Donate for the Kanwar Yatra in Delhi (2026): Where & How to Help

Every Sawan, a great saffron river flows through Delhi. Lakhs of kanwariyas — devotees of Lord Shiva — walk along NH-8 near IGI Airport, carrying sealed pots of Ganga jal home from Haridwar to bathe their Shivling. Many of them are tired, footsore and hungry, and they depend entirely on the free sewa shivirs that line the highway. If you have found this page by searching for how to donate for the Kanwar Yatra in Delhi, or looking for an NGO for food donation near you, you are exactly the person a walking bhakt is hoping for tonight. This guide explains plainly where your daan goes, how to give it, and why a small gift can matter so much.

Where does your donation actually go?

Your donation to Shiv Kavar Samiti goes straight into a free Kanwar Sewa Shivir on NH-8 at Mahipalpur, New Delhi — a roadside camp that has served pilgrims for over thirty years. There are no glossy offices, no salaried executives, no middlemen taking a cut. What you give becomes ration for the langar, gas for the kitchen fires, clean drinking water, medicines for blistered feet, and shelter for a few hours of rest. Because the shivir is run entirely by volunteers, almost every rupee reaches the pilgrim it was meant for. When you donate for the Kanwar Yatra here, you are not funding an institution; you are handing a plate of food to a stranger walking for Mahadev.

Why donate to a Kanwar sewa shivir at all?

The Kanwar Yatra is one of the hardest acts of devotion in Hinduism. The kanwariya renounces comfort, often walks barefoot, keeps strict purity, and refuses to set his kanwar on impure ground until he reaches his temple. He cannot stop at ordinary restaurants — his vow forbids it, and many carry no money at all. The sewa shivir is his lifeline: the one place on a hundred-kilometre road where he can eat pure sattvic food, drink clean water, treat his feet and sleep without paying a rupee. Feeding such a soul is annadaan of the highest order, and it is only possible because ordinary people choose to give.

To feed one who walks for Shiva is to feed Shiva himself. Seva done for Bhole is never lost.

How to donate online for the Kanwar Yatra

The fastest way to help, from anywhere in India or abroad, is to give online. Visit our Donate page at /donate and complete your gift in under a minute through a secure Razorpay checkout. You can pay by debit or credit card, by UPI, by netbanking, or from a wallet — whatever is easiest for you. The moment your daan arrives, it joins the day's pot of seva and is turned, without delay, into ration and supplies. What you give in the morning may well be in a kanwariya's plate by nightfall.

• 🔱Go to /donate on this site and choose any amount you wish to give.
• 🔱Pay securely by card, UPI, netbanking or wallet through the Razorpay gateway.
• 🔱Your contribution is used at once for food, water, medical aid and shelter at the Mahipalpur shivir.
• 🔱About 35 rupees is enough to feed one bhakt a full, warm meal — so even a modest gift fills many plates.

How to donate by bank transfer (NEFT / IMPS / UPI)

If you would rather give a larger daan, or you simply prefer a direct bank transfer, you can send it straight to the samiti's account by NEFT or IMPS. The details are below. Please do double-check them before sending, and if you can, drop us a quick WhatsApp message afterwards so we can thank you and confirm your gift has arrived.

• 🔱Bank: Punjab National Bank, Khan Market branch, New Delhi.
• 🔱Account number: 0149000104323988.
• 🔱IFSC: PUNB0014900.
• 🔱After sending, message us on WhatsApp at +91 98189 08237 so we can acknowledge your daan.

How much should you give? Even a little feeds many

There is no minimum on seva, and no gift is too small. To make it real: about 35 rupees feeds one bhakt a full meal at our shivir. So a gift of a few hundred rupees feeds a dozen tired pilgrims; a gift of a few thousand can keep the langar running for hours. Give whatever sits comfortably with your heart and your means. The samiti has served for three decades precisely because thousands of people each gave a little, year after year, rather than a few giving a lot.

Looking for an NGO for food donation near you in Delhi?

If you searched for a food-donation NGO near you in Delhi, our shivir is one of the most direct places your gift can land. Unlike a large charity where food donation is one programme among many, feeding hungry pilgrims is the whole of what we do each Sawan. There is no overhead swallowing your contribution and no waiting list — the langar is cooking today, and the need is immediate. You can give money at /donate, or you can donate food and supplies in kind: sacks of atta, rice, dal, oil, sugar, tea and milk all become that day's meals. Message us on WhatsApp first and we will tell you exactly what the kitchen needs.

Can you help a kanwariya in Delhi in other ways?

Yes — money is only one way to help. You can donate ration or cooking gas in kind, and it becomes langar the same day. You can give your hands as a volunteer sewadar, rolling rotis, serving food or caring for pilgrims' feet. If you run a shop or a wholesale business, in-kind giving from your own stock is deeply welcome. And you can help simply by sharing the shivir's location with weary bhakts you see on the road: our camp is on NH-8 at Mahipalpur, near IGI Airport, marked by saffron flags and the Shiv Kavar Samiti banner, open day and night through Sawan.

A note on tax: this is a voluntary daan

We believe in being completely honest with our donors. Shiv Kavar Samiti does not currently provide 80G certificates or any form of tax exemption, and your donation will not reduce your taxable income. Please give purely as a voluntary daan, offered from devotion rather than for any tax benefit. In return we promise that every rupee is used directly and transparently for the seva of the kanwariyas — nothing is lost to overhead, and you are always welcome to visit and watch your gift become a meal.

Give this Sawan, while the fires are still burning

During Sawan 2026 our shivir runs from 31 July to 10 August, in the days leading up to Shivratri on 11 August — the busiest stretch of the whole year, when the need is greatest. If this has stirred something in you, act on it now, while a tired bhakt is still walking toward Mahipalpur in the dark. Donate online in seconds at /donate by card, UPI, netbanking or wallet, or send a bank transfer to our Punjab National Bank account. Every plate you fund carries a 'Har Har Mahadev' with your name quietly joined to it. Bol Bam.