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The Sri. Kanchi Mahaswami Trust took a significant step in 2010 towards regaining India’s rich culture, heritage and wealth of knowledge. It’s effort in this field of high endeavour is to teach our children the true meaning of education and help them understand that education is not merely a means to earn a living in order to survive but much beyond that, to realise the purpose of human birth. The Sri. Kanchi Mahaswami Vidya Mandir was inaugurated on 4th June 2010.

Sri. Kanchi Mahaswami Vidya Mandir is the largest vedic modern educational institution not just in India but the world as well. Inspired by the philosophy

Sri. Kanchi Mahaswami Trust was started in 2006 with the following objectives :

To bring Paramacharya’s message of peace and happiness to a wider audience so that more people benefit by knowing about him and be influenced by his thinking.

To support the many institutions that were started during his life time and ensure that the society and the country in general benefit by them

To lay particular emphasis on carrying out his upadesa on spreading the message of the Vedas, Vedanta and Upanishads.

Primary School

of His Holiness, Sri. Chandrasekarendra Saraswati Swamigal, the Vidya Mandir has a single-minded educational goal :

“To prepare its students to stand head and shoulder above the rest, ingraining in them high moral values through vedic education combined with modern thinking and education, to provide sound physical training and enable them to develop an ability to nurture creativity”.

Vision & Mission

Vision

To create an inspiring new breed of global citizens equipped to face a fast changing world.

Mission

l To achieve the vision byOffering an unusual education system that combines the best of Vedic education and modern education.l Offer this new education platform with world-class facilities embedded in a traditional environment.l Offer this education to the children of parents who have a vision for their children to acquire an education enriched with traditional Indian values combined with modern education.

Bhojanashala

This unusual school has emerged with a bold vision to create the global citizens of tomorrow. It offers a combination education of CBSE and vedic studies. Children opting for the dual education system are housed in the campus under the Gurukula system. For families in the neighbourhood, standalone admission to CBSE is given.

Sri. Kanchi Mahaswami Vidya Mandir is reaching out to poor families throughout South India. These are families where making the two ends meet is a challenge. Therefore providing education to the children is no mean task for them. To such families Sri. Kanchi Vidya Mandir offers a unique ‘pay-what-you-can afford’ scheme for hostel, healthcare, dress and educational aids. The CBSe eduCaTIOn IS gIVen COMpleTely free TO TheSe STudenTS. Thus a bright young boy gets the benefit of proper Vedic education alongwith modern CBSE education (in deserving cases, no contribution is taken and is absolutely free).

In the year 2012, the trust subsidized rs. 2.98 lakhs per vidyarthi and rs. 2.25 lakhs in 2013. In 2014, the subsidy was rs. 1.75 lakhs. The Vidya Mandir has about 270 students on its rolls and as on date, it expends approximately rs. 5.0 crores out of its resources for the dual education system. The trust has an accumulated deficit of Rs. 6.42 crores till 31st March 2014. One of the key costs absorbed by the Trust is the spiraling cost of provisions, gas, Milk, Vegetables, pulses and cooking contract charges in its Bhojanashala.

for the months of October, november and december 2014, the cost incurred was as under

S.no. particulars October november december

1 Provision 195268 159990 215695

2 Gas 33074 54164 55414

3 Milk 190728 194585 219042

4 Vegetables 32885 73642 55125

5 Plantain Leaves 3550 2200 2600

6 Rice 45550 0 53300

7 Rice -Donated 22000 22176 18040

8 Grinding Charges 245 1665.00 1280

A 523300 508422 620496

9 Cooking Contractor Charges 225000 225000 225000

B 225000 225000 225000

A+B 748300 733422 845496

Cost Per Vidyarthi p.m. 2494 2445 2818

Vedic School

Welcome Centre ‘Sri. Mahaswami Dyana Mandapam’

Devi Kamakshi TempleMahadwaram

Shiva Temple Sri. Vidya Ganapathi Temple

Vedic students Dormitory

Adhyapakar Illam

Visitor’s Block

Jagathguru Nivas

Trust Office

Play Area Pool

Gymnasium

Laksha Rudraksha Linga Mandapam

Oru pidi arisi Thittam

March 10, 1966. A large audience of devotees had gathered at the famous Siva-Vishnu temple, at T. Nagar in Chennai to listen to His Holiness’s discourse. The Mahaswami spoke about the importance of ‘paropakaram’. It is in that context that He spoke about how housewives can perform annadhanam everyday by following a simple system. Thus was born the now famous ‘Pidi Arisi Thittam’.

It is an elegantly simple scheme in which the house wife would set aside a handful of rice (pidi arisi) every day when she cooked the meal for her family. Volunteers would collect the rice thus accumulated and ‘One Anna’ from her every month. The rice will be cooked in the nearest temple, and the money would be used to add some condiments. All the poor and the destitute in the area were fed through this Pidi Arisi Thittham. In essence, every housewife and therefore her family participated in feeding the poor in that area. They were thus the recipients of their blessings and that of the Mahaswami too. We are celebrating 50 years of Pidi Arisi Thittam between 2015-16.

CBSE School

As a variation of this scheme, recognizing the current day reality but retaining the essence of the Mahaswami’s appeal, we have formulated a scheme for collection of Rice, Oil, Dal, Sugar for our Bhojanashala so that the Vidyarthis can be well fed and this would substantially contribute to their well-being and deriving the full benefits of the dual education scheme.

With a view to standardization and not to collect the grains and pulses of various qualities and breeds, our scheme invites a contribution of rs. 1500/- per month to cover the following :

We will exclusively use the contribution for feeding the vidyarthis who would be 300 by June 2015. Any surplus from the contribution would be utilized for vegetables, milk and other provisions. A project of this dimension counts on the Philanthropy and support of a large number of devotees of the Mahaswami of Kanchi and those committed societal good. We invite you to participate in this activity.

rice Sugar Oil pulses of any variety

25 kgs 2 kgs 1 kg 1 kg

New Hostel Block

Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi Gallery

Your contribution may be transferred to the credit of our account :

Name of the Account : Sri. Kanchi Mahaswami Vidya Mandir

Nature of Account : Savings

Account No. : 974642327

Bank : Indian Bank, King Circle Branch, Mumbai

IFSC Code : IDIB000K038

We are soliciting support for one full year. This would require an annual contribution of Rs. 18,000/-. You can either pay in one lumpsum or transfer each month a sum of Rs. 1,500/- to the credit of our account. Every transfer may please be accompanied by a confirmatory email to donations@srikanchimahaswamividyamandir.org

All contributions to our trust enjoy tax exemption u/s 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. We shall issue one consolidated receipt at the end of each year i.e. 31st March alongwith the tax certificate to the donor for availing the tax exemption.

In the Golden Jubilee year of pidi arisi Thittam, we request you to join this Veda Vidyarthi Anna Dhanam Scheme and in the process subserve the cause of vedas and be beneficiaries of the blessings of the Mahaswami and the present Sages of Kanchi.

Inspiration Gallery- Lawn of Statues

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No1, Shankar Nagar, Rajakilpakkam,

Tambaram (East), Chennai 600073,

Tamil Nadu, India

Tel No. : +91(44) 222 820 225 / 25, +91 (44) 222 822 68 / 69

Email: info@srikanchismahaswamividyamandir.org,

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