For more than 20 years, Swami Nirvanananda has dedicated himself to expanding the work begun by Father Marian Zelazek in Puri, on the Bay of Bengal in eastern India. Swamiji travels the world extensively carrying only his guitar and some CDs, to raises money to help needy children in and around Puri.

What started with a single school for the children of the leper colony has since grown to include several large projects.