Hinduism Today January 2009 - Cover, Index, Front Articles

J u l y t o Se p t e m b e r En d o w m e n t Co n t r i b u t i o n sP r i e s t ’ s Fu n d Su p p o r t s Sa t g u r u ’ s Ma l ay s i a Tr a v e lWhenever Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami of the Kauai Monastery goes to Malaysia, a Hindupriest and astrologer from Ulu Behrang, Parak helps pay for his travel.The priest’s son, Selvanathan Jothiswarar of Kuala Lumpur, says his father combines generositywith practicality. “He says that when it comes to swamis, instead of giving what we like, it’simportant to give what they need,” Mr. Selvanathan stated.His father, also named Jothiswarar, helps offset anunavoidable expense. Though Veylanswami spendsmost of the year on the island of Kauai where heoverseas a monastery-temple and its publicationoperations, his duties require travel throughoutNorth America and Asia. He regularly holds pilgrimages,gives talks and conducts ceremonies inMalaysia, India, Mauritius, Canada, Singapore andelsewhere.The elder Jothiswarar first started supportingMalaysian travels for Veylanswami’s predecessor,the late Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami(Gurudeva). Mr. Jothiswarar would ask the tripBodhinatha with Selvanathan (top center)and his father, Jothiswarar (right)organizers how he could help and then charge Gurudeva’s hotel and travel expenses to hiscredit card, making the holy visitor a guest to his nation.“Dad then got the idea of starting an endowment fund for Satguru’s Malaysian travels,” Mr. Selvanathanrecounted. His father established the Kodiswara Satguru Malaysia Travel Fund at theHindu Heritage Endowment, naming it after his grandson Kodiswara who had been named byGurudeva. In Mr. Selvanathan’s view, “It was as though Gurudeva himself had named the fund.”Mr. Jothiswarar’s personal journey was not an easy one. After being orphaned at age five, hewas adopted by a Sri Lankan family. He received training in astrology and the priesthood in SriLanka. He left his adoptive family at age 16, finally marrying and settling in Ulu Behrang. Hebecame active in politics and, with the help of a government grant, built a Tamil school and aLord Subramanya temple on a nearby estate in 1967 and a Lord Ganesha Temple in Ulu Behrangin 1975.Gurudeva visited the temple in 1983 and, according to Mr. Selvanathan, had a vision of LordGanesha listening to his father who by now was known throughout Malaysia as one of its leadingastrologers.Now 75, Mr. Jothiswarar is twice a recipient of the government’s Distinguished Conduct Medal(Pingat Pekerti Terpilih) and the Meritorious Service Medal (Pingat Jasa Kebaktian) for hissocial service work. His son, Mr. Selvanathan, has followed his father’s example and establishedthe Rani Jothiswarar Memorial Fund (fund #66) at HHE in honor of his late wife (see HinduismToday Oct-Nov-Dec 2008.) The fund supports the retreat facilities for the monks at Kauai’sHindu Monastery.An engineer by profession, Mr. Selvanathan now works as an astrologer in Kuala Lumpur andregularly assists his father with the Ganesha Temple prayer services in Ulu Behrang.For information about the Kodiswara Satguru Malaysia Travel Fund or to establish your ownfund, contact Shanmuganathaswami at hhe@hindu.org. To donate to this fund, visit www.hheonline.org.Hi n d u He r i ta g e En d o w m e n tKauai’s Hindu MONASTERY, 107 Kaholalele Road, Kapaa, Hawaii, 96746-9304 USA808-822-3012, ext 244 • fax: 808-822-3152 • hhe@hindu.org • www.hheonline.orgKauai Aadheenam Monastic EndowmentK. Lakshmi Kantha Reddy US$201.00Darma & Shivali Satgunasingam 75.00Niraj Thaker 98.50Other Donations 16,965.21Total 17,339.71Iraivan Temple EndowmentAnonymous 1832.00Hotranatha Ajaya 25.00Roger & Rosemary Brown 120.00Victoria Lynne Johnson 51.00Latha Kannan 153.00Trond Liland 60.00Rasa Rajanayagam 1,001.00Kumar Ranganathan 125.00S. & N. Ravindran 45.00Jnana Sivananda 100.00Niraj Thaker 98.50Gunavinthan Siva Thirumalai 80.00Raja Vishnu 30.00Other Donations 23,569.35Total 27,289.85Kauai Aadheenam Annual Archana FundSivanathan Batumalai 30.37Gunavadee Caremben 14.11Somasundaram Caremben 14.11Sukanta Caremben 14.11Sharath Chigurupati 369.00Tarakini Gunasegaran 20.54Victoria Lynne Johnson 17.00Amooda Koothan 34.76Saravan Koothan 3.74Saroja Devi Manickam 4.50Navindhiraan Murugesu 250.00Navukarasu Muthusamy 30.37Bijamati Pareatumbee 5.41Padmini Pareatumbee 5.41Kirtideva Peruman 11.11Niroshnee Peruman 5.77Akileiswaran Samuthiran 25.07Jayasutha Samuthiran 24.37Devaladevi Sivaceyon 11.88Nutanaya Sivaceyon 23.74Patudeva Sivaceyon 11.88Hemavalli Sivalingam 1.77Kantaruban Sivalingam 2.69Rohini Sivalingam 0.92Shivaani Sivananda 22.27Potriyan Sivanathan 12.09Siven Veerasamy 11.55Total 978.54Hinduism Today Lifetime Subscription FundYatrika Ajaya 109.70Jeri Arin 252.00Ram M Cheerath 240.00Rosa Jaramillo 77.80Subbiah Lakshmanan 696.00Navindhiraan Murugesu 260.17Shankar Paramasivam 240.00Akshar Patel 800.00Bharati Patil 240.00Subramaniam Pennathur 240.00Adi Sankara Perumal 30.79Anjeeni Devi Perumal 15.40Niroshnee Peruman 10.88Jayasutha Samuthiran 6.71Rohan Sundaralingam 240.00Siven Veerasamy 21.78Total 3,481.23Hindu Businessmen’s Association TrustJanaka Param 14.00Paramaseeven Canagasaby 18.57Vel Mahalingum 22.22Manogaran Mardemootoo 55.52Vedapragassen Peruman 7.22Total 117.53Boys School for Iraivan PriesthoodDavid Bohn 20.00Bala Sivaceyon 23.74Niraj Thaker 22.00Total 65.74Kauai Aadheenam Matavasi Medical FundShyamadeva Dandapani 63.00Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam 43.90Gowri Nadason 159.80Vayudeva Varadan 54.00Other Donations 4,800.00Total 5,120.70Tirunavukkarasu Nayanar GurukulamRoshan Nathoo 468.37Deva Rajan 108.00Total 576.37Sri Subramuniya Kottam FundAnonymous 50.00Kumbhalavalai Ganesha Temple EndowmentThulasidas Nadarajah 60.00Manoharan Navaratnarajah 75.00Total 135.00Sri Siva Subramaniya SwamiDevasthanam TrustAnonymous 30.00Malaysia Hindu Renaissance FundAnonymous 75.00Rajiv Verma 16.66Total 91.66Hinduism Today Production FundShashikumar Bellur 250.00Hiranya Gowda 93.00K. C. Gupta 1,001.00Vijay Pallod 504.00Urmil Shukla 1,000.00Total 2,848.00Vishwamata Gayatri Trust FundAnonymous 25.00Hindu Orphanage Endowment FundAnonymous 50.00Kumar Ranganathan 100.00Alex Ruberto 75.00Rodney & Ilene Standen 30.00Niraj Thaker 22.00Rajiv Verma 16.67Raja Vishnu 30.00Total 323.67Hindu Education EndowmentHasu N. & Hansa H. Patel 100.00Suntheram Family Trust FundRamachandran Suntheram 1,000.00Hindu Press International Endowment FundHiranya Gowda 63.00Arun J. Mehta 500.00Anonymous 108.00James Stapleton 54.00Total 725.00Loving Ganesha Distribution FundManoharan Navaratnarajah 75.00Gassa Patten 1,000.00Niraj Thaker 22.00Total 1,097.00Swami Agnivesh Endowment FundPrasad Krishnan 1.50Saiva Agamas TrustGanga Sivanathan 284.00Tirumular Sannidhi Preservation FundShyamadeva Dandapani 63.00Mauritius Saiva Dharmasala EndowmentAzagun Marudamuthu 30.00Alaveddy Pasupatheeswarar Temple FundPrasad Krishnan 1.50Kauai Aadheenam ReligiousArt and Artifacts FundRajadeva Alahan 153.00A. Saravanapavan Family MuruganTemple Pillaiyar Shrine FundChitranjan Saravanapavan 60.00Pathmini Saravanapavan 100.00Total 160.00Thank You Bodhinatha FundAnonymous 845.50Hotranatha Ajaya 22.00Durvasa Alahan 108.00Amarnath & Latha Devarmanai 324.00Toshadeva Guhan 108.00Thulasidas Nadarajah 60.00Kumar Natarajan 100.00Manoharan Navaratnarajah 150.00Shanta Devi Periasamy 115.00Alex Ruberto 45.00Aran Sambandar 108.00Laurie & Mark Scurich 300.00Niraj Thaker 22.00Vayudeva Varadan 63.00Raja Vishnu 30.00Total 2,400.50Udayan Care Endowment FundAnonymous 25.00Natraj Narayanswami 21.00Roshan Nathoo 468.37Total 514.37Saivite Hindu Scriptural Fundfor the Visually ImpairedAlex Ruberto 45.00Sri Chandra Madhab Debnath EndowmentAnonymous 30.00Rajiv Verma 16.67Total 46.67Manitha Neyam Trust FundBala Sivaceyon 47.47Kapaleeshwara Temple OrphanagePrasad Krishnan 1.50Natraj Narayanswami 21.00Niraj Thaker 22.00Total 44.50Manjung Hindu Sabha Orphanage FundRoshan Nathoo 468.37Pazhassi Balamandiram Orphanage FundPrasad Krishnan 1.50Roshan Nathoo 468.37Total 469.87Karnataka Temple Development FundHiranya Gowda 303.00Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple ofUtah Endowment FundAditya Vinadhara 400.00Hinduism Today ComplimentarySubscription FundHiranya Gowda 153.00Himalayan Academy Book Distribution FundShyamadeva Dandapani 63.00Raja Vishnu 30.00Total 93.00Kauai Aadheenam Yagam FundVictoria Lynne Johnson 17.00Yogaswami Hindu Girls’ Homeof Sittandy EndowmentAnonymous 231.00Jeri Arin 300.00Sunil Chacko 368.38Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam 43.90Joel Knepp 501.00Thulasidas Nadarajah 60.00Roshan Nathoo 468.37Kumar Ranganathan 300.00Ganga Sivanathan 200.00Soma Sundaram 30.00Silas H. Zirkle 450.00Total 2,952.65Siva Poomi School TrustShun K. Sunder 3,000.00Yogaswami Hindu Boys’ Home FundSiva & Dharshi Balasingham 75.00Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam 43.90Charles Hayse 1,000.00Betty Lee Holland 200.00Natraj Narayanswami 21.00Roshan Nathoo 468.37Kumar Ranganathan 75.00Dharmalingam Siddhan 50.00Total 1,933.27Kodiswara Satguru Malaysia Travel FundRani Jothiswarar Estate 100.00Maha Ganapati Temple ofArizona EndowmentChellappa Deva 75.00Murugan Temple of NorthAmerica Puja FundVayudeva Varadan 54.00Saivite Tamil Foundation EndowmentSuresh Jambunathan 25.00Rani Jothiswarar Memorial FundRani Jothiswarar Estate 250.00Mahendra Raj-Sharmila 50.00Total 300.00Ramanathaswamy Temple Cleaning FundJnanideva Cevvel 500.00Niraj Thaker 22.00Total 522.00Hindu American Foundation EndowmentHindu American Foundation 10,000.00The Endowment for Global Hindu RightsHindu American Foundation 10,000.00Anonymous 75.00Total 10,075.00Cows of Kadavul and Iraivan Temples(Kovil Maadu) EndowmentAzagun Marudamuthu 30.00Nigel Subramaniam Siva 5,000.00Niraj Thaker 22.00Total 5,052.00Jaffna Kannathiddy Kali Kovil EndowmentNigel Subramaniam Siva 5,000.00Hindu Temple of the Woodlands EndowmentSharad & Beth Kulkarni 1,000.00Urmil Shukla 4,000.00Total 5,000.00Kauai Aadheenam Renovation EndowmentOther Donations 600.00Total Contributions $111,779.67Funds at Market Value, Sep 30, 2008Total Endowment Funds $7,870,955.04Total Pooled Income Funds $195,143.95Grand Total $8,066,098.99MISSION STATEMENT: Hindu Heritage Endowment is a publicly supported, charitable organization recognized astax 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 religiousleaders of all lineages of Sanatana Dharma. • PROFESSIONAL ADVISORs: Halbert, Hargrove/Russell, InvestmentCounsel; Sonoda & Isara, LLP, CPA; Phil Murphy, Planned Giving Specialist. HHE is a member of the Council onFoundations, an association of more than 2,000 foundations, and of the National Committee on Planned Giving, thevoice and professional resource for the gift planning community.