The living grounds
The community kitchen that lets no one sleep hungry, the gaushala that shelters rescued cows, the chemical-free farms, and the places taking shape to welcome all who visit.
Mohanji Annakshetra
A simple plate of food becomes a vessel of grace - reminding everyone that kindness still moves the world. Our community kitchen undertakes this sacred seva daily: free, fresh, sattvic meals served round the clock with compassion, dignity and warmth.
Mohanji's vision is simple - let no one sleep hungry. All beings are welcomed: the needy nearby, ashram residents and staff, and visitors. The food we serve is what we ourselves eat, and the grace does not stop at the ashram gates: nutritious meals reach nearby tribal areas, migrant families and those in need. Here, each plate is prasad - compassion in action.
Annadaan is mahadaan - the highest form of charity. Take care of your family, but also do what you can for society, thus reducing the intensity and weight of your own existence, family and lineage.- Mohanji
Sponsor Annadaan
Sponsor a single day, a week, or make a monthly commitment - or mark a special milestone like a birthday or anniversary. Your contribution helps us reach more schools, villages and families in need.
Gokulam Gaushala
Vedic wisdom, rooted in non-violence, regarded cows as celestial beings. Mohanji set up the Gokulam Gaushala to love, care for and respect them - a home for abandoned, old, rescued and injured cows, where they feel protected and happy.
Our first friends - Shiva the bull, and the mothers Rukmini and Satyabhama with their calves Radha and Madhav - came from around a hundred cows rescued from slaughter by local gauraksha organisations. They no longer fear for their lives; Rukmini has since delivered healthy calves, Ram and Sundari, the first born in our space. With the community's support, we hope to slowly expand this safe haven and rescue many more.
Sponsor Gau Seva
Sponsor a single day, a week, or make a monthly commitment - or mark a special milestone like a birthday or anniversary. Serving and protecting the cows is a sacred seva that brings blessings to untold generations.
Why are cows considered sacred?
From Mohanji's book, Mast - The Ecstatic
It is said the great sage Vasishtha requested the creator Brahma, on behalf of all the sages on Earth, for a completely sattvic being to help them lead a sattvic life - providing sattvic food, and materials for fire ceremonies and purification. Lord Brahma provided the cow.
We are nourished by its milk and milk products. Its dung and urine - antiseptic and sattvic - are used to clean and purify our homes and places of worship; ghee purifies the offerings for rituals; solidified dung fuels our fire ceremonies, and dung and urine fertilise organic farming.
But Lord Brahma warned: these peaceful, subtle beings cannot protect themselves; in return for its service, humankind must promise to protect the cow. Sage Vasishtha promised on behalf of the sages - and so cows are protected by the tradition in keeping with that promise. Lord Krishna showed the world, by protecting cows, that they must be cared for.
We drink the cow's milk; the cow is like our mother, and we respect our mother. Our association with the cow was meant to be a collaboration. Our scriptures state that the cow's body is the abode of many deities. Those who respect cows are spontaneously sattvic - when we connect to a sattvic being, we become what we are connected to.
Like a tree, sattvic beings such as cows absorb toxins and negative energies from their surroundings yet release only pure, positive materials, purifying the world from the gross to the subtle. The cow stores these negativities and destroys them at death - which is why a cow's meat should never be eaten.
Mohanji Farms
Mohanji Farms creates self-sustaining, eco-friendly environments - fostering a connection with Mother Nature and providing sustainable produce, used primarily in the Annakshetra and shared with our local community.
It is based on traditional, natural, organic, chemical-free methods that respect and nurture the land, demonstrating a commitment to learning and growing with it for a low-waste, sustainable ecosystem.
Key aspects
Crops & diversity
Native trees, fruit trees and seasonal vegetables, with a focus on medicinal plants, herbs and traditional, high-nutrition crops.
Sustainability practices
No-till practices, soil building, seed saving and water conservation at the heart of the work.
Integrated animal care
Supported by the Gokulam Gaushala - including the Punganur cows - central to the farm's ecological and spiritual balance.
Community & seva
Run by volunteers and visitors, offering a chance to reconnect with Nature and make seva a conscious, spiritual practice.
Taking shape
While the master plan for permanent temples and accommodation is underway, these projects are being built now to support our daily programs and welcome visitors from across the world.
Satsang Hall & Sunset Gazebo
A bamboo-and-steel hall before Lord Dattatreya - an open, thatched, earthen-floored space for programs and a mini-library - with a hexagonal gazebo amid the farms, overlooking the Tansa at sunset.
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Ahimsa Café & Store
A vegan café, and a store for books from Gurulight, Mohanji merchandise, statues and meditation mats - including items blessed by Mohanji. Surplus supports the ashram's ongoing work.
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Rustic Cottages
Simple, comfortable cottages near the Annakshetra for volunteers and visitors - grounded in nature, so we can host seekers for programs and retreats as the ashram grows.
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