Om Vasundharaya Vidmahe Bhutadhatraya Dhimahi Tanno Bhumih Prachodayat- Bhumi Gayatri Mantra
ॐ वसुंधराय विद्महे
भूतधत्राय धीमहि
तन्नो भूमिः प्रचोदयात् ।
Om, let me meditate on the Earth the One who provides for all, bless us with abundance, and let the Goddess of Earth illuminate my mind
The world faces a growing polycrisis rooted in our separation from self, community, and nature. Our work responds through restoring ecosystems while renewing the cultural and spiritual relationships that connect people to land.
Sacred Earth Trust is a non-profit working at the intersection of ecology, culture, and community governance to support conservation and regenerative futures.
We engage in research, field-based restoration, and education grounded in local knowledge systems, lived relationships with land and water, and long-standing ethical frameworks that recognise nature
as more than a resource.
OUR VALUES
Aligned by the spirit of the Bhūmi Sūkta, which recognizes the Earth as mother and humanity as her children, we uphold an ethic of reciprocity, gratitude, and restraint towards the living world. We honor indigenous ways of relating to land as a shared sacred inheritance, rooted in responsibility, stewardship, and enduring relationship rather than ownership.
Focus Areas
Education That Reconnects
Creating learning processes that reconnect ecology, culture, and inner life, fostering systems thinking and responsible participation in a living world.
210+
Million Litres of natural water resources restored
10k+
Human lives directly benefitted
20k+
Native saplings nurtured
4500+
Sacred groves documented
Our numbers speak for themselves
National Database on Sacred Groves of India
To support long-term protection and informed decision-making, Sacred Earth Trust maintains a Sacred Grove Database, as a repository of data from across India. We welcome contributions from the civil society, researchers, local community members and conservation professionals.