Dharan Run Samuha was founded by Mr. Santosh Rai in May 2011. It is a not-for-profit charity organization which organizes weekly run events a.k.a. Dharan Run as well as other charity activities for fund raising purposes. The funds are used in helping the poor and needy children.
Dharan Run is a free, timed running event organized on every Saturday mornings at 7:00 am. The run begins from Yalamber Park to Tinkune and back to Yalamber Park covering a 3.5 km distance. Started with only 38 runners in 2011, the event has been joined by 6113 runners as of February 12, 2016. The runs are open to all -juniors, first-timers, or professional athletes. Dharan Run has runners of varying age groups - juniors as young as 4 years old to senior citizens as old as 70 years old.
There are no hard and fast rules for running. All you have to do is run, jog or even walk, if need be, a distance of 3.5 km every Saturday mornings. You can wear anything as long as you feel you're comfortable.