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Shree Gita Nand Vridh Ashram
This 6500-square-yard paradise - Shree Gita Nand Vridh Ashram in Thrieekya village on the outskirts of Ludhiana takes care of the inmates free of charge. It is not just basic necessities that it provides; it also looks after their medical needs.
This Ashram was established on May 18, 1997, and it was then home to six old men and 10 students. A brainchild of Shree Gitanand ji Maharaj of Haridwar, it has its sister institutions in Mathura, Haridwar, Delhi, Kurukshetra and Samalkha.
Some of the inmates are here because their families have disowned them, and some have just nowhere to go. The ashram is designed not to gather devotees but to make the homeless elders feel at home. Two seniors occupy every room, and each room has and attached toilet-with geyser. Many of the inmates did not have such privacy even at home. Also, facilities such as round-the-clock water and electricity supply are a novelty to many of them. The ashram has two generators and a water tank on its campus. Cooks, cleaners, helpers, etc line on the campus itself.
Equality is not just an ideal. It is practiced in day-to-day life. No one gets any special treatment. Everything is distributed equally. If an inmate has something, he shares it with all others. Another remarkable feature of the ashram is tits gaushala. The milk is consumed in the ashram. The ghee produced here is used for medicinal purposes and is distributed among the needy.
A Sanskrit Vidyalaya in the ashram provides free education, logging, food, clothes and all other necessities to many children. The only duties assigned to these children are praying, studying, distributing the langar and occasionally helping the elders when required. These children are taught Sanskrit by two full-time teachers. After the primary and secondary stage, they are sent to Haridwar and Varanasi for further education.
A unique feature of this ashram is its Vichar Kutir. As the name suggests, it is meant for meditating and praying but, there are no hard and fast rules and one can practise any religion one likes.
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