Temple in Gujarat switches to solar power, uses saved money to fund college

Surat: In a bid to save on electricity usage, the management of Badrinarayan temple in Gujarat’s Surat district has switched to using solar power for managing shrine’s energy consumption and are utilising the money thus saved to promote education in the region.

Temple’s trustee Praveen Chandra said that the electricity bill used to be very high, so they switched to solar power.