This temple in West Bengal recycles used flowers into vermicompost 🌱 🪱

In a pilgrimage town in West Bengal, an initiative is transforming pollution into prosperity by recycling used flowers from temple offerings into vermicompost for local farmers.
Known for its 13th-century Ma Tara temple, Tarapith attracts around 12,000 devotees daily. The offerings of flowers, that are later discarded into the nearby Dwarka river, have long contributed to pollution and environmental degradation.
However, this trend is changing thanks to a collaborative effort between the Mallarpur Naisuva Trust and the temple committee, who have launched a project to recycle these flowers into valuable compost and other products.
Story by Pratik Chakraborty.
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Great effort! Hope it is taken up by more temples across India. Thank you for sharing this story.

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Nice initiative ❤❤

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Great ❤️

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Thanku 😊

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