A multi-layered food farm with 38 varieties is designed alongside this eco-wrap as an interdependent 7-layered system of ground covers (spices), grasses (herbs), seasonal flowering shrubs (pollinators) and small to big (fruiting/ food) trees and timber trees building the long term system of the food forest, and thereby, this is harvesting in nature. A water body with aquatic plants acts as the water retention pond for irrigation. A small personal look-out garden on an elevated platform is made from the mound of cut soil forms. This is the only manicured garden, rest is all wild and functional land-escape for birds, bees, butterflies, small worms, mammals and amphibians, fish and of course humans, as one of the many beings there! It is now a green oasis in its truest sense…
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Baelvan or Bilvavan – was the forest full of bael trees or bilva trees. Bael is a big round fruit covered with a hard shell.
Krishna and Balarama would come to this forest to eat the sweet ripe bael fruits. The famous Maan Sarovar lake is also a part of this forest.
Krishna and Balarama would get Their cows to this place while grazing the cows. Bahulavana is currently known by the name Bati.
This forest is named after Bahula-devi who is the consort of Lord Hari.
The word bhadra means attractive. This forest was the playground of Lord Balabhadra or Balarama.
A huge banyan tree stood here full of long branches that spread in all directions. This forest was covered with dense foliage of the tamala and kadamba trees and lush creepers.
Currently the village here is called as Chhanhari. The word chhanhari is derived from Hindi word chaya which means shade. Here cowherd boys used to sit under the cooling shade of banyan trees and eat their lunch with Krishna.
According to Garga Samhita, Brahma performed the marriage of Radha and Krishna in this forest, when they were 2-3 years old.
The Kaman town in Rajasthan was earlier known as Kamyavan or Kamavan. Kamya means charming and van means forests.
Krishna enjoyed a number of His boyhood pastimes in this forest. Pandavas also resided here for sometime during their exile from Hastinapura.
The most renowned Khadiravan is the seventh forest of the abode of Mathura. This forest was filled with Khadira flowers. Krishna killed Bakasura in this forest.
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Living Roots is an Ahmedabad based environment focused studio, driven by experienced design and ecology professionals with 20 plus years of experience.