Yagnas would be performed on various special occasions, with the intention of purifying air. The site was created with the idea of bringing together education, culture and sanskaar (values).
DU's Lakshmibai College to soon have operational yagyashala to hold havans
Delhi University's Lakshmibai College has announced that it will soon have an operational yagyashala – a place for performing havan rituals – on the campus. The Gokul – a site filled with swings, a hut, a pond, a temple sight and a cowshed – started coming into creation in 2020. The Eco Park was the first to be built, which houses several ducks and rabbits.
"Yagnas would be performed on various special occasions, with the intention of purifying air. The site was created with the idea of bringing together education, culture and sanskaar (values). We want our students to be connected to villages and have respect for them. We also think this impacts the overall Happiness Index because we have all kinds of peaceful places as part of the Gokul. In English, we have named it ‘Go Cool’ because it is a part of the college where, when students visit, they can forget all their stresses and worries and just become cool,” Principal Pratyush Vatsala said
The Yagyashala, still in the last stages of being ready, will be the latest addition to the Gokul. “It will become operational in the Chaitra month. We are yet to think about when we can hold yagnas but I have some ideas in mind. For example, every day we would have at least some students’ birthday, so yagnas can be held for that occasion. It is known that performing yagna purifies air. That is our ultimate aim. In the future, we also hope to install some mechanism through which we can research and study what has been the impact of these yagnas in improving air quality around,” she said.
The site also has a medicinal garden, an organic farming site, compost pits, a wetland site, waste recycle station and fruit orchard. There is also a natural water filtering and harvesting system, as well as a mushroom farming centre.
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