Presenting the Outreach of ‘Garbhotsav Sanskar’ Movement Aimed at Programming Foetal Brain for a Well-Cultured Generation

In the present times, it is believed that socio-economic context plays an important role in the shaping of a generation. For example, the identity of Generation Z and Generation Alpha are significantly affected by various socio-economic factors like the digital age, COVID pandemic, anxiety associated with climate change, etc.; these factors have resulted in behavioural health crises including various kinds of mental disorders, living in virtual-reality instead of real-life human relationships, excessive dependency on social media, etc.A deep dive into the possible root causes for the above-mentioned personality traits reveals that the upbringing of future generations in modern Indian and Western culture focuses only on physical fitness and health, rather than mental, spiritual, emotional and moral values. Thus, the solution suggested in this regard is: what if a way is devised to program the foetal brain to get a well-mannered, intelligent, talented child with divine qualities? If this opportunity can be tapped by bringing integrity between mother and child to inculcate the physical, mental, social, psychological, moral and spiritual well-being of the child even before birth, then a planned baby can be created.The procedure given by the ancient sages for achieving this change is called Sanskar. The literal meaning of the word Sanskar is to make good, to refine, to purify, to sanctify, to make beautiful and useful, to remove defects and negativity in an object, to establish its good qualities and to give it a new cultured form.Looking at the circumstances of the present life, the founder of All World Gayatri Pariwar, Vedmurti Taponisth Pandit Sriram Sharma Aacharya ji, has combined the benefits, education and scientific knowledge of Garbhadhana, Punsavan and Seemantonayan sanskars and created a universal name ‘Gabhotsav Sanskar’. It is the psychological, social and spiritual education of the science of pregnancy, a subtle culture, a resolution-making event, which in the presence of close friends is imbued with a supernatural sacred atmosphere and spiritual feelings. It is a way to draw the attention of the expectant mother, the father of the unborn child and all family members to the physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual well-being of the unborn baby.For the past several years, ‘Garbhotsav Sanskar’ has been propagated worldwide under the ‘Aao Gadhe Sanskarvan Pidhi’ movement of Shantikunj, Haridwar. The present paper is a compilation of various efforts undertaken in this regard. The strategy included 4 parts: Public awareness work, Training of trainers, Induction of pregnant women and Garbhotsav Sanskar function. The major achievement is success in introducing new ideas in a way that is accessible, digestible, acceptable and understandable to the learned people. Several universities and educational institutions have included it in their curriculum.