2 months
Short-term
Kitchen duties: serving food, preparing vegetables, making rotis.
Prerequisite · None
- 1 Kalari session a day
- A stay in the dormitory
- All meals
Volunteering
Volunteer at the gurukulam
and train once a day
Volunteers help in the kitchen, on the farm and in the goshala. They live at the gurukulam and join 1 Kalari session a day.
- How long
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2 mo – 3 yr
How long
Short-term or long-term
- Age
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23+
Age
Willing to help where needed
- Full-time
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Free
Full-time
Training, dorm and meals included
- Part-time, per month
-
₹12,000
Part-time, per month
Training, dorm and meals included
Prices in
2 tracks
2 months or
several years
1 to 3 years
Long-term
Goshala care, organic farming, gardening, and upkeep of the gurukulam's rooms and common areas.
Prerequisite · First month part-time, then selection
- 1 Kalari session a day
- A stay in the dormitory
- All meals
Where you would help
The work
volunteers do
- Goshala. Caring for the cows.
- Kitchen. Serving food, chopping vegetables, making rotis.
- Garden and farm. Growing the organic crops that feed residents and guests.
- Maintenance. Looking after the gurukulam's rooms and common areas, and helping with any construction work.
- Photography and video. Taking photographs and videos of life at Athma Kalari, if you have the skills.
How to apply
Applying to volunteer
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01
Message us
Tell us who you are, what you can do and how long you want to stay.
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02
We reply
Our volunteer coordinator sends you the next steps.
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03
Come and start
Long-term volunteers spend the first month part-time. We make the selection after that.
Anyone aged 23 or over who is willing to do whatever is needed on the day. That matters more to us than any particular skill.
Full-time volunteers commit to the gurukulam's work while they are here, and pay nothing. Part-time volunteers help out but train and live on their own terms, for ₹12,000 a month.
Yes, once a day. You choose either the morning or the evening session.
No. The shortest track is 2 months.
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