Shalin Manav Ratna Award – 2014
Shri Atulbhai Indravadan Lekhadia (India)
Nurtured by the values of service and excellence imbibed from the parents, gurus and satsang, Shri Atulbhai achieved progress and prestige in the textile chemicals sector employing hard-work, honesty and excellence in quality. While he attained great heights in professional success, Shri Atulbhai remained equally keen to fathom the depths of devotion and service to humanity.
The satsang of true saint bestowed the blessing of the divinity of SantBhagvant Sahebji in the life of Shri Atulbhai. The fragrance of his dedication and self-less service has been an inspiration to many personalities who have devoted themselves for the great spiritual evolution, which Anoopam Mission is leading and nurturing today, charting an unparallel path of Karmayogic renunciation and serving the humanity, through creatively productive self-dependence.
Shri Atulbhai’s life and personality which signify simplicity, dedication and service to humanity is an inspiration not just for the young family members but also for every karmayogi household today.
Didishri Nirmalabahen Chhaganlal Raval (India)
“Manthan Apang Kanya Seva Sankul”, a unique service organization for girls with disability/different abilities, is a blessing filled with compassion, affection visionary open mind.
Initiated by Didishri Nirmalabahen single-handedly about twenty-five years age, “Manthan” today is a home for about 350 girls with disability/different ability. It has received cooperation of many individuals and support from the society at large. As a result, “Manthan” provides health-care, education, vocational training and value-enriched self-esteem to a large number of neglected girls with physical disability or mental challanges. A number of able women too have had opportunity to contribute in this great endeavour of “Manthan”. A scholar of Gujarati, Hindi, Sanskrit and Arts, Didishri Nirmalabahen has been conferred with a number of prestigious awards like “Gujarat Rajya Paritoshik”, “National Award for Intellectual Development”, “Bhaskar Woman of the Year”, “Dharti Ratna”, “Madhubahen Shastri Award”, and “Gujarat Mahila Vikas Puraskar”. An embodiment of simplicity, cordiality and candidness, Didishri Nirmalabahen is a mother’s lap for many girls as well as a brilliant inspirer for many an inspired souls.
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