Pyari Maa Foundation

A woman plays various roles in her lifetime. She is a mother, a daughter, a sister and a wife.
It began when Pyarimaafoundation had a trip to Vrindavan as it is a place of pilgrimage. When all the elderly people in the group were visiting temples and praying I and my few other friends got an opportunity to talk to the widows sitting within the premises. Trust me our hearts melted listening to the plight of those women. That conversation made us look into few more women in and around that area. The conversation with them created a lot of questions in our mind.

Why must a woman whose husband dies, lose her place in society? Why must she renounce her worldly desires and possessions? Most of all, why must she put herself through more pain, having just become a widow, and live a life of penance?
Pyarimaafoundation were then keen to explore the issue further. Many of the stories were distressing, ranging from how the widows had been exploited by their family members, to those who had been physically assaulted by their sons and daughters-in-law. Others had known little beyond a life of sorrow.