The Shirval Project

Shirwal location in Maharashtra, India
District     Satara
Elevation     603 m (1,978 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total     11,887
Languages
 • Official     Marathi

Shirval is a small Town located 65 km from Pune city in Satara District. If falls towards the eastarn part of the western ghats mountain raings.

Shirwal lies on the banks of river NIRA .It is a village located between Satara and Pune.
 It has an average elevation of 603 metres (1978 feet).
Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Shirwal had a population of 11,887. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Shirwal has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 66%. In Shirwal, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Shirwal has a very old civilization i.e. from the era of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Shirwal has a small fort named SUBHANMANGAL . This small fortress was located at Shirwal, about 30 km to the south of Pune. Purandar is about 20 km to the east from this place. The fortification walls were not very tall and were made of compressed soil and bricks. The entrance was also not strong enough to defend an onslaught. Overall, it was just a small outpost on the Pune-Satara road. From Shirwal bus stand, the main road going towards the village takes us directly to the site of this fortress. The remains of this fortress are shocking - a solitary bastion can be seen in a dilapidated condition. A small Durgadevi temple near it is probably the only other structure to have lived through the centuries of utter neglect. This fortress is important from the historic point of view as the first open battle between Shivaji's men and Adilshahi was fought here. Balaji Haibatrao was killed by Kavji Kondhalkar and this fortress was the first to be won in an open battle. The famous pilgrimage village of Andori is located just 18 km west. Shirwal is a speedily developing village with lots of industrial development around. Shirwal has a vetirnery college Krantisinh Nana Patil College of Veterinary Science, Shirval www.knpvc.in/ .

Ecological Restoration and Landscaping at Shirval 

I got an opportunity to do a landscaping project at a place called Shirval in Satara district. In a company called Del-Val. This is a small review on the project, I hope that it could help other people do similar work else where. The first face of the project was to plant hedge plants around the company wall . I selected 5 species of shrubs and 3 species of trees and they are: 

1. All vitamin

2. Maindi 

3. Audulsa 

4. Nirgudi

5. Hibiskes 

and the Trees where 

1. Kusam 

2. Bhada 

3. wild almond 

we are hoping that It becomes a good hedge and helps many insects and birds 

Here I am also putting a video On ecological restoration by Mr.john D. Liu a prominent ecologist from China    

  

Loops and Terns 2

To Purchase this art

Call: Philip- 9423581047

Price of the art work: Rs: 200

Loops and Turns (Pin Tree)

Hallo friends, It has been a very long time since I have bloged.

now I am planing to update blog on a regular bases.

This is one of my newiest art called Loops and turns, I am plaining to work more on this style and develop it with further works, as it is a style which I have developed on my on.

To Purchase this Art work

Call: Philip at: 9423581047

Appetizer Powder

Appetizer Powder

Ingredients:
Content
Percentage
cost
uses
Awala
100gm
Rs.8
Helps in digestion, Useful in the treatment of acidity.
Pinpli
100gm
RS.16
Increases hunger, helps in digestion.
Hirda
250gm
Rs.10
Cleans the stomach.
Sunth
150gm
Rs.16
Increases heat in the body. Helps in increasing hunger. Helps in diluting acidity.
Saindhav mith
250gm
Rs.16
Increase salivation, and helps in digesting the food.

850gm
Rs.66


Procedure: Mix all the above mentioned ingredients together and take one teaspoon full, which should be diluted in one glass of water. Use this after a meal.

Uses: Appetizer, useful for constipation, and gas. It also helps in increasing hunger and proper digestion of food.

Method of use: you can simply take ¼ tsp after food or even sprinkle some powder on cut fruits before eating. We can add ½ tsp to any fruit juice that you make, it is especially good with lemon, musampi, and pineapple juice.

Stevia sp

Stevia is a genus of about 150 species of herbs and shrubs in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), native to subtropical and tropical South America and Central America. The species Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, commonly known as sweetleaf, sweet leaf, sugarleaf, or simply stevia, is widely grown for its sweet leaves. As a sugar substitute, stevia's taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar, although some of its extracts may have a bitter or licorice-like aftertaste at high concentrations.



With its extracts having up to 300 times the sweetness of sugar, stevia has garnered attention with the rise in demand for low-carbohydrate, low-sugar food alternatives.

Stevia also has shown promise in medical research for treating such conditions as obesity and high blood pressure. Stevia has a negligible effect on blood glucose, even enhancing glucose tolerance therefore, it is attractive as a natural sweetener to diabetics and others on carbohydrate-controlled diets.

History and use
For centuries, the Guaraní tribes of Paraguay and Brazil used Stevia species, primarily S. rebaudiana which they called ka'a he'ê ("sweet herb"), as a sweetener in yerba mate and medicinal teas for treating heartburn and other ailments. The leaves of the stevia plant have 30–45 times the sweetness of sucrose (ordinary table sugar).

Other studies have shown stevia improves insulin sensitivity in rats and may even promote additional insulin production, helping to reverse diabetes and metabolic syndrome.Preliminary human studies show stevia can help reduce hypertension.



Indeed, millions of Japanese have been using stevia for over thirty years with no reported or known harmful effects. Similarly, stevia leaves have been used for centuries in South America spanning multiple generations in ethnomedical tradition as a treatment of type II diabetes.

In Pune this Plant is available with our NGO (MPCC), to get this and other medicinal plants contact Mr. Cruz: 9370139009 or Philip: 9423581047
The Address of the Medicinal Plants Nursery
Queen Mary’s Technical Institute (QMTI), For Disabled Soldiers,

Park Road, Behind Kirkee RLY. STN
Renge Hells, Pune-20

HERBAL SKIN CLEANSER

Ingredients
Content
Percentage
Cost
Uses
Till oil
3000 gm

It is absorbed quickly into the skin.
Owa
100 gm

Reduces arthrhitis and works on the circulatory system.
Dalchini
100gm

Has a good aroma
lakh
100gm

Gives strength to the joints
deodar
100gm

Helps control arthritis.
Chandan
100gm

Has a good fragrans.
Anant
100gm

Aromatic
Kutki
100gm

Aromatic
Daruhalad
100gm

Antibacterial.
Nagkesar
100gm

Blood purifier
Nagarmotha
100gm

Aromatic
Bhimsen Kapur
100gm

Blood purifier
Total
4100gm


Procedure:
Herbal skin cleanser is very good for the skin because it removes dead and dry skin. To make it mix all the above mentioned ingredients together, mix the powder in 4 times water and boil it till only half the amount remains. This should be sieved in a cloth to filter out a thin watery liquid. The residue which remains in the cloth should be removed and made into a paste by adding water. This paste should be then applied on the body for 10 minutes till it sets. Ones this sets it has to be washed out during a bath. The ingredients of the Herbal skin cleanser are same as massage oil.