Vigneshwar Bhat

The year 2020 has probably been Mother Earth and Nature’s way to humble Mankind; for not only did we succumb to the COVID-19 virus, but it slowed the whole world down. We were all compelled to take a step back, stay home, spend time with family, reassess our values and purposes in life, prioritise our health, spend time in silence and solitude, eat less and eat healthy, care for others, protect the young and old, and care for the world.

Everyone is doing their best in their fields to help resolve the crises, doctors and health works with the best medical advice and care, researchers are trying to find the cure with an accessible vaccine, businesses trying to help revive the economy and political leaders who are trying to lead the way for nations to rebuild themselves.

Like all, Samhithaa Trust in collaboration with Sadhana Ganga, also want to try to do everything they can to help all of us to overcome this pandemic. We have started a project called the “AKSHARA LAKSHA DHANVANTARI MAHAYAGA “. There is a lot of truth and solutions in our scriptures and texts like the Vedas and Upanishads. After a lot of research and thought over the last 9 months, we questioned these happenings and tried to seek our answers in our scriptures. We wanted to explore a spiritual and a meta-physical path to help all us overcome this storm.

Lord Dhanvantari, who is one of the most popular manifestations of Lord Vishnu, is considered the Father of Ayurveda medicine. He is the ultimate Lord who removes all fears and diseases from the face of humanity. Chanting some of his most powerful mantras will help alleviate the sufferings of man, and promote happiness and prosperity.

We have decided to undertake the gigantic spiritual task of chanting the “Dhanvantari mantra” 80 million times, with participation from people all over India, all over the world. This chanting along with a ‘yajna’, in which we will offer ‘guduchi’ (that helps us build our immunity to fight the coronavirus) equivalent to the chanting, will be a purposeful tool to help us safeguard the world and every individual.

Our goal is to find as many individuals who will participate with us in this chanting from w