Our mission
Grief, turned gently into good
When someone we love passes away, we look for ways to keep their spirit alive. Devgaman gives families a calm, dignified place to remember them, and a way to honour them that reaches beyond the family: helping the poor, the hungry and those without a home.
How a memory becomes help
The journey of a gift
A relative creates a memorial and shares it. Friends and family leave memories and give in the name of the person they miss. We take those gifts to people who need help most.
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Someone we love passes away
In grief we look for a way to keep their light in the world.
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A memorial is lit
A relative creates a calm, lasting page for them and shares it with family and friends.
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Love becomes giving
People who miss them leave memories, light diyas and give in their name.
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Help reaches people
Each gift becomes a meal, medicine, a school book or a warm blanket for someone in need.
Seva, in action
Where your gift goes
Anna seva · food for the hungry
Gifts given in a loved one’s name become hot meals, cooked fresh and served with respect to people who would otherwise go hungry: families living on the street, daily-wage workers, and elders with no one to cook for them.
अन्नं बहु कुर्वीत । तद् व्रतम् ॥Jal seva · water for the thirsty
Clay pots of cool water at roadside pyaus all through the summer, clean drinking water for villages and bastis, and bowls of water for birds and animals in the heat.
आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवः ।Vastra seva · warmth in the cold
Blankets and warm clothes for people sleeping on the pavement through winter nights, and clean clothes for children who have nothing to change into.
तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् ॥Aushadh seva · medicine for the sick
Medicines, tests and treatment for patients who put off care because of money, and health camps in villages and bastis.
दरिद्रान्भर कौन्तेय मा प्रयच्छेश्वरे धनम् ।
व्याधितस्यौषधं पथ्यं नीरुजस्य किमौषधैः ॥Vidya seva · learning for children
Books, school bags, fees and tuition, so that no child’s schooling stops for want of money.
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते ।Ashraya seva · a roof for the homeless
A safe bed and a warm meal in night shelters, roof repairs for poor families before the monsoon, and a fresh start for families living on the street.
अतिथिदेवो भव ।Our sankalpa
What we have set out to do
- That no one near us goes to sleep hungry.
- That cool, clean water is within reach of every traveller, every home and every creature in the heat.
- That no one shivers through a winter night without a blanket.
- That medicine is never out of reach because of money.
- That no child’s schooling stops for want of a book.
- That every gift is given in someone’s loving memory, and their name lives on in the good it does.
Words that guide us
The spirit of giving
दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे ।
देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम् ॥Lamps yet to be lit
Coming soon
Each of these is a diya we are lighting next, one by one.
- Secure online payments (UPI, cards, net banking)
- Donation receipts by email
- Uploading photos straight from your phone
- Remembrance-day reminders by email and WhatsApp
- Impact reports for every memorial
Light the first lamp
It takes a few minutes to create a memorial. The good it does can last for years.