Dera Sacha Sauda is a Social Welfare & Spiritual Organization that preaches and practices humanitarianism and selfless services to others. The main centre of the ashram is located in Sirsa (northern India). More than 60 million people around the world are faithful followers of the organization. Spiritual seekers learn to meditate and follow the principles laid down by Revered Guruji.
History of Dera Sacha Sauda (Sirsa)
Literally means a place of real truth.
God’s True words or the True Method of Meditation is imparted over here.
Guru of His Holiness Shah Mastana Ji Maharaj, the Revered Saint Sawan Shah Ji Maharaj when pleased with Mastana Ji’s eternal love for his Satguru, embraced Mastana Ji with the divine power of Spirituality. He sent him to semi-arid Transitional Plains of India known as Bagar area to emancipate people through God’s True Words.
Mastana Ji was then honored with the title of “Emperor of Bagar” by Revered Sawan Shah Ji Maharaj. Respectfully, He chose Sirsa as the epicenter of Spirituality and put the foundation stone of Dera Sacha Sauda on 29th April 1948.
His Holiness taught the Method of Meditation for 12 years to thousands of seekers and encouraged them to abandon evil deeds and live an honest life through hard work. Shah Mastana Ji Maharaj also established at least a dozen additional ashrams in the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi etc. He tried to shower his divine blessings far and wide.
Childhood of His Holiness
Being the only child of his parents, he was the favorite of everybody in his family.
From a very tender age, his deeds hinted at the fact that he wasn’t an ordinary child. Soon, his parents realized that he wasn’t merely a child but the image of the Lord. And thus, they never hurt him physically or verbally.
The natives of the land also learned about this special child.
His Holiness was always a kind and helping child. He used to help the poor and needy financially and in every way possible for him. These qualities he carried into his adulthood and are reflected in his personality even today.
During years of his education, His Holiness performed excellently in academics, sports and co-curricular activities. He also did whatever he did with great dedication and confidence.
At just eight years of age, Revered Pitaji started driving a tractor in his father’s agricultural fields.
At a very young age of just seven, His Holiness was bestowed with the Naam from Param Pita Shah Satnam Singh Ji Maharaj at Dera Sacha Sauda, Sirsa. And this was how one Master Saint found the next in the lineage.
Param Pita Shah Satnam Singh Ji Maharaj invited his disciples from all over the country and conducted a grand Satsang where His Holiness declared Revered Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan as the successor to the divine throne.
In this formal ceremony, Shah Satnam Singh Ji Maharaj bestowed spiritual wealth to Pitaji and handed him the charge of the Dera.
This date is not only a milestone in the history of the Dera Sacha Sauda but also an important date for all the mankind. It was on this date, that Revered Pitaji left his family at a young age of 23 and sacrificed himself to the cause of humanity.
Since then Revered Pitaji has worked tirelessly to spread the divine message and blessings of our Param Guru, throughout the world.
Many Welfare activities are performed by the organisation.
131 Humanitarian Works
Dedicated To Humanity
Dera Sacha Sauda is an organization which prides itself in spiritual and social welfare of the masses. It is well known for its humanitarian work and for being a confluence of all religions.
People from all walks of life are welcome in the Dera, irrespective of their religion or race or nationality.
The Dera Sacha Sauda Sirsa was founded on 29th April 1948 by Spiritual Master Shah Mastana Ji Maharaj. Shortly thereafter, His Holiness appointed Param Pita Shah Satnam Ji Maharaj as his successor on 28th February 1960. After a few decades, on 23rd September 1990, Param Pita Shah Satnam Ji Maharaj announced Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, the present Spiritual Master, as his successor.
NOVEL AND TRANSFORMATIVE INITIATIVES
- CROWN OF THE LINEAGE
Promoting matrilineal inheritance (parallel to the usual patrilineal one) by encouraging the boy (if he has another male sibling) to relocate to his wife’s parental place with everyone’s consent and look after her parents as his own responsibility.
- THE BRAVEHEART DEVOUT WARRIOR
Motivating independent women to marry handicapped persons of a marriageable age.
- SHUBHDEVI (BANE REMOVED BY BOON)
Revered Guru Ji adopts the girls entrapped in prostitution as his own daughters, gets them medically treated and rehabilitate them with the social mainstream by arranging their marriage, thus, creating a movement against prostitution.
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- SUKHDUA (A COMMUNITY THAT PRAYS FOR THE WELL BEING OF ALL)
Eunuchs (Hijra/ Kinnars) are the most discriminated and least respected segment in the society. Revered Guru Ji renamed them as “Sukh Dua Samaj”,took an initiative to adopt them and integrate them with social mainstream.
- FLIGHT OF SPIRIT
Arranging free treatment and marriages of girls who suffer from hostile acid throw by the miscreants.
- BEYOND IMAGINATION
To reach out to the victims of rape and gang rape and their families,to end their isolation and social ostracism. Young unmarried men who follow ‘Dera Sacha Sauda’ (Devout Warriors) shall volunteer to accept them as life partners, with their mutual consent.
- TRUE INSPIRATION
Encouraging people to pledge to never accept or give bribes to make India a corruption free nation.
- SERVING UNCEASINGLY
To pray for the welfare of people and whole society by devoting at least 10-15 minutes towards meditation & donating minimum of 1 rupee per day for the welfare of society.
- A UNIQUE INITIATIVE
Inspiring people to utilize money for welfare works for humanity instead of spending money on superstitions like performing rituals and unnecessary expenditures on occasions as birth, marriage and death.
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
- HEALTH-DELIGHT
Educating the young generation to be health conscious by organizing different sports events and promoting mutual cooperation for a better society.
- AN INITIATIVE
Spreading awareness on the menace of AIDS & homosexuality by arranging seminars and distributing books in schools and colleges regarding these, thus, encouraging moral values among younger generation.
- DIGNIFIED HUMANISM
Counselling the youths to avoid eve/adam teasing i.e. prevent unethical behavior.
- CAREER GUIDE
To provide career counseling to school/college going students who are rather in dilemma to choose the appropriate career line according to their capabilities for bright future.
- SELF-RELIANCE
Helping unemployed citizens by making them independent through self employment or finding a job.
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
- ROYAL DAUGHTERS
With an aim to counter the menace of female feticide and gender based discrimination of girls, Revered Guru Ji has adopted the girls who were to be killed in fetus or are abandoned by parents as his own foster daughters. He has inspired lacs of followers to take a pledge not to kill their unborn daughters.
- THE BUD OF KNOWLEDGE
Promoting girl’s education through awareness and acilitation.
- EMPOWERED WOMEN
Operating training centers for giving self-defense techniques to females.
- SELF-ESTEEM
Setting up vocational centers such as stitching centers, looms for weaving etc. as source of employment for women in rural areas.
- SAVE WOMANHOOD
Assisting destitute women.
- ANTICIPATED LIFE
Helping young widows getting married again.
- BLESSINGS
Providing help to financially poor and unprivileged girls to get married.
- THE NEW MORN
To help and counsel young divorcee women to get married again and start a new life by finding good matches.
- SORROW FREE JOURNEY
To arrange marriages of girls who are physically challenged, suffering from vitiligo (skin disorder), speech disorders/stammering etc. with Devout warriors.
- RESPECT MOTHERHOOD
Providing healthy and nutritious food and medical treatment to extremely poor pregnant women.
- MOTHER CHILD GUARDIANS
Bringing up the newly born babies and nurturing the poor pregnant women for some time till the baby grows to some extent.
- SELF DEFENCE TRAINING
To Counter crime against women by teaching them self defence to tackle anti-social elements: Training them in Judo, Taekwondo and martial arts at grassroots level
ACCESS TO HEALTH & MEDICAL CARE
- REJUVENATION
Organizing free polio camps and facilitating polio vaccination to the newly born.
- TRUE BLOOD PUMP
Running an International blood bank and conducting several mega blood donation drives worldwide to fulfill blood needs of major blood banks world over. In addition, blood donations are made by volunteers, wherever required, for the police, journalists, patients of thalassemia etc. by members of Dera Sacha Sauda spread all over the world. Dera Sacha Sauda also happens to be the largest blood donor to the Indian Military including Army, Air Force and Navy.
- PUBLIC WELFARE
Organizing monthly free treatment and medical checkup camps (Jan Kalyan Parmarthi Shivir) providing services of specialist & super specialist Doctors, along with free tests.
- DIVINE LIGHT/ TRANSPLANTING EYES
Conducting free eye operations, providing medicines and accommodation, care and assistance to thousands of patients in a free eye camp on 13th, 14th & 15th December every year, apart from regular monthly camps.
- CAMPAIGN TO RELIEVE STRESS
Organizing free counseling camps by Doctors for the people suffering from depression and mental stress in order to alleviate their stress and refrain them from committing a crime like suicide.
- NANHA FARISHTA (A Medical MINI Angel)
Organizing medical checkup camps in remote villages by the Ashram’s Mobile Hospital, “Nanha Farishta“.
- TRUE HAPPY
Running True Happy (Heart Attack Prevention Program for You), A Project for free heart checkup and prevention of heart diseases through a holistic and preventive approach.
- AIDS AWARENESS
Prevention of AIDS by spreading awareness and helping those who are fighting with it.
- NURTURING MOTHER AND CHILD
Organizing free medical camps to provide free medical care including medicines, advice, tests and follow up to ensure good health of the expectant mothers and their unborn babies.
- BACK TO NATURE
Homosexuality is a huge problem for the present as well as coming generations. Revered Guru Ji has initiated a drive to eliminate homosexuality by providing counseling to them, cautioning them about possible health hazards and encouraging them to lead a normal life.
- HEALTHY PROGENY PROGRAM
Premarital medical checkup for prospective life partners to screen for any genetic disorder & ensure compatibility of their blood groups for a healthy progeny.
- HEALTH FOR THE MARGINALISED
Operating a leper’s home for leprosy patients, where patients are provided with all the medical, physical, mental and emotional help along with boarding & lodging arrangements.
- AYURVEDA- A PANACEA
Providing treatment of incurable diseases with the help of Yoga & Ayurveda with positive living.
- HELP ON CALL
24×7 ambulance is facilitated
- HEALTH AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
To abstain from the usage of non-stick and aluminium utensils and to educate people about it, so that one can be saved from the diseases caused by it.
COMPASSION MOVEMENT
- BIRDS’ NURTURING
Feeding birds and encouraging people to keep feed & water for birds on rooftops.
- STOP THE MASSACRE
Ensuring closure of animals’ Slaughter houses for animals and birds.
- SECURING LIFE
Believing in and teaching the way to non-violence.
- SAVE LIFE
Helping stray animals by providing them shelter, food and medical aid.
- PROTECTION
Encouraging farmers to use the left over stalks as fodder for animals instead of burning it. It will be useful in for animals and save the environment too.
SOCIAL AWAKENING & UPLIFTMENT
- SUPREME OBLIGATION
Encouraging children to avoid parental disdain. Rather treat them with honour, due obedience and courtesy.
- Constructing old age orphanages for the parents who have been neglected by their children.
- CONTENT WITH ONE
Promoting the message of ‘We (Husband-Wife as one family unit) are one, our child is one’ to check population explosion.
- LIBERATION FROM CURSE
Endorsing dowry-free marriages.
- RIGHTEOUS CUSTOM
Teaching & helping people to give-up superstitions, rumors, black magic and misguiding predictions.
- THE TRUE PATH
Discard corruption, loot, thefts etc and promotion of good human qualities like honesty, integrity, discipline etc. for the wholesome growth of the country.
- SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD
The well off, affluent families will give up subsidy, provided on different items by the government, in the favour & benefit of the needy & hapless to make the nation economically stronger & more stable.
- LIVELIHOOD THROUGH LABOR
Eradicating gambling and betting from the society.
- THE GAMBLE BETTOR, HOMES DOES SHATTER
The Gamble Bettor, Homes does shatter Shall stay away and motivate others from indulging in betting of any sort.
- HEALTHY LIFE
A concerted Anti – drug addiction and rehabilitation Campaign.
- DRUG FREE SOCIETY
Conducting awareness campaigns in different blocks/villages one at a time to make them liquor free.
- DINT OF HARDWORK ALONE
Shun the practice of begging by educating beggars about the fruits of hard work and enabling them to get into main stream society
- FREE ENTITLEMENT
Providing free legal aid.
- GET LIGHT IN THE DARK
Uniting the prisoners with God’s name and true meditation.
- TRUSTED RESORT
Helping those boys & girls who get eloped from their houses, by making them & their families understand about the consequences & further unite them, so that they can be saved from the so called hatred of society.
- MEDIATION
Resolving family disputes through Mediation & counseling instead of approaching courts and a tedious legal process.
- SAVE SOCIETY
Getting the brothels closed through legal means.
- TRIBAL MARRIAGES
To let them tie in the nuptial lock while ignoring wrong orthodox customs and traditions.
- CIVILIZED BEINGS
Reintegrating tribals with mainstream society.
- GENUINE GUIDANCE
Guiding people about the ills of child marriage.
- RU-B-RU
Ashram’s free matrimonial service under Ru-B-Ru program through website (www.marriagerubru.com) as well as through a Help Desk.
- NEW LIGHT OF HOPE
Promoting widows marriage by the in-laws family like their own daughter, if the girl is willing to.
- FOOTSTEPS TOGETHER
Supporting physically disabled people and gainfully employed, to help them to get married and generate employment for them.
- DEVOTEE’S METTLE
Encouraging Devout Warriors (Bhakt Yodha)to tie nuptial knots with the physically challenged girls.
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION & AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
- CLEANSE CAMPAIGN
Promoting cleanliness and hygiene by encouraging people to keep the environment clean; Dera Sacha Sauda regularly organizes Mega cleanliness campaigns in different cities which are led by Guruji Himself.
- NATURE CAMPAIGN
Making people aware and encouraging them to save trees and to plant & nurture more saplings for the coming generations to live in a healthy environment. People are also provided with saplings for plantation.
- SCIENTIFIC FARMING
Educating and guiding farmers to get better yields from their land under agriculture by promoting scientific techniques of cultivation.
- SAVE THE FOOD PRODUCER (Agronomist)
To appoint team of Agriculture Scientists having the apt Knowledge pertaining to farmers’ interest who can guide and support farmers evading their frustration and distress which often lead them to suicide.
- BYE-BYE ETHENE
Totally giving up the use of polythene and switching to cloth bags.
- CLEAN SOCIETY
Construction of toilets by Dera followers for the people living below poverty line to discourage open toilets & ensure safety from bacteria and viruses.
- POLLUTION FREE ENVIRONMENT
Checking Pollution by making manure out of agri-waste instead of burning the fodder in the fields.
- WATER IS LIFE
Teaching that Water is life, to save it and encourage all for Harvesting Water.
- SAVE ENERGY
Making people aware about different ways & means of saving water and electricity.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Rendering disaster management training and first aid training to individuals through the Shah Satnam Ji Green ‘S’ Welfare Force Wing.
- DISASTER RELIEF
Relief operations during droughts, floods, earth-quakes, heavy snowfall and other natural calamities.
- FIRE DEFENDER
24×7 Fire fighter team with fully equipped fire tender vehicle.
- HUMANITY
Helping people, who met with an accident, helping them reach the hospital as soon as possible and ensuring the best possible medical care.
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Chemical less colors and reflectors ought to be affixed by expert and zealous devotees on the astray animals roaming to and fro in darkness at night, in order to avoid road accidents and save human lives.
- SAFE ROADS, SAFE LIVES
Clearing obstacles like trees and animal carcasses lying on roads to avert road accidents.
SPIRITUALITY
- CONFLUENCE OF ALL RELIGIONS
Believing & promoting religious unification that all religions lead to one God, promoting defacto unity to stop religious disputes and maintain brotherhood.
- PEACE AND SALVATION
Helping people lead a stress free life and attain salvation by the path of Gurumantra.
- CHARACTER BUILDING
Channelizing the younger generation away from immoral mores, cheap music and other means that makes youngsters directionless, by means of spiritual congregations and devotional hymns sung in modern music.
- SPIRITUAL CHARACTER
Promoting character buildup (which helps build up a healthy young generation free from fatal diseases like AIDS and other sexually transmitted illnesses without any medication) through Satsang, Yoga & Meditation.
- DIVINE BUDS
To habituate children towards meditation, where in return they will be rewarded with pocket money from their parents. This will further help them to attain confidence and stability towards inner peace via meditation. meditation will also assist them towards moral values and help them to shun vices and eradicate wrong doings.
- DIVINE CHARACTER
Promotion of vegetarianism.
- NEW FOUNDATIONS OF LIFE
Counselling the depressed people, motivating them to adopt a positive attitude towards life, encouraging them better their resolve to fight problems besides exhorting them to never consider suicide. The promotion of inner self confidence is only possible through the true method of meditation.
- PIOUS WOMB
Building character, values and good traits in coming generations by encouraging pregnant women to listen to true spiritual discourses and read stories of the noble and brave.
- SELF-DEFENCE
Anti-suicide teaching by promoting the fact that committing suicide is the greatest sin, and teaching free meditation to gain self confidence and joy from within.
MISSION PATH TO SERVE EVEN AFTER DEATH
- ETERNAL SERVICE
Encouraging posthumous body donation for medical research works.
- EYE DONATION
Encouraging posthumous eye donation.
- HEART DONATION – AN HONORABLE TASK
To motivate people for posthumous heart donation.
- KIDNEY DONATION – A MAGNIFICENT TASK
To motivate people to donate kidney to needy people under a fully lawful progress.
- SKIN BANK
To open a skin bank, to extract the skin of dead bodies so that skin of the dead bodies can be used for the skin coating of acid attack victims or burnt cases/fire victims.
- WELFARE FROM BONY CREMATION REMNANTS
The human remains, especially the bony part, are used to nurture and sustain saplings that grow into trees, thereby ending pollution.
SALUTE TO NATION
- PATRIOTISM
Helping and indulging in repair & maintenance of government buildings and pigmentation of walls with prior approval from government and governing bodies.
- BOYCOTT CHINESE PRODUCTS
Boycott Chinese Products.
- Motivating people to utilize the black money stashed away for public welfare.
- HUMANITARIAN COMFORT
Adopting and taking care of old aged people or children whose relatives have died in any misfortune or war and do not have any one to look after.
- HUMANITARIAN FAVOR
Supporting the families of those martyred or injured due to terrorism or while defending & F the nation or at any other public places.
- NATION’S ADORNMENT
To assist freedom-fighters in every possible way.
- SALUTE TO SHER-E-HIND
Helping the protectors of Nation, the Army & Army personnel, as much as possible.
- MANAGE HERITAGE
To help Handicapped Soldiers & their families, and to help families of slain soldiers who lost their lives in the call of duty.
MISSION SMILE
- ROYAL SHELTER
Operating the Shah Satnam Ji Asra Ashram for hapless orphan boys, where they are provided with state of art educational, boarding & lodging facilities along with mental and emotional upliftment.
- CHILD PROTECTION
Stopping child labor as well as promoting education.
- SAVE THE TINY HARDSHIP
Eradicating Child Labour and providing them education.
- STOP TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN
Resisting child trafficking by creating teams to check it.
- EDUCATION ENDOWMENT
The literate volunteers will provide free coaching during the exam days, to the poor & financially weak students, with their consent,to make them enjoy good result & taste success and excellence.
- REAL EDUCATION
To facilitate financial help and guidance for students from poorer sections of society. Career counseling is also provided to them.
- NEW LIFE
Providing financial help to patients belonging to economic weaker section to meet their medical needs.
- PATHWAY TO LIGHT
Opening special schools for blind & dumb children.
- FOOD BANK
Food is one of the most important needs to survive. Millions of people don’t get enough food, and many have surplus that they waste, so encouraging people to donate food items to the needy. 24×7 food service is available for the needy at the Ashram’s food banks.
- CLOTH BANK
Encouraging people to donate clothes to the needy who can’t afford to buy clothes by themselves.
- SMILE ON INNOCENT FACE
Developing Book-Banks and Toys-Banks so that the destitute children can also be provided with education and toys.
- HUMANITARIANISM
Helping people, who met with an accident, helping them reach the hospital as soon as possible and ensuring the best possible medical care
- COMPANION INDEED
Donating wheel chairs and artificial aids to the physically challenged and needy people.
- TRUE LIFE
Providing medical & emotional help along with treatment to mentally & physically challen[ged people, who tend to beg on public places; educating them on hard work and making them capable to integrate into society.
- LIFE’S BACKBONE
Requesting government to provide means of employment to the physically handicapped people.
- SHELTERS FOR THE DESTITUTE
To sheltered the people who are physically challenged & homeless in government aided homes called “Rain Basera – The home for needies” or to provide such type of help where these homes are not opened.
- WATER FACILITY
Facilitating clean drinking water in public places.
- HOMELY SHELTER
Providing “ready to move in” houses to the needy, unprivileged, widows and poor.
- BENEFACTOR OF OUR OWN BEINGS
Creating awareness among the people living in slums. Members of Shah Satnam Ji Green ‘S’ Welfare Force Wing motivate them to quit narcotics and request to Government to resolve their problems and bring them to Ashram for the betterment of their life.
- THE WARRIOR -EPITOME OF DEVOTION
A campaign to inspire women willing to marry widowers.
- THE GREATEST GIFT
Helping childless couples by helping them adopt children through legal adoption and thus bringing joys into their life.
- MOBILE WELFARE WORK
Using a mobile platform, distribute books and toys to poor children and arrange for their free education; Free medical checkup and medicine, offer free treatment and rations to the needy; IT experts to train in net-banking; nutrition information dissemination. - COW MILK PARTY
Celebrating parties with cow milk instead of other aerated & sugary drinks.
Tree Plantation Campaign
Mega Tree Plantation Drive on 14th August 2016
Dedicated to serve humanity, Dera Sacha Sauda has tradition to render, to contribute for the society’s benevolence on each & every occasion of gratification. Following the same, Revered Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan & the devotees , on His inspiration, celebrated Guruji ‘s birthday, His Incarnation Day by planting saplings. The Mega Plantation Drive was initiated by Revered Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan Himself on 14 August 2016 at around 7.30 a.m. at Shah Satnam Ji Dham , Sirsa , Haryana. Pursuing His action ,the crores of Dera followers also planted the saplings all over the country & abroad. Blessing the devotees & participants , Revered Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan advised them to take to take full proper care of the saplings planted by them.
He said that since the devotees were desperate to gift Him something on the Birthday , they were asked to come up with such wrapped wonder whose glitter would be witnessed by the whole world. So it was adjudicated that the Day , which is India’s Independence Day & His Incarnation Day, would be marked with the Plantation Drive. So that the whole environment would be joyous, placid & tranquil. This program was organised all over the world by planting most of the medicinal as well as fruit plants like Neem( azadirachta indica ), Peepal, Harad (terminalia chebula ), Baheda ( terminalia bellirica) etc. They are not only beneficial for health but purify the surroundings too. 3 crore 23 lakh 31 thousand and 75 seedlings have been planted so far, out of which 76% are thriving gloriously. Guruji asked to go for the charity & holy deeds of tree-plantation & blood donation to mark one’s special days like birthdays , anniversaries , the best way to celebrate & jubiliate.
Contact
Dera Sacha Sauda
Sirsa(Hry.), India – 125055
Phone : +91-1666-245688, 238250
Fax : +91-1666-238221, 011-43852022
Site : www.derasachasauda.org
Email : msg@derasachasauda.in
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