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How a helpless mother's plea completely changed storyteller Aniruddhacharya's life.
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News18•11-10-2026, 15:22
How a helpless mother's plea completely changed storyteller Aniruddhacharya's life.
- •Storyteller Aniruddhacharya revealed in an interview how a single incident redirected his life's path.
- •Around 2016 or 2017, a distressed elderly woman pleaded with him to light her funeral pyre after her death.
- •The woman shared that her own son refused to even provide her with basic food and water while she was alive.
- •Deeply moved by her pain, Aniruddhacharya resolved to dedicate his life to serving helpless and abandoned mothers.
- •Today, over 300 completely helpless elderly mothers are cared for at the Gauri Gopal Ashram.
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Around 2016 or 2017, an elderly woman pleaded with Aniruddhacharya to light her funeral pyre after her death because her own son would not even give her food and water while she was alive, deeply affecting him and inspiring his service resolve.
More than 300 completely helpless elderly mothers are served at the Gauri Gopal Ashram.
Aniruddhacharya's father was a village temple priest, and in his childhood, he used to go door-to-door in the village to narrate Satyanarayan Katha before deciding to learn Shrimad Bhagwat Katha and coming to Vrindavan on July 17, 2006.
