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Seva Cafe In India

Seva Café has got various branches across the country. In few cities, it is hosted in different cafes and by different people with the motto of ‘Living Is Giving’. The first Seva Café was opened in Mumbai on 13 January 2013 at Shantivan Garden. Shantivan Garden is situated in the Malabar hills. It hosts various community activities such as Seva Café , meditation, yoga. The Seva Café in Mumbai is hosted on a monthly base.

Seva Café in Ahmedabad is a restaurant driven by volunteers and modest staff. It is known as the 'School Of Service', as you won't have to pay for the food you were served because it is already paid by the guest who was served before you. It's a restaurant with 'no menu and no prices' where the guest is required to pay for a strangers' meal. The indulgence of the guests and volunteers helps to create a better future that moves from exchange of money and food to trust, from seclusion to shared commitment, and from fear of being alone to celebrating with strangers.

Seva Café in Bangalore was first conducted on Dec 2, 2012 at the Vriksh Restaurant in Yelahanka New Town by Anupreet Dhody and Susheel Nair, who volunteered at Seva Café, Ahmedabad. The Cafe was held twice - on Sundays in December,2012 and January,2013.The Café offers meals cooked and served by volunteers. Anyone can volunteer at the Café and service such as cooking, serving,cleaning. It is conducted at various places like Hosabelaku, Sumanahalli Leprosy Centre, Karunashraya Hospice, Snehadaan and Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for The Blind.

Seva Cafe in Pune was started on 9^th September, 2012 when the Atlantis restaurant in Pune transformed into a Seva Cafe for the evening. Anita, the owner of the restaurant refuses to accept any form of contribution from the volunteers. More than 25 people show up well to serve as volunteer. Every customer has to give ten rupee gift for Seva Café, “And that is how the circle of giving is completed”

Seva Cafe in Surat was a wild idea which took a beautiful form on 21^st December, 2013 at Fountainhead School, Surat . The idea was to practice peer to peer generosity.

Seva Cafe also known as Karma Kitchen took place in Baroda in April 2014. It has undulated into numerous experiments like Free Hugs in Kamati Baug, Food + Love, and a neighborhood withdraw. Manjeet and Dhaval who took the initiative to start the karma kitchen.

In Delhi, in December 2014, volunteers piloted a one-time Karma Kitchen. And there was a lot of interest in replicating this again in the wider Delhi area.

In Hyderabad, it was hosted on May 2017, at Sage Organic Cafe. Together by some kitchen geniuses. The restaurant owner barely didn’t knew anyone, and yet she open-heartedly let everyone use and reconfigure everything.