Bharat Sevashram Sangha was founded in 1917 by the illustrious patriot saint Acharya Srimat Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj. The Sangha is a spiritual brotherhood of selfless monks and volunteers dedicated to the service of humanity. It is purely a socio-cultural and philanthropic organization duly registered under Act XXI of 1860 to serve humanity irrespective of caste, creed, or race in the field of Education, Healthcare, Upliftment of the Tribal and downtrodden, Relief & Rehabilitation during natural disasters, Leprosy Eradication, Preaching & Propagation of Indian Culture and Tradition among the people in India and Indian diaspora abroad, etc.

In the year 1923 on the auspicious Maghipurnima day, in a gathering of the Brahmacharins and sacrificing workers, in the hermitage of Bajitpur (Now in Bangladesh), the epithet Bharat Sevashram Sangha was suggested and adopted by the Acharya (Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj) as the appropriate denomination of his Organisation. The ideology behind the epithet, as explained by the Acharya was as follows :-

The word ‘Bharat’ indicates that the Sangha’s primary object is emancipation of the Indian people on the basis of its eternal ideals; the word ‘Seva’ imports the idea that the Sangha, includes those who are true servants of the nation and who have dedicated their lives to the service of the people – physical, mental, moral and spiritual; the word ‘Ashrama’ will at once suggest the ideals of the ancient ‘Varnashrama’ system which was based and disciplined on the ideals and practice of renunciation, self-control, truth and continence; Sangha means organisation; the ‘Sangha’ will be a living organism, the Acharya himself being the life and soul and all the sacrificing and devoted children being its different limbs; the Sangha through its ideals and practice will infuse an organisational spirit amongst the disintegrated masses, towards building up of a well-compact and powerful nationality.

In the year 1923 on the auspicious Maghipurnima day, in a gathering of the Brahmacharins and sacrificing workers, in the hermitage of Bajitpur (Now in Bangladesh), the epithet Bharat Sevashram Sangha was suggested and adopted by the Acharya (Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj) as the appropriate denomination of his Organisation. The ideology behind the epithet, as explained by the Acharya was as follows :-

The word ‘Bharat’ indicates that the Sangha’s primary object is emancipation of the Indian people on the basis of its eternal ideals; the word ‘Seva’ imports the idea that the Sangha, includes those who are true servants of the nation and who have dedicated their lives to the service of the people – physical, mental, moral and spiritual; the word ‘Ashrama’ will at once suggest the ideals of the ancient ‘Varnashrama’ system which was based and disciplined on the ideals and practice of renunciation, self-control, truth and continence; Sangha means organisation; the ‘Sangha’ will be a living organism, the Acharya himself being the life and soul and all the sacrificing and devoted children being its different limbs; the Sangha through its ideals and practice will infuse an organisational spirit amongst the disintegrated masses, towards building up of a well-compact and powerful nationality.