Privacy & Data Protection

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of personal data:

• Identity details: full name, date of birth, gender, nationality.
• Contact details: email address, phone number, postal address.
• Government identifiers: Aadhaar, PAN, and passport number (used to verify identity and to issue tax receipts).
• Emergency contacts: name and phone number of a person to reach in case of emergency.
• Photographs: profile or identity photos you upload, and images captured during ashram activities.
• Health & dietary information: relevant health conditions and dietary preferences, so we can support your wellbeing and meals.
• Visit details: arrival and departure dates, purpose of visit, and accommodation preferences.
• Data of minors: where a child accompanies a registered seeker, we collect the child's name, age, gender, and relationship to the accompanying adult. Such data is provided and consented to by the parent or lawful guardian.

2. Why We Collect It

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

• To process and manage your stay or event registration, including availability and approval.
• To organise accommodation, meals, and participation in ashram activities.
• To generate 80G tax-exemption receipts for donations and seva contributions, as required by law.
• To communicate with you about your registration, schedule, and related updates.
• To protect the safety and wellbeing of our seekers, volunteers, and residents.

3. Photo & Media Consent

By registering, you consent to being photographed and recorded during ashram activities. Such media may be used for the ashram's communications, social media, and promotional purposes. This is described in clause 12 of our Terms & Conditions and forms part of the conditions of participation.

4. Tax Records & Retention

Where we issue a receipt eligible for tax exemption under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act (Trust registration 80G: AACTA5457D 19(37)/Tax-Free/Haridwar/2010-11/0/2452, Dated 02-12-2009), we retain the associated donation and identity records for the period required by the Income Tax Act and related regulations. Other personal data is retained only for as long as needed for the purposes described above, or as required by law.

5. Third Parties

We share personal data only as necessary to operate our services: payment processing is handled by PayU (for donations and seva contributions), and transactional emails are delivered through our email service provider. We do not sell your personal data to anyone, and we do not share it for third-party marketing.

6. Your Rights & Contact

You can ask to see, correct, or delete the personal information we hold about you, and you can withdraw any consent you have given. To do so, or to raise any concern about how your data is handled, simply write to us at the email below, or contact Anant Dham directly. We will respond as soon as we reasonably can.

Write to us: contact@anantdham.in · Mob.: 8449087323, 9896028066