Fula Devi

Fula Devi (1958–2006) lived in Bihar, India.

She was the mother of the institution's co-founder and the wife of its first Secretary.

She never founded an institution or sought public recognition.

People who knew her remember the quiet kindness she showed through everyday acts of generosity and care.

She Preserved Dignity

Anyone who came to work at her home was first offered food.

She Helped Without Judgement

She quietly helped people whom others often ignored.

A person's circumstances never determined whether they received her kindness.

She Encouraged Independence

She encouraged her daughters to become educated and financially independent, even when doing so challenged social expectations.

She Respected Every Faith

Although deeply devoted to her own faith, she once sent her son to a mosque.

This memory remains part of how her family remembers her respect for people of different faiths.

A Teaching Remembered

Her family remembers one teaching in particular.

Don't chant.
Don't perform rituals.
Search for the Divine within yourself.
Serve the living.
Feed others.
Give water to a cow.
That is worship.
That is truth.