BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha is a Hindu organisation. In Australia, BAPS has been part of community life for more than three decades, growing to include 19 mandirs and 84 centres where families gather for prayer, learning and service.
The BAPS community is made up of families, students, working professionals, children and seniors. What draws people together is a shared belief that spirituality should express itself through good character and care for others, both within our own community and beyond it.
Everything BAPS does in Australia is powered by volunteers. There are no paid staff running community programs, but individuals and families who give their time because they believe in the value of service.
This spirit of contribution, known in the Hindu tradition as seva, is not unique to BAPS. It is the same ethos that drives volunteer firefighters, community sports coaches, and neighbours who drop off meals when someone is unwell. BAPS simply provides a framework and a community for people who want to serve.
In the joy of others lies our own.
Meet BAPS, the community, and the communities they wish to serve.
