INDIA ENDOWMENTS ACTIVITY

January - February - March 2003

Puri Monasteries

Hindu Heritage Endowment has established a perpetual fund for the rejuvenation and care of Puri's once-thriving monasteries. Use of the income from the fund will be supervised by Shankaracharya Sri Nischalanand Saraswati and his successors. This year, grants totalling Rs. 2,400 were given.

Kerala Temple Trust Fund

Shubha and Kishore Pathial of Oregon, USA, started fund #50 (present balance of $ 1,783.21) to maintain temples in Kerala that are not under a government-managed temple trust. This year, the Trikkaikunnu Mahadeva Kshetra at Northern Kottayam received its second grant of Rs. 3,840.

Kapaleeshwara Temple Orphanage

The famed Kapaleeshwara Temple of Chennai has under its auspicesthe nearby Kapaleeshwara Temple Orphanage, which gives religious training for its residents in addition to shelter and meals. HHE offers support to this noble institution with this fund, #52, initiated by Dr. Jayanthi Mukundan of Liverpool. It now has a balance of $1,267.51.

This year the orphanage received Rs. 18,240 of grants.

Udayan Care, New Delhi

Udayan Care is a New Delhi-based voluntary organisation committed to sustainable social development by running homes for abandoned or orphaned children. Udayan Care fund, #42, has a balance of $4,623.97 and gave Rs. 4,800 of grants this year in support of this noble institution.

Additional information is available at www.udayancare.org.

Pazhassi Balamandiram, Kerala

The Pazhassi Balamandiram in Nalloornadu, Mananthavady, which serves more than 30 residents and raises them in Hindu values and traditions, received a second annual grant of Rs. 10,560. The HHE staff is gratified to support this worthy orphanage. It is fund #54 with a balance of $5,193.04.

Other Endowments

Other endowments also received annual grants: 1) Rs. 11,040 to Abirami Amman Temple, Tiru-kadaiyur, which provides a monthly archana on each full moon day, 2) Rs. 11,040 to Iyarappan Temple, Thiruvaiyaru, which sponsors a monthly puja and feeding on Arudra nakshatra day, 3) Rs. 4,320 to the Tirumular Sannidhi in Thiruvavadhuthurai for shrine upkeep, and 4) Rs. 4,320 to Vishwamata Gayatri Trust, New Delhi, of Swami Pragyanand, for general support.

An Alternative To Direct Donations

Normally, when a donor in the USA gives to Hindu institutions in India or another country, and does so directly, he does not qualify for an income tax charitable deduction. If you are in this situation, do consider HHE as an alternative which provides you with a tax deduction, while the institution of your choice still receives the same amount of gift. At the same time, an endowment at HHE would build, providing permanent support for the institution. Write or e-mail for further details. Our representatives in India are Tiru L. Nellaiappan, Chennai, for the South and Srimat Rajiv Malik, New Delhi, for the North. Grants to institutions in India are made through HHE's affiliate organization, Sanmarga Trust India, which provides additional documentation and oversight over the funds.

As a public service, HHE occasionally will offer the opinions of financial planners. However, it endorses neither these advisors nor their counsel, and recommends that all individuals seek professional advice from several sources before making important long-term decisions.

June to August Endowment Contributions

MISSION STATEMENT

Hindu Heritage Endowment is a publicly supported, charitable organization recognized as tax exempt by the IRS on April 22, 1994. Employer ID 99-0308924. Founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, its philanthropic mission is to provide secure, professionally managed financial support for institutions and religious leaders of all lineages of Sanatana Dharma.

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS

Halbert/Hargrove, Investment Counsel; Sonoda & Isara, LLP, CPA. HHE is a member of the Council on Foundations, an association of more than 2,000 foundations which interprets relevant law and management and investment principles, and of the National Committee on Planned Giving, the voice and professional resource for the gift planning community.

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