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Swamis & Volunteers: The Backbone of the Nagar

Over 80,000 volunteers

The backbone of the Pramukh Swami Maharaj Nagar academic, and social backgrounds, resulting in an balancing their personal, family, social, professional,
were its dedicated force of over 80,000 volunteers effective mosaic of leaders and workers. Out of the and volunteer duties. These volunteers have been
and hundreds of swamis. These volunteers and swamis thousands of volunteers serving in this Nagar, many overseeing physical service, planning, management, and
formed a diverse group of professionals and skilled have professional careers and businesses, while others implementation in almost 45 departments in the Nagar.
workers who come from different geographical, have left such positions to serve full-time by admirably

Narendra Modi Gautam Adani
Prime Minister of India Chairman of the Adani Group
“As I was walking through the grounds of the nagar, I was shown the audience “As many of you know the Adani Group has built some of the largest infrastructure
and told that these are our volunteers who are greeting the Prime Minister. I said projects in the nation, yet it is humbling for me to see the power of volunteerism
that you have forgotten that even I am a volunteer. We are all waving to each here spread over 600 acres of festival grounds of breath-taking color and beauty,
other. Add one more to the 80,000!” acres and acres of massive glowing gardens, the towering statue of Pramukh
Swami Maharaj, all built by 80,000 selfless volunteers, completed in less than six
months. This is unmatchable and there is so much here for even the best global
corporations to learn.”

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