The vision and mission of an ashramam can vary depending on its specific purpose, philosophy, and the spiritual tradition it follows. Since "ashramam" is a term used for a spiritual hermitage or a place of retreat, its vision and mission are often aligned Shivashramam Shirdhi Sai Mission Charitable Trust , Thrissur ,Kerala , India was established on 2008. Since its inception , the Trust has been driven by the sagacious slogan , “ Service to Humanity is Service to God ” which is a blissful adage obtained from Bhagawan Sri Shirdhi Sai Baba. The Trust’s founder , Sri Sathguru Adhithyaswapoopananda Puri began the organization.
Living to its motto, the trust provides an array of altruistic service, reinforcing the society’s cultural , moral and spiritual pillars. With the piety in practice, many projects had already rolled out of the trust’s 25 years of existence.From a humble beginning marked by an orphanage sheltering just 3 boys, today’s achievements remain shining testimonials to the trust’s diligence and synergy.
The Ashramam includes a temple with deities of Sri Shirdhi Sai Baba, Kaali and Nagas. The poojas and offerings were conducting according to the needs of the devotees on a daily basis. Shivashramam is made, with not just money but with love, pain ,sacrifice, humanity and blessings of the almighty and one can experience that in every nook corner of Shivashramam. Devotees are the main pillars and strength of this Ashram who has been there throughout the entire journey, contributing time, money, prayers and whatever is possible of them. Each paise has been valuable and one can see that Shivashramam is made of the kind support, love and prayers of hundreds and thousands of benevolent people.
The Trust started their first project on 2020 by providing “ Annadhanan ” during the difficult Covid time for 150 to 200 homeless people So many poor people has been fed through this. Annadhanam is still continuing. It was, but the beginning of an unceasing journey of social service by providing :
Clothing is one among the basic amenities of human life. Ashram provides clothing to the needy. Many generous donors regularly come ahead and donate blankets and clothes. To help those who have been surviving in such poverty stricken conditions.
Ashram provides Rice Kits to many ragpickers, manhole cleaners, workers and many other type of people, who are now old and ill and are now living in bad conditions. There are a lot of volunteers and sponsors who will help to make their lives bit better.
Ambulance Service will be provided freely to the needy people in case of emergency.
Ashram has been providing Onam Kit consisting of Rice, sugar, tea, turmeric powder, chilly powder, Tur dal, salt, coconut oil ..etc to the poor people from slum areas.
Free Medical Camps were setup with a sacred aim to bring awareness among the deprived population of the country who have no access to basic health care services.
School Kit is much more than just a pack of essential items, it is a powerful tool that boosts the self confidence of children and gives them the motivation to study well. Ashram has been providing basic school supplies to the needy children in slum area during the school opening days.
The Service emanating from the trust can be accessed by the needy absolutely free of cost. This is in fact a humble attempt to serve a poor in its real meaning that is viewed upon as revolutionary approach to plug the influx of heavy monopolization, commercialization and rampant exploitation of the poor in the health and education sector.