Temples: History, Architecture & Distribution - 2

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India's Temples Go Green
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->An array of solar panels installed atop the Tirumala Temple's "Nitya Annadanam canteen" in Tirupathi, India, to facilitate operation of steam cookers.<b> This is the world's largest solar steam cooking system.</b>
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->ike Tirumala, dozens of holy places across India are moving quietly towards green energy. Muni Seva Ashram, in Gujarat, which combines spiritual practice with social activism, is working to make its premises entirely green by using solar, wind and biogas energy. A residential school for 400 students is already running exclusively on green energy. Starting this year, the ashram will also sell three million carbon credits. A similar movement is afoot at the revered Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi, Maharashtra. "Our aim is to avoid pollution in every way," says Raghunath Aher, the temple's chief engineer. "A holy place should be pure and completely in harmony with nature." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->