Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Sri Bhattar Kuzham - 4 Adhering to its goals of enhancing contemporary Sri Vaishnava traditions and practice, Sri Bhattar Kuzham conducts a wide range of volunteer and social service activities throughout the year. All these activities contribute to the improvement in the quality of life for residents of Srirangam as well as maintenance of important shrines and mathams. Each month, a Vidwan (Vidwath vandanam), an Acharya (Acharya vandanam), and a sannidhi (Sannidhi vandanam) are honored and presented with various provisions and sambhavana. In addition, one or two underprivileged families are provided with rice and other provisions. Each month, SBK students, parents and volunteers clean one sannidhi as well as one thirumaaligai (home) of an Acharya. In the thirumaaligais, the volunteers thoroughly dust, sweep, mop, wash walls, and arrange items and furniture neatly, removing unused items. They also assist Acharya families in organizing books and other materials. Volunteers clean the outdoors and indoors of the designated sannidhi for the month. They also attend to the maintenance of flower gardens around the sannidhi as necessary. In addition, SBK volunteers take the trouble to facilitate devotees' divine darshan of the sannidhis in and around Periya Kovil (Srirangam). Much service is conducted by SBK towards aiding the underprivileged population in Srirangam. Disadvantaged students and their families receive financial assistance in several ways. Students are given uniforms, textbooks, and notebooks for school and in some cases fees to attend school for a year and up to graduation. Their families are assisted with grains and other provisions. In the month of June, 35 students received tuition fees, books, and notebooks and ten students were given uniforms for school. Please click on the links below to view photos of SBK's activities as described in the postings. http://parasarabhattar8220.fotoblog.co.uk/c1022370.html (June Activities) http://parasarabhattar8220.fotoblog.co.uk (complete index of SBK activities) In the next posting, we will explore more of SBK's volunteer and social service activities. Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam http://www.vedics.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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