Pinkishe Foundation
8/11/2026
Twice a year, in Chaitra Navratri in spring and Sharad Navratri in autumn, millions of families honour young girls as forms of the Devi. On Ashtami or Navami, they invite girls home for Kanya Pujan. They wash the girls' feet, feed them halwa, puri and chana, and send them home with blessings and dakshina.
It is a beautiful idea: that every girl is sacred.
The girls at your door go home to families who love them. Many girls across India do not have what they need when their period comes: pads, the right information, or someone to ask.
This Navratri, many families add one more kanya to the pooja: a girl they will never meet. ₹1,100 covers one girl's menstrual protection, education and support for a year. The support is our menstrual helpline, free and confidential, which answers at any hour on 85888 70999.
Some families honour nine girls, for the nine forms of the Devi: ₹9,900 covers nine girls' menstrual protection, education and support for a year.
Diwali is a time of daan, of sharing what Lakshmi has given us. Some families set aside a donation with their Lakshmi Pooja. Some offices make a Diwali donation together instead of exchanging boxes of sweets.
To donate in someone's name, forward your donation receipt to info@pinkishe.org with the name and the occasion. We add up the donations you tell us about and send you the total. We keep these names only for this, and we never publish them.
Pinkishe Foundation is a non-profit working on menstrual health since 2017. We work in schools and communities across India, so every girl and woman can manage her period with dignity. We are rated five stars on Google by over 2,400 people.
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A simple printable sheet that marks your period days, your fertile window and your ovulation day. We will email it to you now.
We will send the tracker and a few gentle menstrual health emails from Khyati at Pinkishe. No spam, unsubscribe any time.
Prefer to work out your dates now? Open the free ovulation calculatorOn Ashtami or Navami of Navratri, families invite young girls home, honour them as forms of the Devi, feed them and give them dakshina.
Yes. Many families add a donation for girls they will never meet. ₹1,100 covers one girl's menstrual protection, education and support for a year.
Yes, for donors in India. It is eligible for tax deduction under Section 133 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 (earlier Section 80G). The deduction helps only those who pay tax in India. A donation from abroad carries no Indian tax benefit.
₹1,100 gives one girl a year. Donations are eligible for deduction under Section 80G.
