a force to reckon in the 20th century with the push of the dynamic leadership of his geat disciple Swami Shradha Nand ji and has now bloomed into a multi - dimensional movement of Humanization.

Swami Shradha Nand established the Arya Anathalaya in 1918 in Delhi when many a children, due to spread of the epidemic of plague slipped out of the umbrella of their parents. A renowned figure of Delhi and a great visionary of his time Sri Des Raj Chaudhry later on most heartily nursed the sapling of the orphanage with all his might and resources and today under the legacy of committed devotion of his worthy son Padamshri Viresh Pratap Chaudhry. This huge massive tree under the shadow of its large lush branches is providing home to the homeless, mother’s warm embrace to the motherless and father’s protective hand to the fatherless.

The journey from 15 inmates to 1500 has been long and demanding. The institution has since grown manifold. The original complex housed in the historical Pataudi House, Darya Ganj the heart of old Delhi is completely redone to cast a grand look of a four story castle which includes a senior secondary school, large number of hostel rooms for about 1000 children, huge library, up-to-date mechanized kitchen, vast lawns and offices besides living quarters for hundred odd employees.

It sounds fanciful but truly all this was not enough and rendered inadequate for a fast growing institution as it is. As a result area of operation expanded to South Delhi. In 1967 another campus of 15 acres came into existence in picturesque hilly tract of Suraj Parbat in East of Kailash named after the founder spirit as "Des Raj Campus". The serene campus full of fresh air & healthy sunlight looks like a valley of flowers in the heart of the capital provides living accommodation for 400 orphan girls, one hundred destitute women and 50 odd employees. Besides a Sr. secondary school, a girls hostel, a destitute house the campus today boasts of the best Yoga & Naturopathy hospital/college of Northern India.

The Arya Orphanage catering to the needs of about 15 hundred orphan boys & girls in terms of superb facilities of balanced nutritional nourishment, modern hygienic neat & clean habitat, value based primary secondary & higher education, i.e. overall development like that of the privileged contemporary children and most importantly all free of cost. Besides good education, the sense of awareness and improvement of health and environment is also inculcated under the able guidance of devoted management.

The institution is fully awaken to the universal right of all children to equally and equal opportunities. The inmates do not lag behind in any sphere of life - Education, Academics, Health, Games & Sports, Cultural & Extra - curricular Activities, Character Building & Counseling. The children called ‘orphans’ in the society are provided here with best of teachers’ multi discipline education, vast libraries, well-equipped labs, vocational trainings, multi system medical care - green lawns, sports fields, playing courts, N.C.C. company, entertainment educational tours and excursion trips to hill stations besides best of food & good clothes. All this does not need a proof. A visit to the institution has hardly remained without a repeat. The carefree, worryless, smiling, healthy faces of cheerful butterflies (so called orphans) in the campus speak volumes for themselves.

A common platform of all these instincts & institution is the "Aashray". Our aim is to transform the dream of Maharishi Dayanand into a radiant realty, a massive movement of the masses, before the advent of its centenary year.

May God enable us wipe tears from all eyes.