New Fund Ensures Spiritual Future of USA Temple
July - August - September 2007 Newsletter

Devotees of the Murugan Temple in Lanham, Maryland have enlisted the services of the Hindu Heritage Endowment to ensure the ceremonial and spiritual future of their temple. Pooling their contributions, they created the Murugan Temple of North America Puja Fund, (fund #70.) "Some of us want to support the temple even after we leave this world," said temple board member Dr. Nigel Subramaniam Siva. "We're initially aiming to build the fund to $300,000." At five percent, he estimates the fund would provide $15,000 annually for puja supplies. As the fund grows, any income in excess of the supplies budget will be applied to priest salaries and benefits.
"It's very simple," adds Atchuthan Sriskandarajah. "I thought that the fund should be created so that we can further insure that the pujas are done well for the community at large now and in the future."
"My contribution to the Puja Fund is an expression of my devotion to Lord Muruga," explained Dr. Ken Kanagalingam, "It gives me great satisfaction that our Puja Fund at HHE will help our children, born into a different culture and perspective, continue our cherished Hindu traditions. It ensures that the temple will receive the resources needed to support the priests and their continued performance of daily temple rituals in an uninterrupted and proper manner." Kanagasabai Loganathan co-created the Puja Fund at HHE to encourage the next generation to preserve their Hindu heritage. "We asked our three adult children to contribute to the fund with us," he said. "We wanted to help them develop the habit of supporting the temple. We found the Puja Fund a safe, satisfying, sustainable vehicle by which we can support our temple. We hope we will be able to give to the fund regularly."
"My late husband Arumukham Saravanapavan visited Kauai in 1982," recalls Pathmini Saravanapavan. "He told Gurudeva that our community wanted to build a temple, and Gurudeva sent a Ganesha to our home in Bethesda, telling us, ëPray to him and slowly he will help you build a temple.' He said our temple would ëlast more than a thousand years.' It gave me great joy to hear that. In my small way, I want to make sure this happens because of my love for Muruga and my belief in Gurudeva's words." In 2003 Pathmini opened two Murugan Temple funds with HHE.
Dr. Sabapathippillai Kulathungam feels the Puja Fund at HHE links his Murugan temple in Maryland with the Iraivan Temple in Kauai and, through it, with Hindu temples worldwide. "Like many tributaries join to form a single river, all divisions of Hinduism merge within the single Iraivan," he said. Temple trustee Vayudeva Varadan shared his hope for the future of the temple. "I believe Murugan Temple's priests and the pujas they deliver bring unique light and life to the temple. As the years pass, I expect the feeling to build and grow. Even now, people travel to our Nallur Festival from all over the US and Canada. I suspect it is the same feeling that motivates thousands of people to walk barefoot for days to reach the great temples in India."
Dr. Siva hopes others will contribute to the Puja Fund both to ensure the temple's future and to honor their loved ones as he has done for his parents. Siva, who holds a Doctorate in Water Resources Engineering, credits his parents for much of his professional success, as well as his religious formation. Devotees purchased land for the temple in 1987. The temple was finished in 1999, with Gurudeva attending the Kumbhabishekam. "My personal experiences at the Temple have convinced me that the high spiritual presence of the divine is there," Dr. Siva said. "I want to make sure this divine presence continues to grow there so that others will benefit spiritually." Please visit the temple at www.murugantemple.org.
January to March Endowment Contributions
Kauai Aadheenam Monastic Endowment |
Ishani Chowdhury | 121.00 |
Gunasekaran Kandasamy | 339.27 |
Sheela Rahavendran | 101.00 |
K. Lakshmi Kantha Reddy | 186.00 |
Darmaguhan Satgunasingam | 50.00 |
Other Donations | 47,720.50 |
Total | 48,517.77 |
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Iraivan Temple Endowment |
Roger & Rosemary Brown | 120.00 |
Chris Gendron | 27.00 |
Victoria Lynne Johnson | 33.00 |
Muthu Kumar | 20.00 |
Trond Liland | 85.00 |
S.V. Ravi Rahavendran | 1,503.00 |
Sheela Rahavendran | 202.00 |
Jnana Sivananda | 100.00 |
Devananda Tandavan Estate | 488,225.44 |
Niraj Thaker | 25.25 |
Jeremiah Umakanthan | 63.50 |
Padminidevi Umakanthan | 200.00 |
Other Donations | 243,516.75 |
Total | 734,120.94 |
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Kauai Aadheenam Annual Archana Fund |
Yatrika Ajaya | 153.34 |
Gunavadee Caremben | 1.50 |
Somasundaram Caremben | 1.50 |
Sukanta Caremben | 1.50 |
Victoria Lynne Johnson | 11.00 |
Amooda Koothan | 1.50 |
Saravan Koothan | 1.50 |
Sakuntalai Krishnan | 234.06 |
Kirtideva Peruman | 5.99 |
Niroshnee Peruman | 8.99 |
Akileiswaran Samuthiran | 10.75 |
Jayasutha Samuthiran | 15.82 |
Janakan Saravanapavan | 100.00 |
Sivan Saravanapavan | 100.00 |
Devaladevi Sivaceyon | 5.61 |
Nutanaya Sivaceyon | 5.61 |
Patudeva Sivaceyon | 5.61 |
Hemavalli Sivalingam | 1.73 |
Kantaruban Sivalingam | 1.73 |
Rohini Sivalingam | 1.73 |
Potriyan Sivanathan | 8.53 |
Siven Veerasamy | 12.00 |
Total | 690.00 |
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Hinduism Today Lifetime Subscription Fund |
Sujeet Akula | 160.00 |
Brian Breiling | 240.00 |
Ravichandran Ceyon | 209.00 |
Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam | 220.00 |
Umaiyal Devasegayam Family | 55.98 |
Anil D. Halappa | 240.00 |
Carmel V. Hawn | 525.00 |
David Jaffe | 800.00 |
Isanah Kameni | 28.56 |
T. Iswarah Kumar | 35.50 |
Bose & Parvathi Mandava | 1,001.00 |
Arundhati Mehta | 800.00 |
Jaipal Panwar | 800.00 |
Mogan Ramasamy | 652.00 |
Sothinathan Sabesan | 160.00 |
Kulamani (Roselia) Simon | 50.00 |
Rakesh Vaidyanathan | 160.00 |
Total | 6,137.04 |
|
Boys School for Iraivan Priesthood |
Kapil Mhaiskar | 12.63 |
Bala Sivaceyon | 22.45 |
Total | 35.08 |
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Kauai Aadheenam Matavasi Medical Fund |
Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam | 27.50 |
Gowri Nadason | 101.94 |
K. Lakshmi Kantha Reddy | 245.00 |
Niraj Thaker | 25.25 |
Vayudeva Varadan | 72.00 |
Other Donations | 6,300.00 |
Total | 6,771.69 |
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Tirunavukkarasu Nayanar Gurukulam |
Rajkumar Alagesan | 75.00 |
Muthu Kumar | 39.00 |
Trond Liland | 20.00 |
Ananthakumar Renganathan | 50.00 |
Total | 184.00 |
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Sri Subramuniya Kottam Fund |
Muthu Kumar | 14.00 |
|
Malaysian Hindu Youth Education Trust |
Muthu Kumar | 255.00 |
Anbananthan Muniandy | 10.00 |
Total | 265.00 |
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Kumbhalavalai Ganesha Temple Endowment |
Manoharan Navaratnarajah | 75.00 |
|
Malaysia Hindu Renaissance Fund |
Muthu Kumar | 44.00 |
|
Hinduism Today Production Fund |
Muthu Kumar | 4.00 |
Dr. Shun Sunder | 5,000.00 |
Total | 5,004.00 |
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Hindu Orphanage Endowment Fund |
Anil Anand Badhwar | 57.20 |
Aparna Balakrishnan | 10.00 |
Chris Gendron | 135.00 |
Gunasekaran Kandasamy | 339.27 |
Prasad Krishnan | 1.50 |
Muthu Kumar | 42.00 |
Krishnakumar Manoharan | 51.00 |
Kapil Mhaiskar | 12.62 |
Natraj Narayanswami | 45.00 |
Bharath Ramaswamy | 51.00 |
Alex Ruberto | 50.00 |
Rodney & Ilene Standen | 30.00 |
Niraj Thaker | 25.25 |
Raja Vishnu | 125.00 |
Total | 974.84 |
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Hindu Education Endowment |
Kapil Mhaiskar | 12.62 |
Hasu N. & Hansa H. Patel | 100.00 |
Total | 112.62 |
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Suntheram Family Trust Fund |
Suntheram Family Trust Fund | 1,500.00 |
|
Hindu Press International Endowment Fund |
Hiranya & Saraswathi Gowda | 63.00 |
David & Margaret Myers | 100.00 |
Panna Nagarsenker | 100.00 |
Total | 263.00 |
|
Loving Ganesha Distribution Fund |
Manoharan Navaratnarajah | 75.00 |
Gassa Patten | 1,500.00 |
Total | 1,575.00 |
|
Spiritual Park of Mauritius Endowment |
Kapil Mhaiskar | 12.62 |
|
Kauai Aadheenam Religious Art and Artifacts Fund |
Rajadeva Alahan | 102.00 |
|
Murugan Temple Pillaiayar Shrine Fund |
Pathmini Saravanapavan | 100.00 |
|
Thank You Bodhinatha Fund |
Hotranatha Ajaya | 11.00 |
Asha Chaku | 1,000.00 |
Amarnath & Latha Devarmanai | 324.00 |
Trond Liland | 60.00 |
Kamalasundri Ashoka Natarajan | 57.84 |
Manoharan Navaratnarajah | 150.00 |
Sheela Rahavendran | 101.00 |
Alex Ruberto | 30.00 |
Pathmini Saravanapavan | 25.00 |
Niraj Thaker | 25.25 |
Jeremiah Umakanthan | 62.50 |
Vayudeva Varadan | 84.00 |
Total | 1,930.59 |
|
Saivite Hindu Scriptural Fund for the Visually Impaired |
Alex Ruberto | 30.00 |
|
Sri Chandra Madhab Debnath Endowment |
Shyamal Chandra Debnath | 150.00 |
|
Murugan Temple Yalpanam Festival Fund |
Pathmini Saravanapavan | 100.00 |
|
Manitha Neyam Trust Fund |
Bala Sivaceyon | 22.45 |
|
Kerala Temple Trust |
Ishani Chowdhury | 125.00 |
Prasad Krishnan | 1.50 |
Total | 126.50 |
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Kapaleeshwara Temple Orphanage |
Rajkumar Alagesan | 25.00 |
Aparna Balakrishnan | 10.00 |
Prasad Krishnan | 1.50 |
Muthu Kumar | 70.00 |
Auslin Mangal Lawrence | 150.00 |
Jayanthi Vasudevan Naiker | 200.00 |
Bharath Ramaswamy | 51.00 |
Total | 507.50 |
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Manjung Hindu Sabha Orphanage Fund |
Aparna Balakrishnan | 10.00 |
Muthu Kumar | 356.00 |
Bharath Ramaswamy | 51.00 |
Simon Wesley | 1.00 |
Total | 418.00 |
|
Pazhassi Balamandiram Orphanage Fund |
Muthu Kumar | 20.00 |
|
Karnataka Temple Development Fund |
Hiranya & Saraswathi Gowda | 303.00 |
|
Swami Vipulananta Childrenís Home Endowment |
Muthu Kumar | 20.00 |
Kapil Mhaiskar | 12.62 |
Total | 32.62 |
|
Hindu Literature Fund |
Hotranatha Ajaya | 13.00 |
Som Sharma | 251.00 |
Nigel Subramaniam Siva | 600.00 |
Prabha S. Verma | 5,001.00 |
Total | 5,865.00 |
|
Hinduism Today Complimentary Subscription Fund |
Hiranya & Saraswathi Gowda | 153.00 |
Narendran Siddan | 20.00 |
Total | 173.00 |
|
Kauai Aadheenam Yagam Fund |
Victoria Lynne Johnson | 11.00 |
K. Lakshmi Kantha Reddy | 108.00 |
Total | 119.00 |
|
Yogaswami Hindu Girlsí Home of Sittandy Endowment |
Anonymous | 7.00 |
Nikole Castillo | 20.00 |
Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam | 27.50 |
Lila Shakti Devi | 85.00 |
Prasad Krishnan | 1.50 |
Muthu Kumar | 71.00 |
Kapil Mhaiskar | 12.63 |
Krish & Devika Muruga | 100.00 |
Natraj Narayanswami | 110.00 |
Ananthakumar Renganathan | 50.00 |
Jutikadevi Sivaraja | 216.00 |
Kimberly Wyckham | 6.00 |
Karen Yang | 1,008.00 |
Silas H. Zirkle | 250.00 |
Total | 1,964.63 |
|
Siva Poomi School Trust |
Muthu Kumar | 20.00 |
|
Yogaswami Hindu Boysí Home Fund |
Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam | 27.50 |
Muthu Kumar | 61.00 |
Kapil Mhaiskar | 12.63 |
Natraj Narayanswami | 25.00 |
Ananthakumar Renganathan | 50.00 |
Raj K. Sharma | 201.00 |
Dharmalingam Siddhan | 150.00 |
Total | 527.13 |
|
Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona Endowment |
Neville Bilimoria | 2,000.00 |
Chowdary & Radhikadevi Koripella | 2,000.00 |
Total | 4,000.00 |
|
India Hindu Tribals Endowment |
Ishani Chowdhury | 125.00 |
Kapil Mhaiskar | 12.63 |
Bharath Ramaswamy | 51.00 |
Total | 188.63 |
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Murugan Temple of North America Puja Fund |
Venkatt Guhesan | 101.00 |
Ken Kanagalingam | 1,001.00 |
Saba Kulathungam | 1,000.00 |
Nagulambikai Loganathan | 1,001.00 |
Pathmini Saravanapavan | 1,100.00 |
Tirunilayi S. Seshadri | 101.00 |
Nigel Subramaniam Siva | 2,001.00 |
T. & Sundarakumari Sriskandarajah | 100.00 |
Atchuthan Sriskandarajah | 500.00 |
Vayudeva Varadan | 200.00 |
Simon Wesley | 1.00 |
Total | 7,106.00 |
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Pooled Income Fund (PIF) |
Savitri Palani | 100.00 |
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Total Contributions | $830,202.65 |
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Funds at Market Value, March 31, 2007 |
Total Endowment Funds | $8,585,126.00 |
Total Pooled Income Funds | $218,205.90 |
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Grand Total | $8,803,331.90 |
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