About us
A trust run by and for the community.
Devasthan Seva Trust was formed in 1987 by families of the neighbourhood to look after the temple and run a kitchen for anyone who's hungry (sample story).
Today the trust runs daily worship, a free kitchen serving 800 meals a day, a scholarship fund and a free Sunday clinic. Accounts are audited and read out at the annual general meeting.
What guides us
Open to all
The temple, kitchen, clinic and scholarships are open to everyone.
Seva, not show
Money goes to worship, food and education, not decoration.
Accountable
Audited accounts read out at every annual meeting.
Volunteers first
Most of the work is done by community volunteers.
Trustees and staff
Shri R. K. Tiwari
Managing trustee
Retired bank officer, trustee since 2004 (sample)
Smt. Usha Shrivastava
Trustee, scholarships
Retired principal
Pt. Mahesh Joshi
Head priest
Leads the daily prayers
Nitin Rathore
Kitchen and volunteers
Runs the annadanam kitchen
Registration and accounts
The trust's accounts are audited every year and read out at the annual general meeting. Ask the trust office for any year's report.
- Annual report and audited accounts 2025–26 (sample)Request a copy
- Annual report and audited accounts 2024–25 (sample)Request a copy
- Annual report and audited accounts 2023–24 (sample)Request a copy
- Registered as
- Public trust under the MP Public Trusts Act, reg. no. 000/1987 (sample)
- 12A
- AAATD0000D/12A (sample)
- 80G
- AAATD0000DF20240 (sample)
- FCRA
- Not registered: donations from Indian citizens only (sample)
All numbers above are samples. Replace them with your own registration details.
In their words
We booked a special pooja for my father's 80th birthday. The trust office handled everything on WhatsApp.
Devotee from Indore (sample)
The scholarship paid my engineering fees for four years. Now I mentor two students myself.
Former scholarship student (sample)
I eat lunch at the temple kitchen most days. Nobody asks who you are.
A daily wage worker, Bhopal (sample)
Book a seva for your family.
Choose a seva and a date, and add a gift to the annadanam or scholarship fund.