History
Gobind Sadan India was originally founded in 1968 on an area of South Delhi that was considered by all to be nearly worthless. Before the arrival of Babaji and his sevadars, the land was treeless, arid, gutted with ravines, thorny, and uninhabited. Now, through what is considered by many to be a miracle of God, Gobind Sadan is a productive farm with thriving fields of vegetables and forage crops, gardens, trees, free community kitchen, sacred places, and living quarters.
Currently, a small staff of volunteers from all over the world with a wide variety of religious and social backgrounds lives and works at Gobind Sadan. Many more people come each day seeking the blessings and guidance of Babaji, as well as the opportunity to volunteer their services.
Gobind Sadan in Delhi is not the only site that Babaji has transformed from an uninhabited and barren area to a thriving farm and spiritual community. The largest such area is known as Shiv Sadan and is located in a previously flood-prone area in Uttar Pradesh on the banks of the Ganges.
Baba Virsa Singh Ji has also developed farms and spiritual communities in other places around India, including his native village Sarawan Bodla, Punjab and Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The former is considered an especially sacred site, where people from every part of the world make pilgrimage to volunteer and sit in meditation under the Ber tree where Babaji meditated as a youth. The fruits of the tree are prized for their healing properties.
Gobind Sadan USA is a farm in Palermo, New York that was founded by Babaji to provide to the community in Upstate New York a similar service as that of Gobind Sadan India.
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