Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 9: The management and inmates of Home for the Aged and Infirm (popularly known as Vridh Ashram), Ambphalla, Jammu, today celebrated 115th birth anniversary of its founder Ram Nath Praabhakar in Ashram premises.
The celebrations started with hawan and poojan in the morning. Clothes were distributed among the inmates and cash incentive was paid to each worker.
President of the Ashram and former IGP, J&K, Prem Gupta, paid rich tributes to late Ram Nath Prabhakar, who after getting retired as Head Master devoted his remaining life in the service of poor and aged destitute and infirm members of the society.
Vice-president, and State Commissioner for Scouts and Guides, ID Soni, while paying tributes to Prabhakar, described him as a great visionary who could foresee necessity of such a home for aged and infirm persons in the ever changing society.
The institution was established on June 8, 1964 with mere one room on a piece of land obtained on lease from Ved Mandir Committee. The Home was registered as a Society on February 20, 1965. It has now emerged as a premier centre in the State for service to the old and infirm persons of the society. The Home has now two full fledged buildings facing each other across the road link from Ambphalla Chowk to Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission Charitable Hospital via Goashala, accommodating around 90 aged persons. At present, the Home has 47 inmates including 18 females.
The representatives of other social organizations like Swami Vivekananda Charitable Medical Mission, J&K Samaj Kalyan Kendra, Bal/Balika Niketan Ved Mandir and Indian Red Cross Society also participated in the function.
The celebrations concluded with serving lunch to the invitees with inmates.
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