Oct92026RemembranceToday
Shri Sant Gurudev Maharaj's punyatithi
Timings to be announcedGurudas Seva Ashram, Ghatnandur
Gurudev Maharaj's day of remembrance. Timings and the programme will be added here soon.
Since 1984 · Ghatnandur, Beed
Service to humanity is the true worship
A home for those who need it most
Since 1984 the ashram has been home to the students of its hostel, the elders of its old-age home and its sevaks. Your gift keeps this ashram family going.
Women's self-relianceLivelihoods from the land since the early years 
AnnadanIt began in a hut kitchen 
Health campCheck-ups and homeopathic treatment, Sept 2026
- years of seva
- 40+
- students housed
- 120
- elders in care
- 35
- trees planted
- 9,000
Since 1984
Ghatnandur, Tal. Ambajogai, Dist. Beed
14 acres given
Gurudev Maharaj gave his own land for seva
Charitable trust
Akhil Bharatiya Gurudas Seva Ashram
40+ years of seva
Hostel, old-age home, annadan, health
About the ashram
An ashram of seva, born from Rashtrasant's Gramgeeta
The Akhil Bharatiya Gurudas Seva Ashram is a spiritual and social-service ashram in Ghatnandur (Tal. Ambajogai, Dist. Beed). Shri Sant Gurudev Maharaj founded it in 1984 by giving his own 14 acres of land.
Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj's Gramgeeta is its foundation: when the village improves, society improves, and when society improves, so does the nation. In that spirit the ashram runs a hostel for the boys and girls who live there, a home for elders with no one to care for them, and, for this ashram family, annadan, health check-ups and music and bhajan training.
Gurudev Maharaj used to say that Ram is found in work. He saw God in the fields, in caring for elders and in teaching children. With the same spirit, the ashram family serves every day.
Our story
From barren land to a green ashram
When Gurudev Maharaj gave his 14 acres in 1984, the land was barren and rocky. Villagers gave their labour as shramdaan: they built bunds, farmed the land and planted trees.
Today the same land holds a hostel, an old-age home, fields and green trees. In this journey of forty years, every stage was built through seva.
Drag the line left and right to compare then and today.
Read the full storyKey stages of the journey
1984
The ashram is founded
Gurudev Maharaj gives 14 acres; a charitable trust and the Akhil Bharatiya Gurudas Seva Ashram.
The early years
Shramdaan and building
Bunds in rocky ground, farming and tree planting; the first buildings, raised by the ashram family.
The years after
Hostels
Hostels for boys and girls: school education, values and computer training.
The years after
Old-age home
A home for elders with no one: meals, shelter, health check-ups and satsang.
2016
Anubhav Prasad Bhajanavali
The first book of Gurudev Maharaj's bhajans is published.
2018
Gurudev's samadhi
On 9 October Gurudev Maharaj leaves his body; his mahasamadhi memorial is at the ashram.
Today
The work continues
Hostel, old-age home, annadan, health camps, bhajan and the dream of the Manavata Mandir.
Our seva
Eight sevas, one purpose
From the education of rural children to the care of elders with no one, every part of the ashram's work grew from Gurudev Maharaj's belief that seva is worship.
Students' hostel
Home and schooling for the hostel's children
The ashram runs separate hostels for boys and girls. The students who live there receive school education, values, computer training and practice in bhajan.
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Old-age home
Care and dignity for the old-age home's elders
Elders with no one to support them live at the ashram and are cared for as family: meals, shelter, health check-ups and the company of bhajan and satsang.
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Health camps
Check-ups and treatment for the ashram family
Check-up and treatment camps are held at the ashram for the elders who live there, the hostel's students and the sevaks.
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Annadan
Daily meals for the ashram family
Annadan began at a wood fire in a hut kitchen, and it has never stopped.
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Music & bhajan
Harmonium, tabla, taal and the bhajan tradition
Gurudev Maharaj's khanjiri bhajan tradition is alive at the ashram. The hostel's students learn harmonium, tabla and taal, and the ashram family holds bhajan and satsang regularly.
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Gramgeeta & freedom from addiction
The Gramgeeta's ideas and freedom from addiction
Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj's Gramgeeta is the ashram's foundation. Gurudev Maharaj carried it from village to village through his bhajans.
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Women's empowerment
The women of the ashram: taking part, standing on their own
From the very first years, the women of the ashram family have done much of its farming, shramdaan and seva.
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Farming, cows & environment
From barren land to a green campus
The ashram's once-barren land is green today. The ashram family farms the land, cares for the cows and plants trees.
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Life at the ashram
A day at the ashram
In the morning the kitchen starts cooking for everyone. Elders sit and talk on the bench under the trees, grandmothers share tea and news on the veranda, and some of the women sort groundnuts together.
The hostel children, the elders of the old-age home and the sevaks who serve them all live on the same campus. The ashram is their family.
माय माऊली भारत भूमी पहाती तुमच्याकडे ।जन्मभूमीचे ऋण फेडण्या कोण येतो पुढे ॥— Shri Sant Gurudev Maharaj
Mother India is looking to you: who will come forward to repay the debt to the land of our birth? (Gurudev Maharaj's call to the young.)
Coming up
Upcoming events
- Oct92026
Dec112026Remembrancein 63 days
Shri Sant Gurudev Maharaj's jayanti
Timings to be announcedGurudas Seva Ashram, Ghatnandur
Gurudev Maharaj was born on 11 December 1949. Programme details soon.
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Visit
Come to the ashram
The ashram sits in green surroundings, about a kilometre from the Someshwar temple. You are welcome to experience the bhajan, the seva and the daily life of the ashram.
- Gurudas Nagar, Ghatnandur Tal. Ambajogai, Dist. Beed, Maharashtra 431519