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The Community Seva page at /community-seva celebrates 25 years of selfless service inspired by the core teachings of Swaminarayan Bhagwan. It hosts the SEVA25 Challenge — a global mission inviting all devotees of Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan to contribute community service hours in Swaminarayan Bhagwan’s name.
Twenty-Five Years of Devotion. Twenty-Five Years of Compassion. Twenty-Five Years of Community. Twenty-Five Years of Selfless Service.

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The SEVA25 Challenge

All Mandals and all ages are challenged to participate. Each devotee is challenged to complete a minimum of 25 hours of service in their local community, counting all activities completed on or after August 1, 2025. Devotees and mandals who complete the challenge receive recognition at the Rajat Mahotsav. Special recognition goes to the devotee and mandal with the highest total community service hours.

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Example service projects

Food & shelter

Volunteer at food banks or shelters, organize food or toy drives, deliver meals to families facing food insecurity.

Health & wellness

Organize blood drives, support health fairs, participate in local 5K/charity walks.

Environment

Plant trees, organize community clean-ups, adopt and maintain local parks.

Fundraising

Fundraise for a charity, organize clothing drives, support educational programs for underserved youth.

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Rajat Mahotsav collective goals

Progress from all submitted personal seva and community events is aggregated in real time from two Supabase tables (community_seva_records and personal_seva_submission):
MetricTarget
Volunteer hours2,500 hrs
Meals served10,000
Community events25
Funds raised$25,000
A matching gift campaign doubles every donation up to 10,000,turningapotential10,000, turning a potential 10,000 contribution into 20,000towardthe20,000 toward the 25,000 fundraising goal. All donations are tax-deductible.

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Community initiatives

The page features four active initiative areas documented in components/organisms/bento-initiatives.tsx:

Food distribution

Serves over 500 families weekly through 15 distribution centers, with 200+ volunteer hours weekly and partnerships with 8 local food banks.

Healthcare outreach

Monthly health camps with free checkups, screenings, and wellness education. 2,000+ people screened annually with 50+ medical volunteers.

Environmental care

Community beautification, tree planting (500+ trees), 25 community clean-ups, and 10 adopted parks.

Community events

15+ events hosted annually including 8 charity 5K runs, engaging 3,000+ participants and raising $50,000+ for local causes.

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Personal seva submission form

Devotees submit their individual community service activities using the inline form on the Community Seva page (defined in app/community-seva/page.tsx).

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Form fields

FieldRequiredValidation
First nameYesLetters only (/^[A-Za-z]+$/)
Last nameYesLetters only
Phone numberYesisValidPhoneNumber() via react-phone-number-input
CountryYesSelector (Australia, Canada, England, India, Kenya, USA)
MandalYesDerived from country
Activity nameYesFree text (e.g., “Local food bank volunteering”)
Hours volunteeredYesSelect: 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 hours
ImagesNoUp to 10 image files via drag-and-drop

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Zod schema

const SevaFormSchema = z.object({
  firstName: z.string().min(1).regex(/^[A-Za-z]+$/),
  lastName: z.string().min(1).regex(/^[A-Za-z]+$/),
  phone: z.string().min(1).refine(isValidPhoneNumber),
  activityName: z.string().min(1),
  country: z.string().min(1),
  mandal: z.string().min(1),
  hoursVolunteered: z.string().min(1).refine(
    (val) => ["0.5","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10"].includes(val)
  ),
  images: z.array(z.instanceof(File)).max(10).optional(),
})

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Mandal logic

CountryMandal behavior
IndiaAuto-filled as Maninagar (disabled)
AustraliaAuto-filled as Perth (disabled)
CanadaAuto-filled as Toronto (disabled)
KenyaAuto-filled as Nairobi (disabled)
EnglandDropdown: Bolton, London
USADropdown: Alabama, California, Chicago, Delaware, Georgia, Horseheads, Kentucky, New Jersey, Ocala, Ohio, Seattle, Tennessee, Toronto
The community seva page uses an inline getMandals() function that includes “Toronto” as a USA mandal option. This differs from lib/mandal-options.ts which lists “Virginia” instead of “Toronto” for the USA. The community seva page’s behavior as-shipped is documented above.

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Submission workflow

1

Open the form

Click the SUBMIT YOUR SEVA! button on the Community Seva page. The form animates into view using Framer Motion (AnimatePresence).
2

Fill in your details

Enter your first name, last name, phone number, country, mandal, activity name, and hours volunteered.
3

Attach photos (optional)

Drag and drop up to 10 images onto the dropzone. Preview thumbnails are shown with the option to remove individual files before submission.
4

Submit the form

Click Submit Seva. The form is validated with Zod. A Loader2 spinner is shown while submitting.
5

Database insert

The form data is inserted into the personal_seva_submission Supabase table:
const dbData = {
  first_name, last_name,
  mobile_number,   // national number extracted via parsePhoneNumber()
  country, mandal,
  activity_name,
  volunteer_hours, // parsed as float
}
6

File upload (if images attached)

If images are included, the client calls POST /api/generate-cs-personal-submission-upload-urls for presigned R2 URLs, then uploads each file directly to Cloudflare R2.After all uploads complete, the Supabase row is updated:
{ images_uploaded: true, images_path: `/{submissionId}_{cleanActivityName}/` }
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Confirmation

On success: green toast — "Seva recorded, {firstName}! Jay Shree Swaminarayan. Thank you for your contribution."On failure: red toast — "Submission failed" + error.message
If image upload fails after the database row is inserted, the error is thrown and a failure toast is displayed. The database record is not rolled back, but images_uploaded remains false.

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File upload API

Community seva personal submissions use a separate endpoint from spiritual seva uploads.

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API endpoint

POST /api/generate-cs-personal-submission-upload-urls
The source directory name has a typo: app/api/generate-cs-personal-submision-upload-urls/route.ts (single s in “submission”). The implemented handler is an App Router route (NextRequest / Response.json), unlike the spiritual seva endpoint which uses the Pages API.

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Request body

type RequestBody = {
  submissionId: string;  // UUID of the inserted Supabase row
  activityName: string;  // Used to name the R2 subfolder
  files: FileMetadata[]; // Array of { name: string; type: string }
  folderName: string;    // Top-level R2 folder (hardcoded as "cs_personal_submissions")
}

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Response

type ResponsePayload = {
  uploadUrls?: { url: string; key: string; filename: string }[];
  error?: string;
}

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R2 key format

Each file is stored at: 
{folderName}/{submissionId}_{cleanActivityName}/{filename}
For example: 
cs_personal_submissions/abc-123_Local_food_bank_volunteering/photo.jpg

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Upload flow

1

Request presigned URLs

Client POSTs file metadata, submissionId, activityName, and folderName: "cs_personal_submissions" to the API.
2

Server generates signed URLs

The server creates a PutObjectCommand per file and signs it with @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner. URLs expire in 600 seconds.
3

Client uploads directly to R2

Each file is PUT to its signed URL. No files pass through the Next.js server.
4

Database update

After all uploads succeed, the Supabase row’s images_uploaded and images_path fields are updated.

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Environment variables

VariableDescription
R2_ENDPOINTCloudflare R2 S3-compatible endpoint URL
R2_ACCESS_KEY_IDR2 access key
R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEYR2 secret key
R2_BUCKET_NAMETarget R2 bucket
The community seva upload endpoint does not use R2_BUCKET_PREFIX. The full key is constructed as {folderName}/{submissionId}_{cleanActivityName}/{filename} with no additional prefix.

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Toast notifications

StateStyleMessage
Successbg-green-500 text-white"Seva recorded, {firstName}! Jay Shree Swaminarayan. Thank you for your contribution."
Errorbg-red-500 text-white"Submission failed" + error.message or "Please check your connection and try again."

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FAQ

Any community service activity completed on or after August 1, 2025 counts. Examples include volunteering at food banks, organizing blood drives, planting trees, participating in charity 5K runs, and supporting health fairs.
Yes. Each form submission records one activity. Submit the form once for each distinct activity you complete.
No. Images are optional. You can submit your seva record without attaching any photos.
For India, Australia, Canada, and Kenya, there is only one mandal per country in the system (Maninagar, Perth, Toronto, and Nairobi respectively), so the field is set automatically.
The SEVA25 fundraising goal is **25,000∗∗.Amatchinggiftprogramdoublescontributionsupto25,000**. A matching gift program doubles contributions up to 10,000 on a first-come, first-served basis, enabling the community to reach $20,000 from matched gifts alone. Donations go toward homeless shelter care kits, hot meals, health camps, environmental restoration, and educational support.
Hours from both community_seva_records (organized events) and personal_seva_submission (individual submissions) are summed together. The fetchCommunityStats() function queries both tables in parallel and combines the volunteer hour totals.

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