Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Sri Vijaya Daasara Aradhane collections/memberships

Namaskara,

Sri Vijaya Daasara Aradhane mahotsava would be on Nov 20th (Tuesday) this year. As you all know, Aradhane> is celebrated in a grand manner at Chippigiri with Tirtha Prasada arrangements for thousands of devotees.

Sri Jagannatha Daasaru ( the head of Aradhane committee) has expressed his concerns on the collections for the Aradhane in terms of lack of a co-ordinated system, especially in Bangalore. So we thought of streamlining the collection activity by adopting the following procedure
a) Create Sri Vijaya Daasara Aradhane members with a minimum contribution of Rs 500 every year
b) Each donor, would be given a receipt
c) A master list of Aradhane members would be maintained with their residential address, phone numbers etc
d) Every Aradhane member would get prasada from Chippigiri through post to their residential address
e) Every Donor would be contacted in advance every year to collect the Aradhane funds. This way , a minimum/fixed amount could be expected for the Aradhane from Bangalore. Sri Jagannatha Daasaru would come personally to every area for the collections.

So , If you wish to become a member, please send in your consent, residential address, telephone number by a reply email.

Find enclosed Sri Vijaya Daasara Aradhane poster

Tande Vijayaraya Vyalake Bandyo Vijayaraya

On behalf of Sri Jagannatha Daasaru ..
MYP

Friday, October 19, 2007

Vijaya Dasami - Shri Madhva Jayanthi - Shri Dhanvathari Nidhi

Hare Srinivasa,namaskAra

Navarathri Greetings to all madhva bandhus.Navarathri is an auspicious season to worship Lord Srinivasa, LordVedavyasa, Goddess Durga, and Shri Acharya Madhva.

Tomorrow(Saturday 20th October) is mahanavami- Ayudha Pooja,worshipping Goddess Durga in all the instruments & machinery.Sunday(21st October) is Viajadasami- one of the "siddha Muhurtha" day,the best & most auspicious day for anyone, starting any new ventures,satkarya, dana or any other activities for Sadhana. It is also thebirth day of our revered Acharya - Jagadguru Shri Madhaananda TheerthaBhagavathpadaru. Let us all try to celebrate these days in moremeaningful way, by various satkaryas, as much as possible.

As a token of our seva to Shri Acharya, on this auspicious day, wewould like to launch "Shri Dhanvanthari Nidhi"- A nidhi dedicated forproviding financial assistance to the students of vidyapeeta (learningmadhva shastra in any Vidyapeeta / gurukula in any part of the country)in case of any medical emergency to them or to their parents.

As you know most of the students in the Vidyapeeta are not in a goodposition financially, and any major medical treatment would be reallyan 'impossible' case for them. These students are dedicating their lifefor upholding Shri Acharya's teachings and is it not our duty to helpthem a little during their bad time??. For instanced, few months backthere was request to help a student for his mother's cancer operation.By Lord's grace, madhva bhandus from all corners generously contributedto help that student. But is it possible everytime? Can we not think ofsome better way to manage such crises.???.... Some of our volunteersthought of creating a permanent solution for such emergencies insteadof “fire fighting" in the last moment and came up with the plan ofestablishing "Shri Dhanvanthari Nidhi.”

A team of trustees & volunteers would manage the Nidhi. Shri HaridasaBhat, Principal, Poornaprajna Vidyapeeta would be leading the team andtake care of the Nidhi management. The team would like to establish acorpus fund of Rs 5.00 Lakh to take care of medical emergencies ofstudents and their dependents. With the generous contribution andstrong support from all of you, we would like to extend the same to thedeserving pandits, Achars and archakas in the coming days.

By Lord's grace, most of us are in a better position and can afford tospare few rupees to help those students in the Vidyapeeta who aretorchbearers of Shri Acharya's teachings. I would like to request allof you to volunteer for contributing to this Nidhi on the auspiciousday of Shri Madhva Jayanthi. A monthly contribution of Rs 10 / 25 / 50from each one would really a big help to us and we can realise ourdream in no time. You are also most welcome for one time lump sumdonation, in the name of your nearer / dearer.

We will provide further details about bank account etc shortly. Irequest all of you to pledge for monthly contribution, whatever thelittle may be. As "each drop together makes Ocean", a heartfeltcontribution from each one of us would go a long way in providing helpto vidyapeeta students.

On this occasion of Shri VyasaPooja, Shri Srinivasa Kalyana, DurgaPooja, Shamee Pooja, Shri Madhva Jayanthi, let us all pray LordVedavyasa, Goddess Durga, Shri Acharya to bless us with more strength (thanu, mana, dhana) to get involved more and more in satkaryas and helpour madhva bhandus, and thus worship Lord.

Your valuable suggestions are most welcome.Please reply back to participate in the "Shri Dhanvanthari Nidhi"
namaskAra
B.Gopalakrishna Varna

PS: Probably some of you may see this email after Vijaya Dasami, butstill is not late. Monday is Ekadashi, Tuesday is Dwadashi- beginningof Dvidala vratha, the last vratha of the Chaturmasa - most auspiciousdays for any satkarya, and you are most welcome to pledge yourcontribution.

Monday, October 15, 2007

An Appeal From JayaSatyaPramodaNidhi- Sri UttaradiMath

Jaya Satya Pramoda Nidhi - Introduction

Jaya Satya Pramoda Nidhi is great visionary initiative started by His Holiness Shri 1008 Satyapramoda Tirtha Swamiji's in 1984. Through this benevolent fund he gave grants to deserving poor Brahmin students in order to enable them to pursue their educational goals. Since 1984, until now, every year, more than hundred students have received financial assistance through this Fund by the blessings of Shri 1008 Satyatma Tirtha Swamiji.
We do not claim that we have fully helped the student to complete his eductaion. But we do have the satisfaction that at least a few have been benefited through this institution and embarked on a better life. However today, there is great challenge to get good education with rising educational fees and managing oneself. But this is possible thru loans or external help. Poor Brahmin students even cant get loans. All these students depend on an outsider for financial help. Its fine, if they get it. Else one Brahmin looses chance to get educated well and it affects the whole Brahmin community. So in view of this, we are requesting you to help grow this initiative, so that it can support as many deserving Brahmins as possible to get educated properly. Few of the facts, figures and last year report in brief is given below.

1) The scholarship for 2006-07 students at Uttaradi matha. H H Sri Satyaatmateertha Swamiji has distributed Rs.90,000 to 28 needy Madhwa students who are pursuing in Engineering & Medical courses. From the academic year 2007-08, we started giving the scholarship for PUC 1st year students because we understand that early help would students to pursue their goals.
2) The scholarship for 2007-08 is given to more than 75 students nearing the amount of Rs.3 lakhs.
3) This year we need to distribute scholarship for last year students also
4) From the next academic year we need to provide scholarship to 1st PUC, 2nd PUC and renewal students. .
5) As all of you know that fund distributed is from the fund collected from haribhaktas. Once again its a sincere request to donate genrously towards "Jaya Satya Pramoda Nidhi" a non-profit trust. A tax exemption under 80G is applicable to your donations.

Your donation can be towards
To take responsibility of a course pursued by a student.
To defray the cost of the course of a student for one year
or any amount.

Modes of Donation:

1)Either send a cheque on "Jaya Satya Pramoda Nidhi" c/o Uttaradi Math,Pooja Mandira, Uttaradi Math Road Basavanagudi, Basavanagudi, Bangalore-560004.

2)Online transfer can also be done on SBI:
Account Name : Jaya Satya Pramoda Nidhi
Account Numver : 10421685708
Bank Name : State Bank Of India
Branch : Basavanagudi, Bangalore
IFSC : SBIN00033573)If any haribhakta wants to avail Tax exmeption:

a)Send a cheque on "Satya Pramoda Foundation" c/o Uttaradi Math,Pooja Mandira, Uttaradi Math Road Basavanagudi, Basavanagudi, Bangalore-560004.

b)Online transfer can also be done on SBI:

Account Name : Satya Pramoda Foundation
Account Numver : CA1146
Bank Name : Karnataka Bank
Branch : Basavanagudi, Bangalore.
Branch Code : 089
INFO : 950844KBL

NOTE:
1) For Haribhaktas who give donation of Rs.5000 and above every year, Sri Moolaramadevera Pooja will be performed on the specic date given by the devotee and Prasadam is sent by post.
2)Whenever devotee makes a donation, please make sure that adddress is sent as mail to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MadhwaYuvaParishat/post?postID=iWZHasJj5cfNBfK-lkrol8yA0q13jVWTO7cvOJYaVA_qQCnNhzljxC4w-hrDeU-4usKUE28b-Zisp0_0-fPdHglY

In Hari sevaJaya Satya Pramoda Nidhi Team PS: For more deatils please contact:
Shri Vidyadeeshacharya 9448484457
Shri Venkateshacharya 9448863064
Shri Venkat Rao - 9980331925.
e-mail : jayanidhi@uttaradimath.org
Web : www.uttaradimath.org/jayanidhi.htm

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Contributions to TMYP- formed to Help Poor Deserving Madhva Student

Dear Members/Devotees/Haribhakthas,Membes of HDMS(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Help_Deserving_Madhwa_Students/have formed Tamilnadu Madhva Yuva Parishat for helping poordeserving students of madhva community. We have registered oursociety and opened Bank account for making contributions.Our objectives:
1. Help poor deserving "Tamil Nadu" madhwa students [Middle classstudents are not under our purview).
2. Help the organization which supports Vedic education.
3. Help poor deserving madhwa students from other states.

Now our savings account is active. Please find the account detailsgiven below.Either you can join the above mentioned yahoo group forthis noble venture or in case you are not interested to join theyahoo group, but want to help the students, you can directlytransfer the money to the above account by following the guidelinesgiven below, to enable us to track your contribution.Members can either deposit Rs.100/- every month or they can payconsolidated amount as they wish per year.We kindly request Interested members to contribute to this noblecause by directly transferring the amount to Bank account givenbelow. While depositing please follow the guidelines given below.Easy way to transfer the money to Bank account is Electronic clearance system(ECS). You can give instructions to your bank todirectly the transfer the money monthly to TMYP account, so thatneither you forget to transfer the money nor it impacts your busy schedule.
Account name: Tamilnadu Madhwa Yuva ParishatAccount
No: 30247946293
Bank Name: STATE BANK OF INDIA
Branch: ADYAR ,CHENNAIMICRIFSC: SBIN0001115 (For Internet Transfer)

1. While depositing the amount, please provide your details to the bank. So your name will appear in the monthly statement, which willhelp us to track the details.
2. An easy option to pay your donation monthly is, you can give ECS(Electronic Clearing System)request to your bank to deposit Rs.100/-to our account. So you will not forget every month and it will notimpact your busy schedule
3. Once you deposit the amount, please inform us either through,a. Mail to groupb. Mail to any of our moderators Mohan.Venkatesan@ gmail.com, ljkumar1967@ gmail.com, mailmevenky@ gmail.com.
Make a phone call to any of our moderators:
Mohan: 9884965222(Chennai)
Jay: 9441723364 (Hyderabad)
Venky: 9871084112 (Noida).

Send a post to the TMYP Headoffice Address:

Mr.Mohan,No-9, 4th Street, 1st cross st,Guru Swamy Nagar,Anakaputhur,Chennai - 600070

You choose any of the above choices, but please inform us.

4. Receipt will be dispatched to you on half-yearly basis.For Apr to Sep: In October month, Receipts will be dispatched.For Oct to Mar: In April month, Receipts will be dispatched.5. Keep your Receipts safely. As in future, we will try to bring ITexcemptions. For donations, we can produce the Receipts within 3years in time.We kindly request interested members to contribute for this noblecause.

Rgds.
Jay.