Reconnect with the nature

Stay close to the nature. Stay close to soil, grass, plants, trees, fruits, vegetables, food, fresh air, chirping of the birds, insects where you can interact, learn and teach. 

Fruggiescaping in your home

Our team was a part of experts handling live questions and discussing about sustainable living, growing your own food on your terraces and making life easier. We are really excited about the way our passion and love for terrace gardening is growing up in Bangalore.

Park benches @ Community building

When you design community spaces to allow more interaction and provide spaces to rest, hang around and talk, conversations start. Add some plants, walking tracks and you have a community space with actual use 

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Let the light in

Do you have enough sunlight coming in to your home? Without proper sunlight, you could end up unhealthy and depending on artificial power.

At Samskruti, we plan, design and build homes that let natural light and air in while avoiding dust and noise.

Write to us to learn more.
info@samskruti.in
+91 99162 17777

What is a Green Building?

A green building is one which uses less water, optimizes energy, conserves natural resources, generates less waste and provides healthier spaces for occupants, as compared to a conventional building. A building is assessed based on its predicted performance over its entire lifecycle — inception through operation. The stages identified for evaluation are:

• Pre-construction: Intra- and inter-site issues like proximity to public transport, type of soil, kind of land, location, flora and fauna before construction activity starts, natural landscape and features 
• Planning and construction: Issues of resource conservation and reduction in resource demand, resource utilization efficiency and recovery, reuse, and provisions for occupant health and wellbeing 
• Prime resources considered are land, water, energy, air and green cover. Operation and maintenance: Of building systems and processes, monitoring and recording of energy consumption, occupants’ health and well-being and issues that affect the global and local environment.

Hydrophonic Gardening explained!

In most of our projects, we are looking at using hydrophonic gardening to make efficient use of space, water and time! Here is a way to find out most of the info about hydrophonic gardening!

Line dry your laundry for better health!

Five reasons to line dry your clothes:

1. Saves money
2. Saves clothes
3. Saves water, energy
4. We go through less laundry
5. It's therapeutic



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What a lemon can do for you?

Lemon is an inexpensive, easily available citrus fruit, popular for its culinary and medicinal uses. It is used to prepare a variety of food recipes such as lemon cakes, lemon chicken and beverages like lemonade and lemon-flavored drinks. It is also used for garnishing. Lemon juice consists of about 5% citric acid that gives a tarty taste to lemon. Lemon is a rich source of vitamin C. It also contains vitamins like vitamin B, riboflavin and minerals like calcium, phosphorus, magnesium as well as proteins and carbohydrates. Lemon is generally consumed in the form of lemon juice or lemon water. Lemon water makes a healthy drink, especially when taken in the morning. Daily consumption of lemon water provides a number of health benefits.

1. Good for stomach:  Lemon can help relieve many digestion problems when mixed with hot water. These include nausea, heartburn and parasites. Due to the digestive qualities of lemon juice, symptoms of indigestion such as heartburn, bloating and belching are relieved. By drinking lemon juice regularly, the bowels are aided in eliminating waste more efficiently. Lemon acts as a blood purifier and as a cleansing agent. The intake of lemon juice can cure constipation. It is even known to help relieve hiccups when consumed as a juice. Lemon juice acts as a liver tonic and helps you digest your food by helping your liver produce more bile. It decreases the amount of phlegm produced by your body. It is also thought to help dissolve gallstones 
2. Excellent for Skin Care: Lemon, being a natural antiseptic medicine, can participate to cure problems related to skin. Lemon is a vitamin C rich citrus fruit that enhances your beauty, by rejuvenating skin from within and thus bringing a glow on your face. Daily consumption of lemon water can make a huge difference in the appearance of your skin. It acts as an anti-aging remedy and can remove wrinkles and blackheads. Lemon water if applied on the areas of burns can fade the scars. As lemon is a cooling agent, it reduces the burning sensation on the skin
3. Aids in Dental Care: Lemon water is used in dental care also. If fresh lemon juice is applied on the areas of toothache, it can assist in getting rid of the pain. The massages of lemon juice on gums can stop gum bleeding. It gives relief from bad smell and other problems related to gums 
4. Cures Throat Infections: Lemon is an excellent fruit that aids in fighting problems related to throat infections, sore throat and tonsillitis as it has an antibacterial property. For sore throat, dilute one-half lemon juice with one-half water and gargle frequently 
5. Good for Weight Loss: One of the major health benefits of drinking lemon water is that it paves way for losing weight faster, thus acting as a great weight loss remedy. If a person takes lemon juice mixed with lukewarm water and honey, it can reduce the body weight as well 
6. Controls High Blood Pressure: Lemon water works wonders for people having heart problem, owing to its high potassium content. It controls high blood pressure, dizziness, nausea as well as provides relaxation to mind and body. It also reduces mental stress and depression 
7. Assist in curing Respiratory Disorders: Lemon water assists in curing respiratory problems, along with breathing problems and revives a person suffering from asthma 
8. Good for treating Rheumatism: Lemon is also a diuretic and hence lemon water can treat rheumatism and arthritis. It helps to flush out bacteria and toxins out of the body 
9. Reduces Fever: Lemon water can treat a person who is suffering from cold, flu or fever. It helps to break fever by increasing perspiration
10. Acts as a blood purifier: The diseases like cholera or malaria can be treated with lemon water as it can act as a blood purifier

"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it does otherwise." 

Aldo Leopold 

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Culture of walking!

With the Indian real estate market expected to grow at about 30% over the next decade, private housing sector currently contributing to about 5-6% of the country’s GDP. And with the National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy of 2007 stating that at least 50% of the population will live in urban areas by 2041, there is a need to guide sustainable mobility and infrastructure within townships that are coming up in peripheral areas.

In a workshop organised by Embarq India, town planners, architects, mobility experts as well as developers discussed the concerns with regard to sustainable mobility and special residential zones. According to the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI), an SRZ is a notified region with special development rules to promote large scale, Greenfield, affordable housing projects for the country’s masses. SRZs would have a minimum number of dwelling units in a maximum prescribed size and each would require adequate social infrastructure.

According to Embarq, the concern is in the question: How are these developments envisioned? With townships being located in an area ranging from 60 acres to 500 acres, it is important that they encourage a culture of walking, bicycling and public transport.

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Keep it clean

Found this pic on Facebook and it stirs several points in my mind. We are blessed with beautiful nature and its our responsibility to retain them in their true glory. What will you answer when your children find out you have used all their resources.

Living sustainably is our responsibility. The need is close. The need is now. Choose a cleaner, smarter and sustainable way of living because.... The Future Begins Now.

Top 5 ways to Live Green

Living Green isn't difficult. It starts with making a decision to start changing and then making one small change every day to your lifestyle.

Small changes like disposing waste in a proper manner and using less of water and energy which we usually ignore can make small but imortant choices. You would end up not just saving money but also healthy.

@Samskruti we ensure we make a smarter decision by choosing the eco-friendly way. Our systems, choices and decisions are dominated by the conscious choice of being a greener, smarter builder.

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Samskruti Indus Valley

Samskruti Indus Valley derives its name from world's earliest urban civilizations. Like Indus Valley civilization, we at Samskruti, believe in living with in consistence with the nature. Samskruti Indus Valley offers eco-friendly residential plots

To see the development in Phase I and most recent pictures, click here: https://picasaweb.google.com/108136643320625464867/IndusValley?authkey=Gv1sRgCPS6xpf3uvbM1gE

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Every tree counts!

A tree absorbs about 1 ton of CO2 and reduces the micro temperature to keep your neighbourhood cool. Don't cut down trees unnecessarily.

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Start with a prayer!

It is Sunday morning and I am sitting at my desk at work. April is round the corner and we have a lot of work to do at Samskruti. We are planning something exiting, something big and something that would make you think about what is around you. We are planning to gift you happiness! How are we going to do that?

Coming April, we are plannig to spend time with all our clients and their families by inviting them to our Indus Valley project and spend a day with us. This is going to be the first of several meetings in future to promote bonding, community and team spirit among the co-residents of the project. Not just that this is going to be a day of fun. While it is too early to let the cat out of the bag, I would like to give you a heads up about what's in store.

If you think you could help us plan something good and have a concept, please feel free to share.

“Prajápatye Kasyapáya déváya namah.
Sadá Sítá medhyatám déví bíjéshu cha
dhanéshu cha. Chandaváta hé." 

“Salutation to God Prajápati Kasyapa. Agriculture may always flourish and the Goddess (may reside) in seeds and wealth. Channdavata he."  

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