KAILASA's Department of Agriculture in Adi Kailash
KAILASA's Department of Agriculture in Adi Kailash
This is the governing body for all agriculture efforts and food related activities. The department’s mission is to ensure all ShriKailasavasis are fed nutritious, toxin free and Vedic-Agamic compliant meals. Also runs and maintains the organic farms of ShriKailasa.
Hindu Civilization was an example of agricultural based living. Agriculture has been referred in Vedas and many other ancient scriptures. In Bhagawad Gita Lord Vishnu has identified himself as the tree of Ashawatha (Pipal) Ashwatha Sarva Vrukshanam, Devarshinam Cha Narada I Gandharvanam Chitra Ratha, Sidhanam Kapilo Muni II (Chapter 10, Shlok 26) Pipal is a tree which releases Oxygen even during night time also, while other trees release Oxygen during day time (Phenomenon of Photosynthesis) and Carbon dioxide during night time (Phenomenon of Respiration). It means that processes of Photosynthesis and Respiration were known to our forefathers. In Atharva ved 300 varieties of various trees has been listed. Obviously, agriculture was known to us since vedic times. ‘ Krishi Parashar’ is the first treatise on agriculture in whole world. Mahrishi Parashar son of Muni Shakti was the grandson of Mahrishi Vashista, Kulguru of Maharaja Dashrath of Ayodhya. He has also worked on medicine and wrote another text ‘Vrukshaurved’. In Krishi parashar he has dealt at length about rain, rain forecasting, rain measurement and field crops. The unit of rain was defined as “Adhaka”. While, tree plantation its types, raising of nursery, grafting and transplanting have been described in Vrukshaurved. Medicinal usages of different plants and its application as pesticides etc. have also been described by him. Subsequently, Garga Muni dealt with the cultivation practices of various crops. Mahrishi Kashyap has also explained agriculture in his ‘Kashyapi-krishi-sukti’ exclusively. Subsequently, Varahmihir explained the techniques of rain forecasting at length in his “Varah Samhita”. He explained the unit of rain measurement as ‘Drona’. Those techniques of rain forecasting are applicable even today. Shurpala explained ‘Vrukshaurved’ and perfected many techniques. Kautilya in his ‘Arthashastra’ gave crop yield forecasting methods and described agriculture as the basis of business and trade. In whole world, cultivation of paddy (Oryza Sativa. Ind.), originated from India and went to Brhmadesh (Burma) and Syam (Thailand). From there it spread to Vietnam and Java, Sumatra and Bali islands (Indonesia)and to many countries.
His Divine Holiness is reviving the agriculture based civilization through KAILASA's Department of Agriculture, with organic, traditional farms in several locations across India and encouraging self-sustainable lifestyle for people across the world even in cities and urban areas.
In Adi Kailash, the whole kingdom participates in the agro-lifestyle and works to cultivate the entire 40+ acre capital city, as well as utilize the walls, gates and borders for vertical gardening. The city is working toward becoming entirely self-sustainable to provide for the hundreds of Kailasavasis who reside in the campus. The different crops harvested from the land include various greens, carrot, eggplant, okra, green beans, pumpkin, squash, banana, rice, as well as a number of flowers which are offered in the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalaya.
Pictures of the campus lands utilized for organic farms