Embarking on the sacred mission of love, serve, and remember, our Ashram has been trying to bring transformative changes to the lives of many for more than two decades through its diverse charitable endeavours. We are thrilled to share with our spiritual family a brief overview of some of the activities we have undertaken.

Our initiatives include:

1. Social welfare projects
2. Women empowerment project
3. Sadhu seva project
4. Covid welfare project
5. Supporting Sanskrit education
6. Education welfare project for economically weaker sections
7. Infrastructure development of schools
8. Free distribution of books and educational materials
9. Adolescent resource centre (ARC)
10. Free yoga meditation sessions in schools
11. Animal welfare
12. Support to Rural Development Institute (RDI), HIHT, Dehradun
13. Support to KHEL charities, Dehradun
14. Supporting Nava Prabhat Public Charitable Trust, Odisha

Our social welfare project extended a helping hand and financial aid to those facing adversity, transforming the lives of many who were navigating through financial hardships. Our efforts were not limited to financial support only; we also distributed essential items like blankets, quilts, mattresses, furniture, and electrical home appliances to more than 400 families to provide comfort and warmth to the marginalized during severe winter months. Our medical care project provided financial support to many underprivileged families for their critical care.

We created a beautiful space for fitness and fun for families in our local community by building a small public park that is also equipped with some exercise machines. We provided critical support to our nearby local community of 40 families whose homes were flooded during the heavy monsoons this year, offering them with basic sustenance materials and a supply of groceries.

In our efforts to support rural women on their journey towards financial independence, we were able to train 68 women at our various sewing centers. This opened new avenues of income generation through tailoring. We also encouraged and trained a community of women in a rural area in Dehradun to grow organic turmeric, and helped them in selling their cultivation of about 200 Kg of organic turmeric.

In line with Swami Rama’s instructions, we continue our support for the Sadhus in Gangotri as well as in other areas by providing them with necessary and required grocery items, vegetables, woolens, heaters, water heaters, solar lights, medicines, quilts, shoes and everything else they might need to survive the harsh winters in the Himalayas.

During the Covid-19 lockdowns where millions suffered across the globe, we offered essential grocery items to more than 1000 families in Rishikesh who lost their livelihood. We also offered our support to more than 500 front line workers by offering them 5000 N-95 masks and hand sanitizers. We also extended financial aid to those families who lost their
only earing member and to those children who were unfortunately orphaned because of the pandemic.

As we know, our beloved Swami Veda Bharati loved the Sanskrit language dearly, we are doing our small bit to preserve this ancient language in the changing times. We have supported four Sanskrit schools by helping them develop their infrastructure (hostel buildings, classrooms, furniture etc.), by providing books and uniforms to the stude

nts, and by also sponsoring teachers’ dakshina. More than 300+ students studying at these schools have been benefited by these efforts.

We also have an educational welfare project to help students from economically weaker sections in Rishikesh and nearby ar

eas. In addition to supporting their school fees, we also provide resources tailored to meet their educational needs including books, notebooks, stationary, uniforms, yoga mats, etc. This project has benefited more than 800+ students in 20 schools across various districts of Uttarakhand.

In addition, 1500+ students have undergone transformative training through our Adolescent resource centre (ARC), which sensitises them about physical and emotional changes that they are going through. This includes sharing age-sensitive and culturally appropriate knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene, personal hygiene, gender roles, physical and psychological well-being, etc. They also receive personality development, effective communication, life skills, and time management training. All the students under the ARC training also learn yoga meditation within the Himalayan Tradition, including joints & glands exercises, hatha yoga, diaphragmatic breathing, relaxation, and meditation.

We are happy to share that apart from taking care of the beautiful cows in our gaushala, we have also extended support towards other organizations who are dedicated to taking care of stray animals, including sick, abandones cows and dogs. One of them houses more than 250 abandoned, sick, paralyzed and old dogs, including 25 receiving intensive care in their dedicated Special Care Unit.

In addition to our internal charity projects, we have also extended financial aid to our sister charitable organizations including the Rural Development Institute at HIHT, KHEL Charities and Nava Prabhat ashram in supporting their mission to serve the society.

In our journey of selfless service, we seek the guidance of our Guru and lineage, expressing heartfelt gratitude to our benevolent family members whose generous donations have been a constant source of support.