A specialised Hospital
The mission plans to develop the small dispensary in to a fully equipped and specialized Hospital for the leprosy treatment with latest technology.
About Us
About Divya Prem Sewa Mission
Situated under the benevolent vision of Goddess Chandi Devi, in the Chandighat area of Haridwar.
About the Trust
Divya Prem Sewa Mission
On the banks of the
Divya Prem Sewa Mission
On the banks of the
Ganga, at Chandighat.
Divya Prem Sewa Mission, a spiritually inspired voluntary service organization, is Situated under the benevolent vision of Goddess Chandi Devi, in the Chandighat area of Haridwar. A casual visitor may easily overlook this place from a distance that is basically named as Sewa Kunj also, but those who take some pains to reach up to the Ashram, realize that they are in a different world.
Calm green surroundings in a traditional Indian atmosphere, away from hustles and bustles on the city, give a unique aesthetics and add to the distinct charm of the ashram.
The Man
Dr. Ashish Gautam "Bhaiya Ji"
A life surrendered
Dr. Ashish Gautam "Bhaiya Ji"
A life surrendered
to sewa.
“It is not a matter of pride for them (lepers), but it is a distinguished honour for us, that they have provided us an opportunity to serve them.”
In late 90s, Dr. Ashish Gautam "Bhaiya Ji" was searching for the right approach for his philanthropic goals. He wanted to seek God by serving the needy, but didn’t know what he should exactly do?
Being a devout Hindu, he frequently visited Haridwar, a famous Hindu pilgrimage. Few supporters of Dr. Ashish Gautam "Bhaiya Ji" pooled in a sum of Rs. 20,000 and constructed one of the rooms in Rani Sati Dharamshala with his name. Meanwhile, he went to attend one of the meetings at Ayodhya, where 20-30 like-minded people brainstormed that what should they do to serve the society.
When Dr. Ashish Gautam "Bhaiya Ji" returned to Haridwar, he was shocked to find a lock on his room at the dharamshala. It was probably let out to some other person by the manager of the dharamshala. Being a shy guy, he couldn’t mutter the courage to fight out with the landlady and simply walked out of the place, thinking that God had some other plans for him.
It was late evening and he saw a small temple beneath the Najibabad over bridge. He approached the care taker (Sadhu) of the temple, who gladly granted him a temporary accommodation. Then Dr. Ashish Gautam "Bhaiya Ji" started dressing lepers in the nearby area. When the news reached back home about his dislodgement, his colleagues came rushing forward to help him. With a small sum of Rs.500, they bought a dilapidated hut and literally moved it to a location nearby the temple.
Dr. Ashish Gautam "Bhaiya Ji" and his team, also managed to convince a final year medical student, Dr. Nitin Agarwal, from Rishikul Medical College to sit at their primitive dispensary for a couple of hours daily. The people now realized that these boys are not fly by night operators and started trusting them. Soon, the lepers and other poor people started flowing in for the want of medical care.
The road
ahead.
When we look at the magnitude and the dimensions of the problem we feel that we have just started. The small dispensary needs to grow into a well equipped hospital, the residential school needs more accommodation and facilities for technical education. We have to approach those who cannot reach us themselves.
A separate School
We want to build a separate school building for resident and day boarding students.
A training Institute
The workshop is to be developed into a training institute for proper vocational training. We plan to involve the students in some productive enterprises to enable them to earn while they learn.
Decades of sewa,
ten lakh lives touched.
Registered, audited,
accountable.
12(A)
12 A Certificate
80(G)
80 G Certificate
FCRA
Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
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The doors of Sewa Kunj
The doors of Sewa Kunj
are open.
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