Hinduism Today July 2008 - Cover, Index, Front Articles

J a n u a r y t o Ma r c h En d o w m e n t Co n t r i b u t i o n sN e w Fu n d Su p p o r t s Te m p l e s i n Ma l ay s i aA successful professional in Kuala Lumpur has created a fund at the Hindu Heritage Endowment(HHE) to purchase the ground under Malaysia’s eight- to ten-thousand Hindu temples.The donor, starting with a $10,000 pilot project, says some $50 million is needed. “I really hopethe seriousness of the situation is realized; the future of Hinduism in Malaysia is at stake.”.A country of 25 million, of which 1.6 million are Hindu, Malaysia brought in Hindu immigrantsas laborers to develop rubber plantations under British rule in the 1920s through the 1950s, thedonor explained. “They built small temples on agricultural estates. When the British left in 1957,many of these estates were handed over to the local government. Hindu temples were suddenlyon government land.”For forty years, he said, the government continued to allow people to worship as before, butover the past ten years the sale of government land to private businesses has changed that. “Thecompanies that bought the land objected to the temples. They wanted them torn down to makeroom for development.” He is convinced that buying the land where the temples stand is theonly way to stop the destruction.But he feels it is more than just the temples that are on uncertain ground. He is worried thatHinduism in Malaysia lacks a foundation of structure and discipline. “There are specific rules asto how temples should be operated and how pujas should be done,” he asserted. “Most of thetemples are not following these rules, because there is no one organization responsible for therunning of the temples.”This visionary created the Malaysia Hindu Renaissance Fund (#19) at HHE to link the purchaseof temple lands to the reform of temple practice. “I pray and hope that this fund will both purchasetemple land and help establish proper management procedures at the temples it funds.As the fund grows, more temple lands can be acquired, more temples reformed and Hindu religiousschools started throughout Malaysiato raise the quality of teaching and practice.”His family history seems to suit his largeplans. He grew up in a small town 200kilometers from Kuala Lumpur. “My fatherpassed away when I was three. I was one ofeleven children under the leadership of mymother. She had only papa’s pension, anda small plot of land where we grew vegetables.The children worked and their moneywent back to mom. She was the central governmentand there were no opposition parties.At times she wanted to commit suicide,Malaysian Hindu children playing religious games but her Hindu faith carried her through.All eleven of us went to school. Motherbelieved knowledge was indispensable. Before buying a car or a house, she said, get educated.”He has also included a bequest for the newly created fund in his estate plan. “I really appreciatewhat the Hindu Heritage Endowment is doing. I also believe that the teachings of SatguruSivaya Subramuniyaswami (founder of Hinduism Today) will take root and flourish in Malaysia.I have read his writings for twenty-five years. His teachings changed my life. He’s the reasonI have been successful and have money to give. It was not just what he taught, but the wayhe lived.” To donate to this fund, visit www.hheonline.org.Kauai Aadheenam Monastic EndowmentTina DesaiUS$200.00Anonymous 100.00Nathan William Mudrick 108.00Darmaguhan & ShivaliSatgunasingam 75.00Niraj Thaker 25.50K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 512.39Iraivan Temple EndowmentHotranatha Ajaya 25.00Roger & Rosemary Brown 120.00Tina Desai 50.00Raj & Patricia Iyer 501.00Victoria Lynne Johnson 54.00Latha Kannan 153.00Bhani Karthigesu 400.00Anonymous 1,503.00Jnana Sivananda 100.00Devananda Tandavan Estate 21,132.15Niraj Thaker 25.50Gunavinthan Siva Thirumalai 240.00Anonymous 31.50Raja Vishnu 59.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Elena Woodward 36.00Other Donations 69,959.72Total 94,393.76Kauai Aadheenam Annual Archana FundGunavadee Caremben 8.70Somasundaram Caremben 8.70Sukanta Caremben 8.70Jnanideva Cevvel 250.00Sharath Chigurupati 369.00Tarakini Gunasegaran 3.13Victoria Lynne Johnson 18.00Amooda Koothan 70.48Saravan Koothan 7.58Vivhek Bhani Muthu 35.72Mrunal & Padmaja Patel 1,008.00Subramaniam Pennathur 49.98Kirtideva Peruman 11.25Niroshnee Peruman 16.89Girish Samugam 14.29Akileiswaran Samuthiran 28.98Jayasutha Samuthiran 46.50Devaladevi Sivaceyon 9.19Nutanaya Sivaceyon 18.38Patudeva Sivaceyon 9.19Hemavalli Sivalingam 3.72Kantaruban Sivalingam 3.72Rohini Sivalingam 37.17Nitya Sivam 50.00Potriyan Sivanathan 9.10Javanya Skanda 5.93Malathi Utukuri 350.00Samynaden Veerapen 30.55K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 2,486.74Hinduism Today Lifetime Subscription FundYatrika Ajaya 52.96Thushyanthan Amirthalingam 800.00Jeri Arin 252.00Jnanideva Cevvel 50.00Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam 374.06Panshula Ganeshan 57.40Rosa Jaramillo Osuna 421.14Sakuntalai Krishnan 188.69T. Iswarah Kumar 213.00Sevanti Kumaran 51.00Auslin Mangal Lawrence 270.00Bhaskar & Phani Peesapati 240.00Kirit Shah 240.00Sujata Singh 240.00Girish Skanda 80.00Subasene Skanda 12.00Samynaden Veerapen 111.44K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 3,657.58Hindu Businessmen’s Association TrustParamaseeven Canagasaby 22.46Vel Mahalingum 22.70Manogaran Mardemootoo 38.24Vishwanaden Moorooven 23.66Easvan Param 469.96Total 577.02Boys School for Iraivan PriesthoodDavid Bohn 25.00Bala Sivaceyon 18.38K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 47.27Kauai Aadheenam Mathavasi Medical FundMaruthu Pandian Darmalingam 46.76Gowri Nadason 218.80Vayudeva Varadan 54.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Other Donations 6,300.00Total 6,623.45Tirunavukkarasu Nayanar GurukulamTrond Liland 25.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 28.89Sri Subramuniya Kottam FundCraig Bagdasar 100.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 103.89Kumbhalavalai Ganesha Temple EndowmentCraig Bagdasar 100.00Thulasidas Nadarajah 75.00Manoharan Navaratnarajah 75.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 253.89Malaysia Hindu Renaissance FundAnonymous 5,190.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 5,193.89Hinduism Today Production FundVijay Pallod 1,000.00Devdatta & Swati Mhaiskar 50.00Subramaniam Pennathur 50.01Savithri Sundaresan 50.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 1,153.90Hindu Orphanage Endowment FundRamakumar & Sailaja Kosuru 100.00Brahamanand & Panna Nagarsenker 167.00Kumar Ranganathan 100.00Alex Ruberto 50.00Rodney & Ilene Standen 30.00Savithri Sundaresan 100.00Raja Vishnu 59.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 609.89Hindu Education EndowmentNaran D. Patel & Mani N. PatelFamily 100.00Savithri Sundaresan 50.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 153.89Suntheram Family Trust FundRamachandran Suntheram 1,500.00Hindu Press International Endowment FundRam Iyer & Usha Chandra 100.00Hiranya Gowda 63.00Baleswary Selvarajah 5.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 171.89Loving Ganesha Distribution FundManoharan Navaratnarajah 75.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Elena Woodward 36.00Total 114.89Swami Agnivesh Endowment FundPrasad Krishnan 4.50K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 8.39Saiva Agamas TrustVidyavathi Ande 50.00Natraj Narayanswami 100.20Ganga Sivanathan 426.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 580.09Alaveddy Pasupatheeswarar Temple FundCraig Bagdasar 100.00Prasad Krishnan 4.50K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 108.39Kauai Aadheenam ReligiousArt and Artifacts FundRajadeva Alahan 153.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 156.89Thank You Bodhinatha FundHotranatha Ajaya 33.00Asha Chaku 500.00Amarnath & Latha Devarmanai 324.00Panshula Ganeshan 57.40John Kinglsey 10.00Souria Kumaren Moorghen 211.66Manoharan Navaratnarajah 150.00Mrunal & Padmaja Patel 303.00Shanta Devi Periasamy 445.00Anonymous 210.50Jayshree S. Rao 1,500.00Alex Ruberto 30.00Vayudeva Varadan 68.00Raja Vishnu 59.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Other Donations 1,779.24Total 5,684.69Mathavasi Travel FundKailash Sivam Dhaksinamurthi 501.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 504.89Udayan Care Endowment FundBrahamanand & Panna Nagarsenker 167.00Natraj Narayanswami 100.20Savithri Sundaresan 100.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 371.09Saivite Hindu Scriptural Fundfor the Visually ImpairedAlex Ruberto 30.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 33.89Sri Chandra Madhab Debnath EndowmentRao L. Atluri 116.00Shyamal Chandra Debnath 50.00Raghavan Srinivasan 1,000.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 1,169.89Murugan Temple Yalpanam Festival FundChitranjan Saravanapavan 100.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.88Total 103.88Manitha Neyam Trust FundBala Sivaceyon 36.77K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.88Total 40.65Taos Hanuman FundK.D. & A.D. Williams 3.88Elena Woodward 36.00Total 39.88Kapaleeshwara Temple OrphanagePrasad Krishnan 4.50Kumar Ranganathan 100.00Savithri Sundaresan 100.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.88Total 208.38Pazhassi Balamandiram Orphanage FundCharles Hayse 300.00Prasad Krishnan 4.50Natraj Narayanswami 100.20Savithri Sundaresan 100.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 508.59Karnataka Temple Development FundHiranya Gowda 303.00Hemanth Kumar 36.00Krishan K. Paul 7.50Savithri Sundaresan 50.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 400.39Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple ofUtah Endowment FundSri Ganesha Temple Devotees 2,500.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 2,503.89Swami Vipulananta Children’sHome EndowmentCraig Bagdasar 100.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 103.89Hinduism Today ComplimentarySubscription FundTina Desai 50.00Hiranya Gowda 153.00Devdatta & Swati Mhaiskar 50.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 256.89Himalayan Academy Book Distribution FundAnonymous 25.00Raja Vishnu 59.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 87.89Kauai Aadheenam Yagam FundVictoria Lynne Johnson 18.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 21.89Yogaswami Hindu Girls’ Homeof Sittandy EndowmentJeri Arin 300.00Marlene Carter 54.00Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam 46.76Tina Desai 1,200.00Panshula Ganeshan 57.40Brahamanand & Panna Nagarsenker 167.00Natraj Narayanswami 100.20Subramaniam Pennathur 50.01Kumar Ranganathan 300.00Ganga Sivanathan 300.00Devi Tandavan 201.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Silas H. Zirkle 375.00Total 3,155.26Siva Poomi School TrustShun K. Sunder 1,500.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 1,503.89Yogaswami Hindu Boys’ Home FundSiva & Dharshi Balasingham 75.00K. Nadana Chandran 969.10Maruthu Pandian Darmalingam 46.76Panshula Ganeshan 57.40Natraj Narayanswami 100.20Kanthasamy Selvakumar 100.00Dharmalingam Siddhan 150.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 1,502.35India Hindu Tribals EndowmentKamalesh & KrishnaGangopadhyay 3,654.08K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 3,657.97Murugan Temple of NorthAmerica Puja FundPathmini Saravanapavan 100.00Vayudeva Varadan 54.00K.D. & A.D. Williams 3.89Total 157.89Rani Jothiswarar Memorial FundRani Jothiswarar Estate 20.00Kauai Aadheenam Renovation EndowmentOther Donations 600.00K.D. & A.D. Williams gave an additional$3.89 to each of 24 other funds 93.36Total Contributions $141,172.22Funds at Market Value, Dec. 31, 2007Total Endowment Funds $9,343,310.62Total Pooled Income Funds $225,709.27Grand Total $9,569,019.89Hi 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.orgMISSION STATEMENT: Hindu Heritage Endowment is a publicly supported, charitable organizationrecognized as tax exempt by the IRS on April 22, 1994. Employer ID 99-0308924. Founded by SatguruSivaya Subramuniyaswami, its philanthropic mission is to provide secure, professionally managedfinancial support for institutions and religious leaders of all lineages of Sanatana Dharma.