARE USED IN TAPS AND PROJECT MANAGER
• SLURRY PRODUCED AFTER EXTRACTION OF GAS IS UTILIZED AS A NATURAL
FIXTURES SO AS TO REDUCE
FERTILIZER IN ORGANIC FARMING.
WASTAGE OF WATER WHILE IN
• COW DUNG IS ALSO USED TO PREPARE USEFUL ITEMS LIKE BATHING SOAPS,
USE.
BATHING POWDER,DHOOP STICKS ETC. BASED ON AYURVEDIC FORMULAE.

PYROLYSIS OF PLASTIC TOPOGRAPHY- THE NATURAL SLOPE OF

THE LAND WAS RETAINED AND THE TOP
HUMAN WASTE SOIL PRESERVATION WAS CONSIDERED
• ENTIRE HUMAN WASTE PRODUCED IN THE VILLAAGE IS CONVERTED INTO BIOMASS AND USED AS MANURE FOR FARMING.
• KITCHEN WASTES, HORTICULTURE WASTES ETC ARE COLLECTED TO MAKE COMPOST
• THE COMPOST IS PACKED IN CEMENT BAGS WHEN READY .

FOOD WASTE
• ALL THE FOOD WASTE GOES UNDER THE PROCESS OF GRINDING AND FED INTO
BIOGAS PLANT WHICH PRODUCES METHANE CONCLUSION:-
• THE ABOVE PREPARED METHANE IS USED AS FUEL FOR COOKING • IN AREAS WHERE GOVT SUPPLY OF WATER AND ELECTRICITY IS LIMITED
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND RECYCLING OF MATERIALS GOES A LONG WAY IN
REDUCING THE IMPACT
• OPTIMUM USE OF RESOURCES HELPS EGRONOMICALLY AS WELL AS
ECONOMICALLY
• IN A WORLD WITH FULL OF USE OF MODERN MATERIALS, VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE STILL ATTRACTS PEOPLE

CASE STUDY- GOVARDHAN ECO VILLAGE

BHAKTI VYAKHYA KENDRA Name- Rohit S. Chavan, Fifth Year- A, Seat no- 9118