Missionary - Ananda Marga Missions

Ananda Marga Missions

Ānanda Mārga, organizationally known as Ānanda Mārga Pracaraka Samgha (AMPS), meaning the samgha (organization) for the propagation of the marga (path) of ananda (bliss), is a social and spiritual movement founded in Jamalpur, Bihar, India in 1955 by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921–1990), also known by his spiritual name, Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti. Ananda Marga counts hundreds of missions around the world through which its members carry out various forms of selfless service on Relief (The social welfare and development organization under AMPS is Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team, or AMURT., Education and women's welfare (The service activities of this section founded in 1963 are focused on: 1-Education: creating and managing primary, post primary and higher schools, research institutes etc., 2-Relief: creating and managing children's and students' homes for destitute children and for poor students, cheap hostels, retiring homes, academies of light for deaf dumb and crippled, invalid homes, refuge reabilitation etc., 3-Tribal: tribal welfare units, medical camps etc., 4-Women's welfare: women welfare units, women's homes, nursing homes etc.) and many others.