Purna Vidya’s Relief work in Natural Disasters in the Himalayas found yet another avenue to reach out and serve the villagers in kindness and love the winter of 2018-2019. Seven villages of the Gangotri Valley saw a huge calamity which went totally unnoticed and neglected by one and all! The heavy snowfall, lack of fodder, and absence of Sunlight for over two and a half months saw the death of over 80 cows in each of the seven villages of Uppala-Takhnaur-Patti of Gangotri Kshetra. These Himalayan villages namely Sukki, Jaspur, Purali, Jhala, Cholmi, Dharali and Mukhva which are over 3000 meters in height above sea-level were badly affected by this major calamity. The only source of livelihood which is 100% agriculture holds cows and bulls as essential part of life. The reverence with which the simple faithful villagers protect their milch-cows and old non-milch cows as part of their family, taking care of them till their death is worth a mention.

During her treks to these high altitude villages, Ammaji was deeply moved to see the plight of the villagers and decided to help as many poor families as possible with the sacred act of ‘godanam’.  Purna Vidya Family extended their support to fulfill Ammaji’s sankalpa and on May 28th, 2019, sixty-one sacred cows were worshipped and given away in charity to the poor families so that their lives may move on and normalize.