Sethubandhanam

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: 

NameLocation (present)Place of Veda Adhyayanam 
K.Lakshmi NarayananChennaiVaduvur Patasalai
P D VIJAYARAGHAVANMumbaiVaduvur Patasalai
K VIJAYARAGHAVANMumbaiSrirangam
M srikanthChennaiVaduvur Patasalai
k sabari girivasuChennaiVaduvur Patasalai
Ramanan SChennaiVaduvur Patasalai
G Raja GopalanSrirangamSrirangam
V ARAVINDANSrirangamVaduvur Patasalai
p.varadharajanCoimbatoreVaduvur Patasalai
SOWMYANARAYANMumbaiVaduvur Patasalai
G GOPALAKRISHNANChennaiVaduvur Patasalai
m muralikrishnaChennaiVaduvur Patasalai
Sriram SWalajahpetVaduvur Patasalai
G.SRIVATHSANKumbakonamKumbakonam
SREERAM NARAYANANMumbaiThiruvananthapuram

donors for this campaign

tn

ts narayan

14th September 2020

Amount Donated
₹4,000.00
MN

Mahesh Natarajan

12th September 2020

Amount Donated
₹10,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

10th September 2020

Amount Donated
₹10,001.00
GS

Guruprasad Srinivasan

8th September 2020

Amount Donated
₹4,000.00
KN

Krithika N

6th September 2020

Amount Donated
₹4,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

6th September 2020

Amount Donated
₹8,000.00
LV

L. Vasudev

5th September 2020

Amount Donated
₹5,000.00
SK

Sooraj Kulkarni

5th September 2020

Amount Donated
₹200.00
MS

Mohan Subramanian

5th September 2020

Amount Donated
₹4,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

5th September 2020

Amount Donated
₹4,000.00
Vs

Vidhya swaminathan

4th September 2020

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
KU

K Uma

2nd September 2020

Amount Donated
₹4,000.00
KD

Karthik Dharmapuri

1st September 2020

Amount Donated
₹8,000.00
SS

Sriram Seshadri

1st September 2020

Amount Donated
₹1,008.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

28th August 2020

Amount Donated
₹8,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

28th August 2020

Amount Donated
₹8,000.00
AV

Ananth Viswanathan

23rd August 2020

Amount Donated
₹4,000.00
RS

Ramakrishnan Sundaram

22nd August 2020

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
KV

Kartic Vaidyanathan

22nd August 2020

Amount Donated
₹2,500.00
KN

Karthik Narayanan

22nd August 2020

Amount Donated
₹3,000.00

details

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: 

 Donations to this trust are eligible for income tax deduction under 80G. .