Shri Prati Akkalkot Swami Samarth Foundation

Our foundation is located in a small village called Karunj, which is in the Maval area. It’s quite far out from the main city, so it’s very quiet and peaceful here. We don't have a street address with numbers like you find in the city. Everyone in Karunj just knows where the foundation is. Maval is a beautiful place with a lot of hills and greenery, especially during the monsoon season. Our office is a simple building, nothing complicated at all. We have a few rooms where we keep our things and do our daily work. It feels very connected to the land out here. Most of our day is spent handling local matters and keeping our books in order. We don't have high-speed internet or anything like that, so we do a lot of things the old-fashioned way. It’s a very basic lifestyle but we find it rewarding. We see a lot of the local villagers passing by every day. Sometimes they stop in for a chat or to ask for a bit of help with something. We keep the place clean and try to stay organized, even though it’s a small operation. It’s a very different environment compared to a big corporate office, and that suits us just fine. We just take things one day at a time and do what needs to be done. The air is fresh and the birds are loud in the mornings.