

How You Can Support Purnima
It takes $250 a month to sponsor Purnima fully. Together, we can give her the security she needs to continue her seva in Radha Kunda.
Items to be sponsored monthly
Selection can be made within the donation box.
HOUSING - $50.00
UTILITIES - $30.00
MEALS - $25.00
HEALTH & MEDICAL - $25.00
CLOTHING - $30.00
PERSONAL ITEMS - $25.00
SEVA SUPPLIES - $15.00
STIPEND - $50.00
TOTAL -$250
MAKE A LASTING IMPACT
Sponsor Purnima,
a widow of Radha Kunda
Sponsoring a widow gives her employment with meaningful engagement. It also offers her housing and medical care and, most importantly, gives her a family, community, and purpose again.
Meet Purnima
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She needs your sponsorship.
Purnima has lived in Radha Kunda for most of her adult life and has been involved in RadhaSeva for over a decade. With our community, she cleans Radha Kunda and Shyama Kunda and cooks for our widows' feasts.
By sponsoring Purnima, you are also supporting the beautification and maintenance of Radha Kunda and Shyama Kunda, and the surrounding temples.
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Purnima
HER JOURNEY
Purnima’s path to Radha Kunda was far from simple. Born into poverty in West Bengal, she never had the chance for an education. At only twelve years old, she was married by her family to a young man from her village, though she was still too young to leave her family home and move into his. For years, they lived separately and spent minimal time together. Before she could ever live with him, or even truly know him, her husband tragically passed away.
Still only a teenager, her family urged her to be willing to remarry, reminding her of her youth and of the life ahead of her. But Purnima made a decision that revealed the strength of her character even then: she chose not to remarry, but instead to dedicate her life to her spiritual path. For many years, she lived in her brother’s family home, helping her sister-in-law as much as she could, until her father passed away. Her mother, now a widow herself, decided to move to Radha Kunda so as not to be a burden on the family. Purnima soon followed, choosing to care for her mother and live by her side. Together, the two of them began their service of cleaning Radha Kunda, honoring the sacred waters day after day with quiet devotion.

A Life Transformed
Purnima brightens the faces of everyone around her. Her presence carried both warmth and lightness, the kind of joy that makes others feel at ease. Among the widowed women of Radha Kunda, she is known for her generosity, gentle spirit, and humor, and it is easy to see why.
Today, Purnima and her mother live together in a simple private flat, where she is able to cook, care for her elderly mother, and maintain the autonomy she values so deeply. For her, this life is a blessing, a refuge from the crowded, impersonal ashrams where widows are often forced to live.
Her days begin before sunrise. Each morning, Purnima joins a few of the other widowed women in cleaning Radha Kunda and Shyama Kunda, along with the temples and sacred pathways that wind through the village. When her work is done, she circumambulates Radha Kunda with her prayer beads in hand, stopping to sing, pray, and join in the temple activities. Everywhere she goes, she is welcomed with affection.
Her bright laughter and sweet songs are cherished by the community, and the local priests and devotees recognize her as a beloved and devoted presence.





Alongside her seva at the kundas, Purnima has also cultivated a love for cooking. At the RadhaSeva widows’ feasts, she helps prepare wonderful, large vegetable preparations, bringing the flavors of her Bengali heritage that delight the widowed community. As much as she enjoys cooking for the other widows, she loves serving them with a smile even more. For Purnima, this act of service, nourishing others with her hands and heart, feels like an offering of love, and those who enjoy her preparations can feel it as well.
To see Purnima now is to see a life transformed. Once a child-widow with little support or opportunity, she has blossomed into a woman full of joy and faith, a caretaker not only of her mother but of the sacred heart of Vrindavan itself.
She is grateful every day for the community and life she has found, to be able to live independently in a safe and loving home, and to live in community with those who know her and are grateful to be with her. The light she carries and shares so freely has been a blessing to all of Radha Kunda.


Join our global monthly community supporting Vrindavan's widows.
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Our monthly community comes together from around the world to see Radha Kunda and Govardhan's land and people cared for and protected.
Here's where our donors live.
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Simakumar
So happy to have found this. Finally an organization whose mission resonates with my values.
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C. John Gardiner
A wonderful Divine service beneficial to the whole universe. A gateway to Radha Krsna's Eternal Paradise.

Hannah Rose
I have to say I am utterly inspired and grateful for this organization and the work you are doing.
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Jugal Krishna Das
This devotional service is very nice! Hare Krishna! I love Radha Seva!
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Bhakti Mj
This is truly beautiful and close to my heart now. You have a mothly donor in NYC. May you be blessed to continue to help all who need.
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Jai Sri Radhe! My obeisances to the most beautiful service project!
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Dasistudio
A fantastic service!

Brajasundari
Thank you for not letting me down as a charity! Thank you for sharing the results of your work! Thank you, thank you.
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Srimati Devi Dasi
Wonderful essential service! My dandavats to you all!

Sunita Parke
Radha Seva is a very special sweet rare opportunity.
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Subodh Sangar
Great service by all of you. We will spread the word.
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Indu Blum
Hare Krishna, please know that, I am very grateful to be able to do this service. It is an honor and a privilege to serve you
RadhaSeva. A USA 501(c)(3) registered nonprofit. Tax-Exempt EIN 85-3203982 RadhaSeva is a dual-qualified charity in USA and India with Padma Charitable Trust.
This service is dedicated to and in honor of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada and his International Society for Krishna Consciousness