A word about the founder Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya
The founder of Gayatri Pariwar fraternity, was a pioneer of spiritual renaissance. He gave the message and assurance of the imminent advent of a Golden era on earth when love, peace, good will and understanding will reign supreme in human life. His personality was a harmonious blend of a saint, spiritual scientist, yogi, philosopher, psychologist, writer, reformer, freedom fighter, researcher, eminent scholar and visionary. He revealed a new life transforming significance of Gayatri Mahamantra and made it available to all Learn more...
Present Mentor and Guide
Dr. Pranav Pandya is a renowned philosopher, thinker, and an eloquent speaker, currently heads the global organization - All World Gayatri Pariwar. He is the chancellor of Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalya, India. Learn more...
AWGP Major Establishments
Shantikunj
Shantikunj was founded by the Saint-Scholar-Philosopher par excellence, Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya, who in his youth was a freedom fighter.
Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya
Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya epitomizes the truth revealed to the elevated consciousness of Yugrishi Pt.Shriram Sharma Acharya in his meditations.
Brahmvarchas Research Institute
Modern man could not be persuaded to accept the values of life propagated by ancient Rishis until and unless these were proved to be scientifically viable for the welfa...
Anwalkheda
Anwalkheda village is the birthplace of Gurudev, Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya. It is about 12 miles from Agra, India on Jalesar road. Gurudev built an Inter C...
Akhand Jyoti Sansthan
Akhand Jyoti Sansthan is located in Mathura, India. This is the place where Gurudev lived for about three decades, and completed most of his Mahapuraschara...
Gayatri Tapobhumi
Gayatri Tapobhumi, located in Mathura, India was established by Gurudev, Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya in 1950 at the conclusion of his 24 Gayatri Mahapura...
Centre for Gayatri Consciousness, Noida
This unique centre in the National Capital Region has been inaugurated by H.H. Vice President of India on 24th August 2003. Since its establishment this modern temple of Indian ...
Mission and Vision
All World Gayatri Pariwar is a world-wide family of people who follow the principles of Gayatri - the symbol of righteous knowledge, pure intelligence & selfless service. AWGP is a large organization devoted to thought transformation movement, dissemination of scientific spirituality, and social and cultural reformation and elevation of the whole world with collective participation of awakened souls.
The basic tenets of the mission includes
- Rise of divinity in human beings and heavenly atmosphere on earth.
- Individual, familial and societal refinement
- Healthy body, pure mind and civilized society
- Atmavat sarvabhooteshu (all living beings are soulkin), Vashudhaiv kutumbkam (Entire earth is our family)
- Equal opportunity for progress to all irrespective of caste, creed, color, religion, region, language or sex
The activities of the mission can be broadly divided into the following:
- Spiritual Awakening of people by teaching the following three principles in personal lives: Upasana (Contemplating on divine virtues) Sadhana (Practicing self-control for acquiring divine virtues) Aradhana (Using acquired resources for the welfare of the society) Propagation of Gayatri (collective wisdom) and Yagna (cooperative virtuous demeanor).
- Propagation of Yoga, meditation and methods for alternate healing.
- publication and distribution of literature containing constructive thoughts on every aspect of human life written by Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya.
- Advertising campaigns to spread the message of New Era to the masses, creative campaigns to invite active cooperation of intelligentsia in the process of new creation and combative campaigns to collectively overcome the obstacles coming in the way of evolution of a new era.
- Creation of addiction free society and promotion of vegetarianism.
- Work towards establishing a well balanced, pollution free ecosystem.
- Harmony, friendship, brotherhood, peace and prosperity of the whole world.
- Promotion of Scientific Spirituality.
- Inculcation of family and cultural values in younger generation via Multimedia and other state-of the art technology.
- Creation of awareness among women and promoting their active participation towards creation of a new world order.