Yet More Outreach Activities by Our Religious Places

Organisation

Out- reach Work

1.

Srimad Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal

Kanchi Kamakoti Pitham

Kanchipuram

Tamil Nadu

Sampradaya

Advaita

Educa- tional:

i. University (Enathur, Tamil Nadu), Colleges, and Schools

ii. Number of Veda Pathashalas, wherein different Sakhas are being taught

iii. 17 Oriental Schools and 38 Sankara Schools are functioning in different parts of the country

Seva:

1.i.Kamakpti Chil Trust hospital in Madras

ii. Eye Hospital in Coimbatore and Guwahati

iii. Hospitals at Madhubani (Bihar), Rathura for tibals (Uttaranchal), Berhampur (Odisha), Hindu Mission Hospitals in many places in Tamil Nadu

2. Mass weddings, Homes for Aged and Destitutes

3. A Home for Disabled at Kalavai, Tamil Nadu

4. Care of rural and neglected areas. Teaching various crafts for unemployed

5. Sewing machines for women as a self-employment scheme

6. Cow-shelter

7. Relief during natural disasters (as and when)

2.

Sri Narayana Yatheendra Mahadesikan

Sri Ahobila Mutt

Tambaram, Chennai

Tamil Nadu

Sampradaya

Vaishnava Vishishtadvaita Vadakalai,

Sri Sannidhi

Educational:

i. A Sanskrit College at Madurantakam

ii. Oriental High Schools at Madurantakam and West Mambalam and some more places

iii. A Veda Pathashala at Madurantakam, where Sanskrit and scriptures are taught

iv. Another Veda Pathashala at Selaiyur, Chennai

v. Annually conducts “Sri Malola Vidvat Sabha”

Cultural:

Teaching of Divya Prabandham (Hymns of Alwars)

3.

Sri Kanchi Manavala Alagia Vishnu Chitta Ramanuja Jeer

Azhagia Manavala Jeeyar Mutt

Chinna Kanchipuram

Tamil Nadu

Sampradaya

Vishishtadvait- a/

Thenkalai

Educational:

Teach- ing of Vedas and Agamas

Cultural:

Chanting of Nalaria Divya Prabandham (Hymns of Alwars)

4.

Appan Parakala Ramanuja Embar Jeer

Sri Embar Jeer Math

Sriperumbudur, Kanchipuram

Tamil Nadu

Sampradaya

Vaishnavism,Th- enkalai

Educational:

i. Sanskrit Pathashala

ii. Stotram Pathashala

iii. Divyaprabandham

5.

Shri Govinda Ethiraja Jeeyar Swamiji

Shri Ethiraja Jeer Mutt

Sriperumbudur, Kanchipuram

Tamil Nadu

Sampradaya

Vaishnava

(Visi- shtadvaita of Ramanuja)

Cultural:

i. Teaching Divya Prabandham

ii. Seminars

Seva:

Helping visually handicapped

and slum-dwellers

6.

Sri La Sri Muthu Kumara Swami Tambiran Swamigal (21^st)

Sri Kasi Math

Thanjavur

Tamil Nadu

Sampradaya

Saiva

Educati- onal:

i. Sri Swaminatha Swamigal Arts College

ii. Sri Kumara Gurupara Arts College

iii. Kumara Guruparar Middle School

iv. Sri Kumara Guruparar Higher Secondary School

Seva:

Daily Food distribution

7.

Sri La Sri Nachiappa Gnana Desika Swamigal

Sri Koviloor Vedanta Math

Karaikudi

Tamil Nadu

Sampradaya

Advaita

(Tamil Koviloor Tradition)

Educational:

i. Nathaswaram School

Seva:

i. Daily Food distribution

ii. Financial assistance for school fees

iii. Mass weddings

iv. Old-age Pensions

8.

Sri Sivagnana Balaya Swamigal

Mailam Bommapura Adheenam

Villupuram

Tamil Nadi

Sampradaya

Veera Saiva

Educational:

i. College

Ii High School

Seva:

Daily Food distribution

9.

Seervalarseer Arulmigu Santalinga Ramaswami

Adigalar

Perur Adhinam

Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu

Sampradaya

Veer Saiva

Educational:

i. Gnanambigai Matriculation School

ii. Thavathiru Santhalinga Adigalar Arts & Science College

iii. Thavathiru Santhalinga Adigalar Higher Secondary School

Seva:

i. Orphanage

ii. Free education for children of BPL

iii. Protection of the aged

iv. Imparting training to women for earning

v. Electrical training to youth for earning

vi. special programme to eradicate untouchability

vii. Allopathic and Siddha Camps every Wednesday

viii. Helps to tribal around

10.

Thavathiru Kumara Gurubara

Swamigal

Siravai Adheenam

Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu

Sampradaya

Saiva

Education- al:

i. Higher Secondary School

ii. Matriculation School

iii. Central Library

iv. Computer Centre

Seva:

i. Free School-books

ii. Scholarships to students

iii. Daily Food distribution

iv. Free accommodation for the poor

11.

Rangaramanuja Mahadesikan Srimad Andavan Swamigal

Srirangam Srimad Andavan Ashramam

Srirangam

Tamil Nadu

Sampradaya

Vaishnava Vadakalai

Educational:

i. Sri Ranganatha Paduka Vidyalaya, has branches throughout Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

Seva:

i. Two Kalyana Mandapams at the Ashram Complex in Chennai

ii. Samashti Upanayanam for boys from under-privileged families (30 boys every year).

iii. Gift of gold (4 gms) at the time of wedding to girls’ family (under-privileged)

12.

Sri La Sri Sivaprakasa Desika Paramacharya Swamigal

Thiruvavadhurai Aadheenam

Nagapattinam

Tamil Nadu

Sampradaya

Saiva Siddhanta

Educational:

i. Thiruvavaduthurai Aadheenam Higher School

ii. Middle Ambalavanam School

iii. Nursery School

iv. Primary School

Seva:

i. Medical

ii.Thrulular Vaidya Salai

13.

Sri Kaliyan Vanamamalai Sri Ramanuja Jeer Swamigal

Sri Vanamamalai Mutt

Tirunelveli

Tamil Nadu

Sampradaya

Vaishnava, Thenkalai

(Ramanuja)

Education- al:

i. Sri ramanuja Matriculation School