Charans.........Knowing us better

In olden days Charans were much respected, being trusted friends through thick and thin. Whoever caused the death of a Charan was turned out of his caste and treated as infamous and degraded beyond redemption. Charans (men or women), when engaged to attend a traveller, protected him by threatening to kill themselves if any harm befell their client.
 Always with the Rajputs, they were found in Mewar, Gujarat, and Marwar. Kings and landlords gave them grants of villages, and various kings also gave them Lakh Pasavs, a large gift equivalent to 100,000 rupees. It usually consisted of elephants, money, and ornaments. The kings would also invite them to occupy a place of esteem in the Royal Courts.
Indeed, a Rajput's regard for a Charan was uppermost. In a procession, a Charan would sit on an elephant and the king would walk in attendance. In return, a Charan would always honour a Rajput, by giving him shelter when the Rajput was in distress. A Charan's status was such that, if anyone who committed murder and took shelter at the house of a Charan, the pursuer would not touch the culprit.While they are considered to be great warriors and extremely loyal citizens, they were equally revered by kings for their taste in literature and love for poetry. Because of their ability to compose poems instantaneously, another popular way of addressing members of the Charan caste is "Kaviraj", which literally means "king among poets".

In between social order of the Rajputs and the status of the Brahmans there is a caste of Charans which exercises a great respectability and influence in Rajasthan. The speciality of the caste is that it combines in its characteristics of Rajputs and Brahmans in an adequate manner.

Charans ...........digging our roots.

when Rana Sangram Singh popularly known as Rana Sanga was the ruler of chittorgarh from 1509 to 1527 .He once went to aakhet where an elephent lost his temper and ran towards rana sanga seeing this Haridass mahiyaria who was also accompaning the maharana remembered her sister devi sundar baisa ,atonce the elephant turned around and everyone was safe.after coming to fort Rana Sanga told everyone that in the jungle he saw a hand on the elephants head and thats the moment he got saved .On knowing that it was the hand of non other that "Sundar maa" rana sanga offered Haridasji Mahiyaria to act as rular of Mewar for three days as reward and gave jageer of "Panchli village".Sundar baisa and her hands are worshipped by "Mahiyaria" till today .The main temple is at "Bhildi" in Bhilwara dist.The pond there have miracle and can cure skin desises.

A golden statue of Dursaji stands in Achalgadh, Mount Abu. Dursaji's niece the mother-goddess Karni Mata|Karni(between 1387 and 1537) is revered as the major deity of Rathod and other communities of this region. She is supposed to have helped Rao Bika (a ruler of Rajasthan) to occupy the territory of Bikaner. Her shrine is at Deshnok near Bikaner.
A saintly Charan woman, mother of Baru Charan, helped Hamir, Maharana of Mewar|Rana Hamir, using her own funds to supply him with 500 horses to use in the recovery of Chittorgarh|Chittor.

jal he jeevan hai

Water three forth of our earth consists of water .water chemically made of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen.it is the basic requirement of life.
Now a days water is found to be scerce and lot of awarness is generated to tell people how to conserve water.Rain water harvesting is also in as water is not generated it only changes its form .Recycling of waste water into pure form .
Water is used for almost everything Drinking,bathing,preparing food ect 

hangama hai kyu barpa......

राडिया, विकिलीक्स क्या बला है ? इक देशी ते दूसरी विदेशी रहिस्योद्घातन है .
देश की बात करे तो आज कल आये दिन ऐसे होता रहता है बोफ़ोर्स के ज़माने से ले कर आज तक सभी दलाली ही तो कर रहे है राजनेता ,अफसर ,पत्रकार . यही हाल रहा तो जल्द ही बोर्डर की तरह पूरा देश बिक जायगा और हमें किसी वेबसाइट या समाचारपत्र या मोबाइल पर सन्देश मिलेगा .यहाँ
राडिया टेप्स के बात करे तो निजी बातचीत को सार्वजनिक करना मौलिक स्वतंत्रता के अधिकार का हनन है पर प्रश्न ये है की क्या मुट्ठी भर लोगो को यह हक़ है की करोडो नागरिको के खून पसीने की कमाई को हड़पने की साजिश करे .
विकिलीक्स पर अमरीका के करीब ढाई लाख गोपनीय दस्तावेज़ ज्यो के त्यों छाप कर सनसनी फैला दी गई .दस्तावेजों में रूस के व्लादमीर पुतिन को "अल्फ़ा डॉग" और फ्रांस के निकोलस सर्कोज़े को "नंगा सम्राट  " कहा गया कई और अमरीका की विदेश नीति का काला पन्ना खुल कर उसे सकपकाया हुआ कर दिया .अमरीका जो इक कुशल लोकतंत्र है में इस तरह से होना खतरनाक मान रहे है किन्तु यह तो होना ही था आज नहीं तो कल यह तथ्य सार्वजनिक खुद अमरीका करता .खीज उसे इस बात की है की समय से पहले और अमरीका के पुक्ता कहे जाने वाले,अभेद्य दुर्ग सामान तंत्र को एक अदना से वेबसाईट ने बिना अमरीकी जानकारी के अमरीकी कुत्नेतिक दस्तावेजों को दुनिया के सामने रख दिया .

Seva Mandir Udaipur..........Seva in true scence.

Seva Mandir ,NGO in true sence .


...For a greater cause

SEVA,SADHNA,KRANTI...the motto

Seva Mandir, Udaipur. Rajasthan

Thanks to Dr.Mohan Sinha Mehta ,The founder.

.........serving the humanity since 12.02.1968


Seva Mandir is transforming lives through democratic and participatory development.




Seva Mandir works for water harvesting by making anicuts in forest areas.




Seva Mandir works for Education,Environment

 Seva Mandir works in Udaipur and Rajsamand districts of southern Rajasthan.The work area encompasses 626 villages and 56 urban settelments.In total the organisation reaches 70,000 households, influencing the life of approximately 360,000 persons.

Seva Mandir works for upliftment or rural masses by providing them employment and protecting forest.

Seva Mandir also runs a creash /playschool for babies of working women .

Seva Mandir helps Adivasi villagers lead a good life and works for child welfare

Sadhna a subsidery of Seva mandir sells cloths made by rural ladies, you can buy good hand crafted shirts, kurtas etc. and sell them thru exebitions and its outlet in Delhi ,Jaipur and udaipur and use the funds for women empoverment and rural upliftment and environment restoration...

  Seva Mandir focuses on :

Enhancing people’s capabilities for self development by working for improved literacy levels, better health status and sensitization against oppressive gender relations.
Creating sustainable improvements in the livelihoods base by revitalizing the natural resource base of communities.
Strengthening village institutions by creating an alternative paradigm of power structures and community interactions that reinforce the positive forces of cooperation ,transparency ,equity, justice and responsible citizenship.
Bringing rural women to the mainstream ...

 Educate the rural masses and orgnise them socially and economically facilitate rural product by giving them market free of middleman...

Seva Mandir organises gram sabha regularly ,helps in improving senitation facility in villages.
helps in community farming or cooperative farming.rural women empowerment

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