IGBC was focusing on government, commercial, residential buildings and hotels but for the first time it awarded green rating to a temple.
Mumbai's 350-year-old Siddhivinayak Temple has been felicitated with Platinum Award by the Indian Green Building Council. The structure is unique because it utilises almost 100 per cent of sunlight, and therefore, is the first green temple in the country.
Till now, IGBC was focusing on government, commercial, residential buildings and hotels but for the first time it awarded green rating to a temple. Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Mandir Nyas Trust Chairman Narendra Rane told DNA that an IGBC team visited the temple and took stock of the measures taken by the trust towards the zero-garbage goal.
Besides, the Laddu prasad at Sidhivinayak temple has also been lauded at the national level by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India since it is prepared with a standardised process and for being natural.
Sanjiv Patil, Chief Executive Officer of the Trust, informed DNA that the temple has been declared as the first green temple of India. He said that the certificate also has been issued to the trust and the Laddu prasad at the temple was shown as an example during a meeting called by FSSAI CEO Pavankumar Agarwal. In this meeting representatives of all religious places including churches, gurudwaras and mosques were asked to follow the example of Siddhivinayak temple while preparing prasad.
Rane informed that the temple trust has solar panels fitted on its building and also made arrangements for the rain water harvesting which is collected from two terraces of an area of 3,000 square feet each. He said that the trust has also made arrangements for a sewage treatment plant and 2,500 litres of treated waste water is used for toilet and other purpose within the temple premises. Furthermore, the flowers, garlands and coconuts offered to the deity are segregated. Grated coconut is used for making a sweet prasad for devotees and the waste is sent for treatment.
The IGBC has suggested a few measures so that the temple can attain zero-garbage status in the next six months.
The Trust is generating 20KV of electricity through solar panels fitted at the top of its two buildings.
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