By Navjivan Express 
Ahmedabad: For thousands of years, India has guided the world on the path of spirituality, cultural values, and humanity. However, the nation faces a new set of challenges today. On one hand, grand temples are being constructed, but on the other, thousands of youths are falling prey to drug addiction. Depression and stress are on the rise, families are breaking apart, youth migration from rural areas is increasing, and many underprivileged families are struggling for basic necessities like education, healthcare, and even respectful last rites.
In light of this situation, the Antimdham Charitable Trust has resolved to move beyond conventional religious discourses and launch a comprehensive national mass movement aimed at “social transformation through religion.” Addressing a press conference, Pujya Viral Bapu stated, “The purpose of religion is not confined to temples. The true meaning of religion is serving humanity, instilling values, providing education and healthcare, protecting the environment, and building the nation. God does not need temples made of gold; rather, the lives of God’s children should be golden.”
He further emphasized that today’s new generation does not blindly accept superstitions but values logic, science, and evidence. Therefore, the time has come to present religion from a scientific perspective. With this objective, the Trust will launch a nationwide campaign titled “Science and Religion – Two Sides of One Coin.” This initiative will explain the scientific, health, and cultural significance behind Vedic traditions—such as lighting a ghee lamp, performing Yagna, applying tilak, offering aarti, worshipping the Tulsi and Peepal trees, and fasting—in a simple language for students, the youth, and society at large.
Pujya Viral Bapu warned, “The greatest war of the coming century will not be fought on borders, but against drugs, depression, family disputes, and the crisis of cultural values. If we do not guide our youth in the right direction today, not just the economy, but the entire society will have to pay a heavy price tomorrow.” To combat this, the Trust will initiate a state-wide drug de-addiction campaign, establish yoga and meditation centers, and launch family values programs, mental health awareness drives, youth personality development workshops, and value-based education campaigns. A massive blood donation camp will be organized on the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima, while nutritious food will be distributed to daughters under the ‘Nutrition and Health Campaign’ during Gauri Vrat.
The Trust also announced two historic upcoming service projects. The first is Vrindavan Dham, which will feature a modern shelter for 1,000 Nandi (bulls), an Annapurna Bhandar (food distribution center) for Narmada Parikrama pilgrims, an old-age home, cow-based natural farming, and a spiritual research center. The second is the Maa Makarvahini Mokshadham Foundation in Chanod, which will provide completely free ash immersion services for families coming from all over India, ensuring that no family is deprived of their religious duties due to financial constraints.
The Vision of the Antimdham Ashram: Under the divine guidance of Pujya Viral Bapu, the Antimdham Ashram is not merely a religious institution but a vibrant epicenter for spirituality, human service, and nation-building. The Ashram’s core resolution is to preserve the eternal values of the Sanatan Hindu culture while building a self-reliant and value-driven society through rural development, cow protection, Vedic education, Ayurveda, natural farming, and holistic healthcare.
Its work is grounded in the synthesis of spirituality and science, inspiring society toward sustainable development by maintaining a balance between mother cow, nature, and humanity. These diverse service activities align with the spirit of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in areas like health, quality education, women’s empowerment, rural development, sustainable agriculture, a clean environment, and social equality.
Making an open appeal to all religious trusts, industrialists, educational institutions, doctors, youth, and philanthropic citizens across the country, Pujya Viral Bapu said: “The time has come for us to take religion out of the confines of temple walls and bring it into every home. Where an addicted youth gets a new life, a poor child receives an education, a daughter gets proper nutrition, an elder receives respect, a farmer becomes self-reliant, and a poor family finds support for the last rites of their loved ones—that is where God truly resides.”
Concluding with a resolution for the nation, he stated: “Temples should be grand, but our cultural values must be even grander. Mother cow should be safe, farmers should be prosperous, the youth must be drug-free, daughters should be healthy, the elderly must be respected, and every poor person must have the right to live with dignity. This is the true Sanatan Dharma.”
The Antimdham Ashram’s Ultimate Resolution: “From Religion to Values… From Values to Service… From Service to Society… From Society to a Prosperous Nation… and from a Prosperous Nation to Global Welfare.”