On September 11, President Draupadi Murmu will make her first trip as India’s chief of state to the Mount Abu headquarters of the Brahma Kumaris, a spiritual group she has been affiliated with since 2009.
She will speak during a session of the organization’s worldwide summit. Ashwini Vaishnaw and G. Kishan Reddy, both ministers in the Union, will be present at the summit.
Draupadi Murmu last visited the headquarters around five or six years ago, according to Ratna Behan, a 48-year organisation veteran. “We didn’t say anything to one another; just a simple Om Shanti.” She ate lunch in the communal dining hall with everyone and seemed very grounded.
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RS Singh, a Brahma Kumari for 55 years, claimed that Murmu joined the group out of a sense of loss. “She was looking inside herself and found it here.” When Murmu was an Odisha legislator, she would go to the Brahma Kumari ashram in the far-off Rairangpur hamlet with three sisters.
Draupadi Murmu would serve food and wash dishes, according to her colleague Leena Behen. “She [Murmu] has always been committed to public service and will remain so.”
When Murmu lost her husband and two sons, she joined the Brahma Kumaris. According to a member of the organisation, she approached them when she was in horrible form.
She “found her place in the world” thanks to this location. In order to disseminate the Brahma Kumaris’ worldview, Murmu organised camps and other activities in far-flung tribal areas, the source continued. Murmu will probably also travel to the organization’s headquarters in Odisha, where she has given two Brahma Kumaris homes.
She is among well-known figures in politics, religion, and business who have ties to the organization. When he was the chief minister of Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to the organization’s headquarters. More than 140 countries are home to the organization.
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According to BK Komal, the organization’s press officer, their donations decreased by almost 50% during the Covid-19 outbreak, but their number of followers multiplied.
