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Seva & Satsang Weekend

Thursday 1st
to Sunday 4th October 2026

Join us for a long weekend of selfless service, worship in the temples, satsang with community members and a visit to Skanda Vale Hospice, our main charity project. Seva runs through the day, and from 5pm you’ll join the ashram’s normal evening programme.

The seva is a mix of outdoor and indoor work: maintaining the natural play area, developing the vegetable garden, helping in the kitchen, juicing fruit for the temple abhishekams, and whatever the ashram’s current projects need closer to the time. Seva is at the heart of how the ashram lives, and taking part in it is the most direct way to understand it. For a lot of people, these weekends have been the first step towards a closer involvement with Skanda Vale.

The programme runs as a whole, so we ask people to stay for all of it — arriving on Thursday between 4 and 5pm and leaving any time from 1pm on Sunday. Earlier arrivals and longer stays are possible, and accommodation is arranged for you once places are confirmed.

A happy few days, in good company.

A volunteer in a pink sari and a black apron, smiling in the ashram kitchen beside the large cooking pots.
A chalkboard sign on an easel outside the temple, written in coloured chalk: Saturday 7th March, Satsang, 3.15pm in the Murugan Temple, all welcome, straight after Shakti passes at 3pm.

At a glance

DatesThursday 1st to Sunday 4th October 2026
ArriveThursday between 4pm and 5pm
LeaveSunday from 1pm — the programme finishes at 1pm, with time before that to clear your room
CostFree
AccommodationAccommodation is provided on-site, all rooms have bunk beds and you may be asked to share your room with a person of your same gender.
MealsAll meals and refreshments provided
BringWarm layers and clothes you don’t mind working in, waterproofs and a dry change of clothes, wellies or walking boots, clean modest loose-fitting clothes for the temples, and your own bedding — towels, sheets, duvet, pillowcases or a sleeping bag

Apply for a place

Places are limited and we’ll be in touch to talk it through. This isn’t a booking — you don’t need your dates or travel plans settled yet.

Open the application form

The form opens in a new tab. Applications are taken on a Google form, so Google holds the answers on our behalf. At Skanda Vale they are seen by the seva team and the accommodation team, and by nobody else. We fully respect your privacy and rights under data protection laws — please see our privacy policy for more information.

What happens next

  1. You’ll see a confirmation on screen as soon as the form is sent.
  2. Someone will call you to talk through the weekend and answer any questions.
  3. If a place is confirmed, we’ll send you a link to book your accommodation.
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