During the current national lockdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Swaminarayan Akshardham in New Delhi is providing free packaged hot meals daily to the needy as specified by the local government. The healthy meals, comprising of mix vegetable sabzi, chapatis, rice and achar, are hygienically cooked, prepared and packed by sadhus and volunteers of Swaminarayan Akshardham and delivered to the community’s poor and needy in New Delhi.
Similar charity distributions are taking place at other BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha centers across India, including Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Nagpur, Surat, Silvassa, Vadodara, Rajkot, Junagadh, Bharuch, Gondal and others.