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Working for the upliftment of the forest brethren through Sanskar Shiksha

‘एकल श्रीहरि’ एकल अभियान के अंतर्गत एक समाजसेवी संगठन है, जिसका मुख्य उद्देश्य मूल्याधारित संस्कार शिक्षा के द्वारा वन-बंधुओं के सांस्कृतिक, सामाजिक, आर्थिक और शैक्षिक उत्थान के लिए कार्य करना है।

EKAL SHRIHARI is a social organisation whose chief objective is to work towards the upliftment of culturally, socially and economically disadvantaged citizens residing in remote, mountainous, tribal and hilly regions through imparting moral education based on the quintessential values of the five-fold education system of the Ekal campaign.

A letter of blessings bearing the Shri Hari seal
A message of blessings received by the organisation
Our story

From Kolkata in 1996 to chapters across India and Nepal

In the year 1996 the Ekal Shrihari Satsang Samiti was founded in Kolkata, followed by its establishment in Mumbai in 1998. Today the organisation has national chapters in Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and Surat, state chapters in Agra, Siliguri, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, sub chapters in cities across the length and breadth of the country, and three chapters of the Nepal Rashtra.

The organisation strives to bring about positive societal change and promote holistic development in the areas of culture, society, economy and education of the forest brethren. As of October 2025 there are 53,531 Sanskar Kendras with a monthly attendance of 24,38,804 people, and 109 Shri Hari Raths travel from village to village.

Rashtriya Gandhi Shanti Puraskar 2017The Ekal Campaign, devoted to the welfare of the forest dwellers, has been recognised and awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize in the year 2017.

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Our objective · हमारा लक्ष्य

Establish, connect, awaken

4 lakh

Establish

Establishment of “Sanskar Kendra” moral centres in 4 lakh forest-dwelling tribal villages.

4 लाख वनवासी जनजातीय गाँवों में संस्कार केन्द्र की स्थापना।
40 crore

Connect

Connecting and empowering 40 crore forest-dwelling people with urban society, with a special focus on the inclusion of women and youth in the planning process.

40 करोड़ वनवासी समाज को नगरीय समाज से जोड़ना और ऊर्जावान बनाना एवं महिलाओं तथा युवाओं को योजना में मुख्य रूप से जोड़ना।
Awareness

Awaken

Establishing a cultured, self-reliant, health-conscious and aware forest-dwelling society by organising more and more cultural and religious programmes in forest villages and making them aware of their rights.

सांस्कृतिक, धार्मिक कार्यक्रमों का अधिकाधिक आयोजन कर संस्कारित, स्वावलंबी, स्वास्थ्य और अपने अधिकारों के प्रति जागरूक वनवासी समाज की स्थापना करना।
Panchmukhi Shiksha

One of the five fields of the Ekal campaign

The Ekal Abhiyan works in five fields — primary education, health, village development, awakening and Sanskar Shiksha (value-based education). Ekal Shrihari carries the fifth: through Sanskar Kendras, Katha and Satsang, the Shri Hari Rath, trained Kathakars, Vyas and Acharyas, Gau Gram and Vanyatra it brings culture, values and a message of addiction-free, self-reliant living to the forest villages.

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Letter from the Prime Minister's Office to the organisation
Our training centres · प्रशिक्षण केन्द्र

Where our Kathakars are trained

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Contribute · योगदान

Let us join this grand movement of societal transformation and contribute to the creation of a new India. Your donation to the organisation is exempt under section 80G of the Income Tax Act.