This Radhashtami, Help Thousands Of Widows In Vrindavan Get Healthy Meals To Survive

Everyone who visits Vrindavan leaves in awe of this holy city. Millions of people go to Vrindavan every year to find peace and liberation. This is one of the holiest pilgrimage centres in India, with countless temples, big and small, forming the most important aspect of this divine area. What makes it even more special is that the city is said to be where Lord Diety spent his childhood days.

Radhashtami is a time when thousands of travelers, believers, and pilgrims make their way to Vrindavan for spiritual enlightenment. Unfortunately, this year, hardly anyone can go down to this holy city. However, this Radhashtami will be different. With no tourists, curfews due to the pandemic, and the impending third wave, thousands will go hungry in Vrindavan. Among these are the elderly widows.

The plight of these elderly women is heartbreaking, and their livelihood, uncertain. The widows have few savings and almost no income. Some of them have no one to call family, and others’ families have abandoned them in this holy city. Several of them sleep hungry and are deprived of even basic necessities. The elderly widows in Vrindavan struggle every day.  

“They used to rely on tourists and people visiting the city for their daily meals, but the pandemic has taken away even that from them. They’ve been suffering for over a year now, and are grateful for even the little they get because of people’s kindness. But these mothers deserve so much more. They deserve to live a healthy life.” - Mukund Prabhu ji

This Radhashtami, Hare Diety Movement is determined to change the plight of the widows in Vrindavan.

Hare Diety Movement’s Relentless Efforts

While their initiatives are spread across the country, the Hare Diety Movement’s undertakings in Vrindavan are always special. Here, The Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir is not just for prayer. It is a kitchen that brews and cooks meals for hundreds of thousands of widows, sadhus and homeless people in Vrindavan. This centralized kitchen cooks wholesome meals and transports them to several centres so widows and sadhus can enjoy a hot, home-cooked meal. Food is cooked in extremely hygienic conditions and prepared using good quality ingredients. Most importantly, it is all blessed and charged with positive vibrations before anyone partakes it. 

“Last year, we gave more than 7 lakh meals to widows, sadhus and the homeless, serving  them breakfast, lunch and dinner. This year, with your help, we want to give fresh meals to over 6000 widows every day. But we can’t do this alone.”

How You Can Help

The Hare Diety Movement faces many challenges today. The pandemic has adversely hit the number of people travelling to the pilgrimage destination. Help is dwindling and fewer people are coming forward to support these helpless women. Hare Diety Movement now needs your help to get grocery kits so that they can cook and distribute fresh and healthy meals to the widows of Vrindavan on the auspicious day of Radhashtami.

With your support, Hare Diety Movement can give thousands of abandoned elderly women a better, healthier life.


About Hare Diety Movement

Hare Diety Movement in Vrindavan has been involved in various charitable and religious activities for more than 15 years now. They have been helping thousands of Sadhus in the Holy Land of Vrindavan, Mathura, Barsana & other places of Vraja Dham by providing them with food, blankets, essential grocery kits, etc as part of charitable activities. In their efforts to help the widows, they have provided more than 6000 widows with nutritious food for years. Hare Diety Movement and its affiliates shall distribute the cooked meals or ration kits to sadhus, widow mothers and other needy in Vrindavan.

About International Gaudiya Vedanta Trust:

IGTV's aim is to promote universal brotherhood, love and peace by spreading spiritual knowledge. It is the endeavour of IGVT to build temples and preaching centres as places of peace, balance and personal upliftment. They work through the Pure Bhakti centres and provide aid to many communities. Amid the corona outbreak, they've been striving to help vulnerable communities. They have provided cooked meals from their temples across Delhi, Ambala Vrindavan, Bengal, Bangalore and Puri. They distribute almost 1200+ plates of cooked food in Vrindavan. They have also provided grocery kits to over 200+ Sadhus in Vrindavan.

Note: All the donations  towards this campaign is eligible for Indian Tax Exemption.