New Delhi. Prachar Pramukh of Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram Pramod Pethkar said on September 16, that “Vanvasi kalyan Aashram is working since last 7 decades across the country. To protect and promote the culture and tradition of Janjati society, we have taken many initiatives including education, game skilling. There are more than 20,000 projects in the sector of Education, Health, Sports, Agriculture etc. at 14,000 places. And this is happening across more than 50000 villages in the country”.
We are organising Akhil Bharatiya Karyakarta Sammelan of Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram in Samalakha (Haryana) on September 20-22, 2024. This is organised in every three years. There is a special ritual on September 21 by 80 different Janjati Community in 80 Pandals. With this Sammelan, people across the country will be aware of this tradition. Earlier also when this sammelan was organised in Shirdi, special ritual was performed there. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat Ji will also participate in this Sammelan. More than 2000 people from across the country are expected to participate in this Sammelan, said Pramod Pethkar.
Some janjatis worship the Saakar (in visible form), while some worship the Niraakar (the formless). There is diversity as well as the feeling of unity in this event. The importance of the East direction in the worship, the experience of seeing God in nature like water-fire-trees, invocation and worship of Shiva and Ganesh is also there, which forms the integral part of Hindu faith and culture. Whenever a worship is organized in the janjati society, then bhajan-kirtan-dance is also organised. One special thing is that instead of individual worship, collectivism is seen in the worship, which is an integral part of the culture, said Vanvashi Kalyan Ashram.
