Initiative 03 of 12संरक्षण
संरक्षण Sanrakshan translates to “Sacred Stewardship”
Earth is a mother, not a mine.
Sanrakshan treats the Earth as a sacred mother whose health is our own. Volunteers plant saplings, clean rivers and farm without chemicals, turning reverence for nature into daily action.
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The mission Restoring ecological balance by reviving the Vedic recognition of the Earth as a sacred, living mother.
If a mother fell ill, no child would ask what she could still produce. Sanrakshan asks us to look at the planet with that same care.
The spiritual root is a sense of oneness. DJJS teaches that through Brahm Gyan (Direct Internal Awakening / Self-Realization)Brahm Gyan · Direct Internal Awakening / Self-Realization Direct, practical perception of the inner self through light, sound, vibration and nectar, independent of language, cultural background or blind faith. a seeker experiences the same Divine light within every living being. Seen that way, a river or a forest is not “out there”; it is part of the same family.
DJJS traces environmental exploitation to greed. When people rediscover their unity with creation through inner realization, conservation stops being an outer chore and becomes natural reverence.
That inner shift turns into sewa (Selfless Service)Sewa · Selfless Service Service offered freely to others and to the community, as an expression of gratitude rather than for reward., selfless service: planting, cleaning and farming in ways that heal rather than exhaust the land.
Curious about the root of it all? What is Brahm Gyan?
How it works
Mass Afforestation
Native tree plantation drives, with sapling survival tracked after planting.
Organic Agriculture
Training rural farmers in zero-chemical farming built on the indigenous cow.
River Rejuvenation
Clean-up campaigns and ghat preservation along the Yamuna and the Ganga.
Field impact
Millions
of saplings planted and nurtured
As reported by DJJS
Thousands
of rural farmers moved from chemical fertilisers to organic bio-compost
As reported by DJJS
Youth drives
“My Earth My Responsibility” and “Save Yamuna” campaigns
As reported by DJJS
Figures and descriptions are as reported by DJJS for its work in India and worldwide. djjs.us shares them as reported; they are not independent audits.
A story of transformation
Chemical pesticides had left Harpreet Singh in debt, and the soil of his farm lifeless.
After a Sanrakshan workshop he moved his 5-acre farm to organic methods.
The soil’s vitality returned, his input costs dropped by 60%, and he now trains neighbouring farmers.
As shared by DJJS. Names and details may be changed for privacy.
The story in three movements
01 The wound
Forests cleared, rivers choked, soil poisoned for a quicker harvest: much of the damage comes from treating the Earth as a resource with no one to answer to.
02 The reverence
Indian tradition has long called the Earth a mother. Sanrakshan makes that feeling practical: plant, protect, clean and give back more than you take.
03 The renewal
During Van Mahotsav, the annual tree-planting festival, volunteers have planted saplings by the millions, as reported by DJJS, and tend river banks under the banner My Earth My Responsibility.
Stand with Sanrakshan
Every initiative grows from the same root: awakened people serving others. Offer your time as a volunteer, or, if you feel moved, support the sewa with a Nimit Sewa.
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Saplings for a Van Mahotsav plantation drive.
Hitkari Kheti training in zero-chemical methods.
Water-harvesting systems for a rural community.
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