All World
Gayatri Pariwar

Shantikunj Campus News

From organizational point of view, All World Gayatri Pariwar (AWGP) in India has been divided into ten zones. These zones are further subdivided into 40 sub-zones. For effective functioning, more than 12 workshops have been held in different zones. Similar efforts have been initiated in other countries. To begin with, organizational set up has been created in the Chapters of AWGP in USA, Canada, UK and Australia. In order to bring similarity of approach in conducting programmes, presentations, etc., last year, a meeting of central working committee of USA was held in Los Angeles on August 13-15, 2004. This was presided over by the author of these lines. More than 40 representatives from different states in US participated in the meeting. As a follow up activity, this year also a national level meeting was held in Chicago on May 7-9, 2005 again in my presence. It is certain from the determination and efforts of participating parijans and the resolutions passed there that by the year 2011-12, our Mission will have a global presence. 

In countries, other than India, Gayatri Pariwar is known as ‘All World Gayatri Pariwar’. Therefore, the Chapters and Pragya Mandals operating in different cities abroad will be registered accordingly. For example,

All World Gayatri Pariwar,

Chapter: ------- (City’s name),

(Functioning under the aegis of Gayatri Teerth, Shantikunj, Hardwar, India).

There will be a single website – www.awgp.org. Different Chapters will be linked in accordance with their locations/countries. There will be a separate section titled ‘youth council’ for youth activities. 

In the coming 3 years, 3 new Centers for Gayatri Consciousness, similar to the one at Leicester (UK), will be opened in New Jersey, Chicago and Los Angeles. These will be multipurpose centers which will also serve as schools of training and education in Indian Culture. The representatives of Shantikunj will be permanently posted there so that these centers can cater to the needs of expansion of divine culture in USA and Canada. It is also planned to open up such centers in Atlanta and Houston (Texas), in future. The lands in New Jersey and Chicago have already been located. Only the legal formalities are to be completed. The activities of Chicago center are being looked after by Sri Harendra Mangola and Sri Narendra Desai. Their email addresses are given as follows:  sumitcon@aol.com and ned.desai@dresser.com

Youth activities are in full swing in USA, Canada, Australia and UK. Hundreds of youths have already been enrolled and the next generation volunteers are ready to embrace the future. It is our ardent request that all the active parijans of AWGP make sure that their children in the age groups of 8-14 years and 15-26 years actively participate in youth camps. A curriculum has been designed by DSVV for this purpose. Its cost has been kept at 10 dollars and 6 pounds. It has been printed in thick glazed paper in about 210 pages with plenty of illustrations. Its title is ‘Indian Culture – Pinnacle of Human Civilization’. It is accompanied by a 24-page booklet titled ‘Sensitization Program for Parents’. This has been written for the parents. It is available at the book stalls of Shantikunj and all the centers of USA.