About AAKB
Shri Dakshinamurti Trust · Aarsh Adhyayan Kendra, Bhuj
Founded in 2006, Shri Dakshinamurti Trust has run Aarsh Adhyayan Kendra, Bhuj as an active center for Vedanta study and social welfare across Kachchh. What began as Gyan Yagnas and weekly scripture classes has grown into a coordinated set of programs spanning education, character development, and community seva — all under Swami Pradeeptananda Saraswati's guidance.
Our Mission
Three pillars, one purpose
Vedanta
The study of Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and Gyan Yagnas, taught in the living tradition of Adi Shankaracharya's lineage.
Education
Pratibha Samvardhan Certificate Course (PSCC) for students and Act for Kachchh (ACT) for teachers, both built on the conviction that character, not just academic performance, determines what a young person becomes.
Seva
Marriage Management, Shradhanjali Gyan Yagn, and public seminars that carry Vedantic self-understanding into the everyday crises families actually face.
Trustees
The people steering the Trust
Kiranbhai Ganatra
Managing Trustee
Born 1951, Kiranbhai became an advocate in Bhuj in 1982. A yogi's autobiography first drew him to spiritual life, leading him through Chinmaya Mission before he met Swami Pradeeptananda Saraswati.
Dr. Suryakant Tilak
Trustee
Born and raised in Naranpar village, Kutch, Dr. Tilak built his career as a doctor practicing in the region.
Gulabbhai Gajjar
Trustee
Owner of the well-known Gajjar Garage in Madhapar, Bhuj, Gulabbhai was born in Rava village, Abdasa Taluka, Kutch.
Impact
A growing reach
The figures behind AAKB's programs — students reached, teachers trained, seminar attendance — are kept on Home's Impact Through Numbers, not repeated here, so there's one source of truth, not two.
See Impact Through Numbers