covid support for junior vaidikas
Updates
UPDATE
This campaign has been fully funded. Considering the present situation (with restrictions being lifted), a total of 24 Vaidikas were to be supported through this campaign.
Details of transfers
The first tranche of transfers of ₹4000 per head was effected to 15 Vaidikas as a Sambavanai (donation with deference) on 11 September 2020.
Please do watch this video where the vaidikas convey their blessings as ashirvada mantras of different kinds to all those who participated in this campaign.
Here are the details of the recipients:
| Name | Location (present) | Place of Veda Adhyayanam |
| K.Lakshmi Narayanan | Chennai | Vaduvur Patasalai |
| P D VIJAYARAGHAVAN | Mumbai | Vaduvur Patasalai |
| K VIJAYARAGHAVAN | Mumbai | Srirangam |
| M srikanth | Chennai | Vaduvur Patasalai |
| k sabari girivasu | Chennai | Vaduvur Patasalai |
| Ramanan S | Chennai | Vaduvur Patasalai |
| G Raja Gopalan | Srirangam | Srirangam |
| V ARAVINDAN | Srirangam | Vaduvur Patasalai |
| p.varadharajan | Coimbatore | Vaduvur Patasalai |
| SOWMYANARAYAN | Mumbai | Vaduvur Patasalai |
| G GOPALAKRISHNAN | Chennai | Vaduvur Patasalai |
| m muralikrishna | Chennai | Vaduvur Patasalai |
| Sriram S | Walajahpet | Vaduvur Patasalai |
| G.SRIVATHSAN | Kumbakonam | Kumbakonam |
| SREERAM NARAYANAN | Mumbai | Thiruvananthapuram |
donors for this campaign
ts narayan
Mahesh Natarajan
Anonymous
Guruprasad Srinivasan
Krithika N
Anonymous
L. Vasudev
Sooraj Kulkarni
Mohan Subramanian
Anonymous
Vidhya swaminathan
K Uma
Karthik Dharmapuri
Sriram Seshadri
Anonymous
Anonymous
Ananth Viswanathan
Ramakrishnan Sundaram
Kartic Vaidyanathan
Karthik Narayanan
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Background
That the lockdown has impacted the livelihood of Vaidikas across the country is known to all of us. The junior Vaidikas are bearing the brunt of this even more. Gatherings which now have resumed with a restricted head count means the junior Vaidikas who typically go to events as assistants are left out.
With marriage halls and apartments too have restrictions on the number of Vaidikas attending functions, the situation of the junior Vaidikas is indeed one that deserves a helping hand.
This campaign looks to support 50 such junior Vaidikas across the country, most of whom have recently graduated from Veda patasalas. They will be provided a Sambavanai of ₹4,000 per head.
We request you to support these true bearers of Dharma!
UPDATE: It has been decided that the campaign will support 24 as the trust has opined that the restrictions being lifted has eased the situation.
Significance of this cause
Vaidikas need to be valued – not only because they are custodians of the Vedas and thus our dharma, but also they chose a life of hardship for the larger good of the society. They have willingly no assurances of a well-being for the life of a Vaidika is one of regimen and sacrifice. All these children have the easier option of taking up mainstream education, earn degrees and thereby an assured livelihood.
The COVID lockdown has put them in a spot. Most of them work as assistants to senior Vaidikas and do not have a clientele of their own. Now with the restrictions in place due to COVID and much fewer religious events taking place, they are under financial duress.
This campaign looks to support 24 such very junior Vaidikas – the future custodians of our Dharma!
UPDATE: It has been decided that the campaign will support 24 as the trust has opined that the restrictions being lifted has eased the situation.
About Sri Jagadhguru Vedaparayana Trust
Established by the Moolāmnāya Sarvajña Kanchi Kamkoti Pīṭhādhipatis, HH Sri Sri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal and HH Sri Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal two decades ago, the trust has been conducting various dharmic activities including:
- Veda pārāyanams in places such as Prayagraj, Rameswaram, etc
- Ghana and Samhitā pārāyanams at various places
- Music festivals, Veda sāstra upanyāsams
- Assisting economically backward students, assistance for marriages, apara karma assistance
They have been conducting various welfare and religious Dharmic activities in the past. The trustees, led by Brahmashri K. Y. Bharaneedhara Sastrigal, secretary of the above trust and a popular exponent of upanyasas, are pioneering an effort to support The Jagadhguru Veda Parayana Trust recently supported Sethubandhanam:
- 377 vaidikas, gurukkals, pujaris during Shankara Jayanthi (April 2020). The trust disbursed ₹22,49,500 –details of which can be found here
- 455 Pujakars in the Tiruchendur Temple with a total disbursement of ₹13.17 lakhs. The details of which can be found here.