CULTURE & COMMUNITY.
In December the family hosted a nine-day Shri Ram Katha in Lakadganj, told by Jagadguru Swami Shri Rambhadracharya Ji Maharaj. At the same ground, they announced a free eye camp. In the weeks that followed they took darshan at Jam Sawli and at a newly built temple in Arvi.
सेवा हमारा संस्कार, धर्म हमारी पहचान और जिम्मेदारी हमारा कर्तव्य।
Service is our culture. Religion is our identity. Responsibility is our duty.
The Shri Ram Katha
The family hosted a nine-day Shri Ram Katha at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Kachhi Visa) Maidan in Lakadganj. The katha was told by Jagadguru Swami Shri Rambhadracharya Ji Maharaj, in the presence of Acharya Ramchandra Das Ji Maharaj.
It opened with a Shobha Yatra that walked from Shri Geeta Mandir in Hivri Nagar to the katha ground, with dhol and tasha, saffron flags and kirtan. A free eye camp was announced at the same ground, so the gathering carried a practical form of care as well.
Shri Nitin Gadkari came on 27 December and took the Jagadguru’s darshan. On the closing day, Shri Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Revenue Minister of Maharashtra and Guardian Minister of Nagpur district, attended and took darshan too.
In the Jagadguru’s presence
On 16 January 2026, Swami Ramdev and Shri Kanhaiya Mittal Ji came to give their blessings for the Jagadguru’s 77th birth anniversary. Dr. Ravi Agrawal was present through the day.
On 17 January 2026 a 1008-kundiya Shri Hanuman Mahayagya was held at Jaipur for the anniversary, and Smt. Droupadi Murmu, President of India, attended the purnahuti of the Rashtravandana anushthan. On 3 April 2026 the Jagadguru came to the family home.
Shri Jam Sawli Dham
Members of the Trust took darshan at Shri Jam Sawli Hanuman Ji. Dr. Ravi Agrawal was joined by Shri Pranay Ambare, Shri Nikesh Khandelwal, Shri Samit Khatri, Shri Tirth Majumdar and Shri Sameer Chaudhari, with Shri Ankit Arora and Vice-President Shri Santosh Dawre from the temple.
Shyam Baba Mandir, Arvi
Dr. Ravi Agrawal and Shri Suraj Agrawal took darshan at the newly built Shyam Baba Mandir in Arvi. Office bearers of Shri Shyam Shakti Seva Samiti were present, and together they resolved to support the temple’s progress and its religious service work.
सेवा ही धर्म
Navratri at Chattarpur Farms is Surbhi, central India’s largest Navratri celebration. For nine nights the ground belongs to everyone: thousands of dancers, families and devotees moving to the same beat under one sky. What began as a small community gathering has become a tradition the city waits for all year.
Navratri here is not treated as a date on the calendar. It is nine nights for Maa Durga, a celebration of Shakti, and the garba is danced as a living tradition rather than performed. The nights are meant to keep the young rooted in their own festivals through joy rather than obligation, to remind a full ground of the people who cannot be on it, and to make a chaniya choli, a kediyu or a dhoti something worn with pride.
Through all of it runs a single motto, सेवा ही धर्म — service is dharma. Every pass becomes a quiet act of giving, and over the years the proceeds have gone to the National Cancer Institute, the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, Go-Seva for cow welfare, and other charitable and religious institutions working quietly to ease hardship.
See where the proceeds go
O.J. Agarwal Charitable Trust
Dr. Ravi Agrawal, Presidentojagrawal-trust-v2.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)