Object III · clause 3(c)
Dharma, in public
What does the Trust do to propagate dharma?
Clause 3(c) of the Deed directs the Trust to propagate religion and its basic ideals amongst the general public — that is, not to keep it inside the walls. In practice that is satsang and katha open to anyone who walks in, the festival days the whole town keeps, and this site, which publishes the Gita in full with the Trust’s own translation in two languages and states its method so it can be checked.
Hansi Gita Bhawan Trust · Deed of Trust, registered 3 October 1968
From the Deed of Trust, registered 3 October 1968
To propagate religious and its basic ideals amongst the general public.Clause 3(c)
What it asks for
Not to keep it inside the walls.
The typist dropped a word here — the registered Deed reads “to propagate religious and its basic ideals”, where it plainly means religion. We have left it as it stands. It is the shortest of the five objects and the most demanding: the other four describe things done on the estate, and this one sends the Trust outward, amongst the general public.
In practice it is the annual katha, the festivals kept on the grounds, and the religious functions the town holds here. It is also this website. The Gita’s teachings, set out plainly in Hindi and English for anyone who goes looking, are the same object carried out by other means.
On the ground
As it stands today.
The annual katha
Janmashtami, Basant Panchami and Gita Jayanti kept on the grounds
Religious functions hosted for the town, subject to Trust guidelines
This website, in Hindi and English
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