Vruksha Prasad – Shree Ambabai Shaktipeeth Kolhapur
Vruksha Prasad — Shree Ambabai Shaktipeeth, Kolhapur
In the ancient city of Kolhapur, where Shree Ambabai has been worshipped as Mahalakshmi by devotees for over a thousand years, Sahyadri Devrai's Vruksha Prasad takes on a deeper meaning. Here, every tree planted is not just a sapling — it is a prasad, a sacred offering to the Goddess herself. A living blessing rooted in the very soil her devotees have walked for generations.
The Shree Ambabai Shaktipeeth is one of India's most revered Shakti shrines, drawing millions who come seeking strength, abundance, and grace. Through this initiative, Sahyadri Devrai invites devotees to extend their devotion beyond the temple — by gifting a tree in the Goddess's name. The Devi has always been the source of nature's bounty, and Vruksha Prasad is our way of returning a small fraction of that bounty back to the earth she nurtures.
01 — A Tree in the Name of the Goddess
Every Vruksha Prasad sapling planted under this initiative is dedicated in the name of Shree Ambabai. The tree becomes a living act of devotion — growing, breathing, and offering shade in her grace for generations to come.
02 — Sacred Indigenous Species
Trees traditionally associated with Shakti worship and Indian temple tradition — banyan, peepal, audumbar, bilva, ashok, and others — are planted under this initiative. These are species that have stood beside Indian shrines for thousands of years.
03 — Devotion Rooted in the Earth
The initiative invites devotees of Ambabai to express their faith through the simplest, oldest offering of all — a tree. In a time when temples are crowded but forests are shrinking, returning to nature is the highest form of worship.
04 — A Forest Blessed by Faith
The trees planted under this initiative grow at Sahyadri Devrai sites and are cared for as part of the larger Devrai movement. Every sapling becomes part of a sacred grove — a forest carrying the blessings of millions of devotees.
- Indigenous trees planted as a sacred prasad in the name of Shree Ambabai.
- A growing grove dedicated to one of India's most revered Shakti shrines.
- Devotees of Shree Ambabai given a meaningful way to express devotion through nature.
- A living forest blessed by faith and nurtured for generations to come.
