A fund to benefit children and the elderly
January - February - March 2008 Newsletter
The Saivite Tamil Foundation was formed two years ago to keep alive the principles of Saivism among the children and youth of thousands of immigrant Sri Lankan Tamils now living in North America. According to the Foundation's volunteer executive director, Dr. Rajasingam S. Jeyendran, the driving forces behind the group are dedicated volunteers and a deep Hindu faith exemplified by his wife, Sivagandhi. They have set up a fund with HHE to give their work greater exposure.
"After 1983, many Sri Lankan Tamils migrated to Canada, and some to the USA," Dr. Jeyendran explained. His wife Sivagandhi felt that these dislocated families, especially their children and elderly, needed help because they no longer live in communities that support their religious traditions. After witnessing a close friend die at a young age without the traditional help and consolation of the Sri Lankan Hindu community, Mrs. Jeyendran created the Foundation. To fill the cultural and religious gap that Tamil immigrants face, Foundation volunteers run camps that bring Hindu teaching and practice alive to children. The Foundation also encourages service to the elderly. Dr. Jeyendran, who has a busy Chicago medical practice, notes, "My wife is deeply interested in this because her faith in Hinduism is very strong. She feels that children need clear, simple presentations of their religious tradition."
The need for the Foundation's work will likely only increase. Fierce anti-Tamil riots in Sri Lanka in 1983 convinced many Tamils to leave. The number of Tamils from Sri Lanka in Canada rose from 2,000 before 1983 to almost 200,000 by 2006, with many entering the United States during the same period. The struggle has intensified in recent months.
The Foundation's activities typically involve groups of twenty to thirty. In May, the Foundation sponsored a children's retreat in Corona, California, introducing them to Hindu religious practices, meditation techniques and cultural activities. In June, 2007, the Jeyendran home in Chicago was the venue for a three-day camp for Sri Lankan Tamil children, ages 6 to 16, with religious advisor Rishi Thondunathan leading classes and performing a simple Ganesha puja. In August, they hosted a gathering of Sri Lankans, featuring Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today. In October, the Foundation sponsored two week-long programs in Toronto that included a children's retreat and visits with elders in nursing homes.
Dr. Jeyendran hopes the Foundation's Endowment (fund #71) at HHE will someday provide financial stability for their work. He feels their HHE fund will also give greater exposure to the difficulties faced by immigrant Tamil Sri Lankans. "We want the Hindu community to know that the Foundation exists," Dr. Jeyendran concluded. "We want them to contact us so we can provide them with our services." The Foundation's website is www.saivite.org.
July to September Endowment Contributions
| Kauai Aadheenam Monastic Endowment |
| Rajkumar Alagesan | US$25.00 |
| Subhash Kumar Choudhary | 150.00 |
| Victoria Lynne Johnson | 3.00 |
| Gunasekaran Kandasamy | 171.77 |
| Darmaguhan Satgunasingam | 75.00 |
| Other Donations | 11,580.88 |
| Total | 12,005.65 |
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| Iraivan Temple Endowment |
| Anonymous | 1,653.00 |
| Rajkumar Alagesan | 25.00 |
| Rayappa R. Balasani | 101.00 |
| Rama Berch | 11.00 |
| Roger & Rosemary Brown | 80.00 |
| Subhash Kumar Choudhary | 250.00 |
| Chris Gendron | 27.00 |
| Victoria Lynne Johnson | 84.00 |
| R.R. Kamath | 100.00 |
| Bhani Karthigesu | 200.00 |
| Trond Liland | 80.00 |
| Pathmini Murugesan | 25.00 |
| Perrii Muthuraman | 51.00 |
| Chandran Nagalingam | 800.00 |
| Surendra & Patsy Rajpal | 250.00 |
| Nataraja & Parimalam Ranganathan | 101.00 |
| Chamundi Sabanathan | 1,001.00 |
| Avinit - Madan - Jaya Sijapati | 11.00 |
| V. Sinnathamby | 2,000.00 |
| Giles Arnold Thompson | 1,000.00 |
| Jeremiah Umakanthan | 25.00 |
| Other Donations | 82,736.73 |
| Total | 90,611.73 |
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| Kauai Aadheenam Annual Archana Fund |
| Anonymous | 61.00 |
| Renu Aravindraj | 14.25 |
| Rema Devi Balakrishnan | 250.00 |
| Gunavadee Caremben | 5.02 |
| Somasundaram Caremben | 5.02 |
| Sukanta Caremben | 5.02 |
| Victoria Lynne Johnson | 29.00 |
| M. Karnakaran | 25.00 |
| Amooda Koothan | 1.64 |
| Saravan Koothan | 1.64 |
| Auslin Mangal Lawrence | 250.00 |
| Saroja Devi Manickam | 6.50 |
| Amanda Muttulingam | 250.00 |
| Lalitha Muttulingam | 250.00 |
| Mayuran Muttulingam | 250.00 |
| Natraj Narayanswami | 100.00 |
| Nirmaliswari | 20.00 |
| Sandhyadevi Param | 4.00 |
| Subramaniam Pennathur | 83.34 |
| Kirtideva Peruman | 9.97 |
| Niroshnee Peruman | 14.95 |
| Deivani Ramanathan | 250.00 |
| Kumar Ranganathan | 100.00 |
| Girish Samugam | 32.27 |
| Akileiswaran Samuthiran | 11.34 |
| Jayasutha Samuthiran | 14.49 |
| Devaladevi Sivaceyon | 8.59 |
| Nutanaya Sivaceyon | 20.12 |
| Patudeva Sivaceyon | 8.59 |
| Hemavalli Sivalingam | 2.61 |
| Kantaruban Sivalingam | 2.61 |
| Rohini Sivalingam | 10.36 |
| Potriyan Sivanathan | 14.40 |
| Siven Veerasamy | 20.26 |
| Total | 2,131.99 |
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| Hinduism Today Lifetime Subscription Fund |
| Nina Anand | 800.00 |
| Jeri Arin | 84.00 |
| Bavani Ayyar | 200.00 |
| Rema Devi Balakrishnan | 900.00 |
| Kris Bhat | 87.00 |
| Ravichandran Ceyon | 41.00 |
| Shelley L. Cummins | 97.50 |
| Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam | 334.00 |
| Chellappa Deva | 200.00 |
| Uma Geetha Vani Dunn | 1,001.00 |
| Ramesh Gantyala | 240.00 |
| Toshadeva Guhan | 142.50 |
| Anil D. Halappa | 80.00 |
| Rosa Jaramillo | 88.28 |
| Kalpana Krishnamurthy | 1,001.00 |
| Sakuntalai Krishnan | 309.84 |
| Auslin Mangal Lawrence | 500.00 |
| Mayuran Muttulingam | 1,001.00 |
| V. Paraphara | 1,001.00 |
| Bhaskar & Phani Peesapati | 212.94 |
| Adi Sankara Perumal | 53.47 |
| Anjeeni Devi Perumal | 20.04 |
| Surendra & Patsy Rajpal | 250.00 |
| Deivani Ramanathan | 672.00 |
| Kirit Shah | 80.00 |
| Acharya Surinder Sharma | 1,001.00 |
| Chandra Shekharan | 30.00 |
| Sujata Singh | 160.00 |
| Total | 10,587.57 |
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| Hindu of the Year Fund |
| Anonymous | 25.00 |
|
| Boys School for Iraivan Priesthood |
| David Bohn | 20.00 |
| Bala Sivaceyon | 48.88 |
| Total | 68.88 |
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| Kauai Aadheenam Mathavasi Medical Fund |
| Anonymous | 51.00 |
| Corinne Baumann | 20.00 |
| Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam | 41.75 |
| Dora Kovacs | 200.00 |
| Gowri Nadason | 155.58 |
| Kumar Ranganathan | 100.00 |
| K. Lakshmi Kantha Reddy | 875.00 |
| Vayudeva Varadan | 54.00 |
| Other Donations | 6,300.00 |
| Total | 7,797.33 |
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| Tirunavukkarasu Nayanar Gurukulam |
| Rajkumar Alagesan | 50.00 |
| Wigneswaran Maharatnam | 90.98 |
| Devdatta & Swati Mhaiskar | 20.00 |
| Total | 160.98 |
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| Sri Subramuniya Kottam Fund |
| Krish & Devika Muruga | 50.00 |
|
| Malaysian Hindu Youth Education Trust |
| Devdatta & Swati Mhaiskar | 20.00 |
|
| Kumbhalavalai Ganesha Temple Endowment |
| Manoharan Navaratnarajah | 75.00 |
|
| Malaysia Hindu Renaissance Fund |
| Anonymous | 1,130.00 |
|
| Hinduism Today Production Fund |
| Subhash Kumar Choudhary | 100.00 |
| R. Prakash Dixit | 300.00 |
| Murli Melwani | 2,000.00 |
| Subramaniam Pennathur | 83.33 |
| Subhadra Raj | 82.07 |
| Narayana & Sarojini Rao | 7,116.00 |
| Total | 9,681.40 |
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| Vishwamata Gayatri Trust Fund |
| Anonymous | 25.00 |
|
| Hindu Orphanage Endowment Fund |
| Chris Gendron | 27.00 |
| Gunasekaran Kandasamy | 171.77 |
| Ramakumar & Sailaja Kosuru | 25.00 |
| Devdatta & Swati Mhaiskar | 20.00 |
| Anbananthan Muniandy | 100.00 |
| Natraj Narayanswami | 133.34 |
| Kumar Ranganathan | 100.00 |
| Alex Ruberto | 100.00 |
| Rodney & Ilene Standen | 30.00 |
| Total | 707.11 |
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| Hindu Education Endowment |
| Naran D. Patel & Mani N. Patel
Families | 100.00 |
| Natraj Narayanswami | 33.33 |
| Total | 133.33 |
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| Hindu Press International Endowment Fund |
| Shridhar Deo | 50.00 |
| Hiranya & Saraswathi Gowda | 63.00 |
| Natraj Narayanswami | 33.33 |
| Baleswary Selvarajah | 5.00 |
| Total | 151.33 |
|
| Loving Ganesha Distribution Fund |
| Manoharan Navaratnarajah | 75.00 |
| Gassa Patten | 1,000.00 |
| Total | 1,075.00 |
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| Swami Agnivesh Endowment Fund |
| Prasad Krishnan | 3.00 |
|
| Alaveddy Pasupatheeswarar Temple Fund |
| Prasad Krishnan | 3.00 |
|
| Kauai Aadheenam Religious Art and Artifacts Fund |
| Anonymous | 25.00 |
| Rajadeva Alahan | 153.00 |
| Total | 178.00 |
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| Thank You Bodhinatha Fund |
| Anonymous | 402.00 |
| Hotranatha Ajaya | 84.00 |
| Durvasa Alahan | 101.00 |
| Shyamadeva Dandapani | 101.00 |
| Amarnath & Latha Devarmanai | 324.00 |
| Lila Shakti Devi | 101.00 |
| Toshadeva Guhan | 108.00 |
| Maha Lakshmi Gunasegaran | 282.00 |
| Jothiswarar | 50.00 |
| Rani Jothiswarar | 50.00 |
| Trond Liland | 20.00 |
| Kumar Natarajan | 50.00 |
| Manoharan Navaratnarajah | 150.00 |
| Shanta Devi Periasamy | 1,539.76 |
| Anonymous | 651.00 |
| Alex Ruberto | 60.00 |
| Aran Sambandar | 54.00 |
| Hitesvara Saravan | 108.00 |
| Dasa Sivam | 108.00 |
| Indivar Sivanathan | 51.00 |
| Ramesh Sivanathan | 97.12 |
| Vayudeva Varadan | 63.00 |
| Other Donations | 3,206.09 |
| Total | 7,760.97 |
|
| Saivite Hindu Scriptural Fund for the Visually Impaired |
| Alex Ruberto | 60.00 |
|
| Sri Chandra Madhab Debnath Endowment |
| Shyamal Chandra Debnath | 50.00 |
| Ramakumar & Sailaja Kosuru | 10.00 |
| Total | 60.00 |
|
| Murugan Temple Yalpanam Festival Fund |
| Vayudeva Varadan | 18.00 |
|
| Manitha Neyam Trust Fund |
| Bala Sivaceyon | 34.35 |
|
| Kapaleeshwara Temple Orphanage |
| Rajkumar Alagesan | 50.00 |
| Prasad Krishnan | 3.00 |
| Auslin Mangal Lawrence | 50.00 |
| Total | 103.00 |
|
| Manjung Hindu Sabha Orphanage Fund |
| Ramakumar & Sailaja Kosuru | 25.00 |
| Ananda Manickam | 11.00 |
| Suselah Periasamy | 1,241.00 |
| Total | 1,277.00 |
| Pazhassi Balamandiram Orphanage Fund |
| Prasad Krishnan | 3.00 |
| Devdatta & Swati Mhaiskar | 20.00 |
| Total | 23.00 |
|
| Karnataka Temple Development Fund |
| Hiranya & Saraswathi Gowda | 303.00 |
|
| Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple of Utah Endowment Fund |
| Utah Temple Devotees | 5,000.00 |
|
| Hindu Literature Fund |
| Anonymous | 3.00 |
| Murli M. Agrawal | 200.00 |
| Karen Yang | 108.00 |
| Total | 311.00 |
|
| Hinduism Today Complimentary Subscription Fund |
| Hiranya & Saraswathi Gowda | 153.00 |
| Kumar Ranganathan | 50.00 |
| Total | 203.00 |
|
| Kauai Aadheenam Yagam Fund |
| Victoria Lynne Johnson | 28.00 |
| Hans J. Keller | 1.00 |
| Total | 29.00 |
|
| Yogaswami Hindu Girlsà Home of Sittandy Endowment |
| Anonymous | 100.00 |
| Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam | 41.75 |
| Julia Hall | 45.00 |
| Dora Kovacs | 200.00 |
| Natraj Narayanswami | 150.00 |
| Subramaniam Pennathur | 83.33 |
| Kumar Ranganathan | 100.00 |
| Silas H. Zirkle | 375.00 |
| Total | 1,095.08 |
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| Yogaswami Hindu Boysà Home Fund |
| Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam | 41.75 |
| Dora Kovacs | 200.00 |
| Krish & Devika Muruga | 50.00 |
| Natraj Narayanswami | 50.00 |
| Dharmalingam Siddhan | 150.00 |
| Total | 491.75 |
|
| Maha Ganapati Temple of Arizona Endowment |
| Anonymous | 1,000.00 |
| Chellappa Deva | 500.00 |
| Total | 1,500.00 |
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| India Hindu Tribals Endowment |
| Devdatta & Swati Mhaiskar | 20.00 |
|
| Murugan Temple of North America Puja Fund |
| Vayudeva Varadan | 36.00 |
|
| Saivite Tamil Foundation Endowment |
| Dr. & Mrs. S. Jeyendran | 1,000.00 |
|
| Kauai Aadheenam Renovation Endowment |
| Other Donations | 600.00 |
|
| Pooled Income Fund (PIF) |
| Satya & Savitri Palani | 100.00 |
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| Total Contributions | $156,546.45 |
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| Funds at Market Value, September 30, 2007 |
| Total Endowment Funds | $9,131,123.15 |
| Total Pooled Income Funds | $227,358.51 |
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| Grand Total | $9,358,481.66 |
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.
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