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There was not even an indoor
place to stay. Therefore,
after undertaking a
yatra to the sacred land in
1998, Pujya Swami
Chidanand Saraswatiji
took a vow that — by the
grace of God — He would
do something for the local people (who don’t even
have running water) and for all the pilgrims who
travel there.
Now, the ashram (tourist rest house) and clinic have
been built and were officially inaugurated in July
2003.
Further, the contract states that for all future projects
in the region (including schools, vocational training
program, health care programs, sanitation
programs), the government of Tibet/China will give
first priority to IHRF to sponsor the project. Thus, this
will be the spring board for other much-needed humanitarian
projects in the area.
Further, on the yatra to Mansarovar and Mt. Kailash
in July 2003, we had the bhoomi puja (ground breaking
ceremony) for new ashrams in Saga and Prayang,
along the way to Mansarovar, and permission has
also been granted to build ashrams/resthouses in
Dirapuk and Zuthulpuk along the sacred Kailash
parikrama route. These ashrams are in planning
stages and will be constructed shortly.
Additionally, we have pledged our support and assistance
to the local villagers of Mansarovar in the
form of a much-needed tractor, water pump and
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agricultural/farming
assistance.
We are also building a
hall there where satsang,
meditation and so many
other divine activities can
take place.
The project is truly the grace of God and will be a divine
gift to the holy land, to all the Tibetans who live there,
and to all the pious pilgrims who cross oceans and
continents in order to have a glimpse of the abode of
Lord Shiva.
Parmarth Shiksha Mandir: Tribal Education
IHRF -- in cooperation with other charitable institutions
-- is sponsoring schools in rural, tribal India.
These children live in lands that time forgot. Their
villages are islands of indigence and stagnation
amidst an ocean of economic and technologic growth.
They have probably never seen an electric light-bulb,
nor heard the sound of a telephone, nor traveled in a
car or train. They, of course, can also neither read
nor write nor compute simple arithmetic.
The population of India is burgeoning out of control
— the rural, tribal peoples are already being
dominated, oppressed and defrauded by those hungry
for land, crops and cheap labor. Left to their own
simple, uneducated ways, they will never be able to
survive.
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