My Little Mite
With Swami Ramanuja’s krupa and the blessings of sampradaya scholars, we at VEDICS Foundation are proud to announce the inauguration of a membership program to conduct many more educational projects.
Program details
VEDICS Foundation, founded in 1999, run by a group of volunteers in USA, India, and other countries, is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization in the USA. VEDICS operates with Śrī. HH Kaliyan Vanamamalai Jeeyar Swami and Velukkudi Śrī. U. Ve. Krishnan Swami as their Patrons. Two primary objectives of VEDICS are:
- Provide a platform for your entire family in the USA and all countries outside India, to learn the “must know” scriptures of Srivaishnva Sampradaya directly from scholars in India through tele-lectures and other online medium
- Provide financial assistance for renovation and maintenance of Divya Desams in India.
As part of the Education agenda
- VEDICS Foundation conducts Divya Prabandham santhai and stotra patams through tele-bridge for the past 10 years
- A unique structured study program “Be a Rāmānuja Sambandhi” was commenced in 2009 under the vision and leadership of Velukkudi Sri. U. Ve. Krishnan swami. The aim of this course is to learn the works of Swami Rāmānuja and other texts by 2017 which is his millennium year. So far, two modules, Vedartha Sangraha and Yatindra Mata Deepika, have been completed with a combined audience of over 300. Scholars from India deliver two discourses during weekends over the tele-bridge on a work of Swami Rāmānuja. Each module is about 40 discourses long.
- A 4 year program to learn the detailed meaning of Swami Nammazhwar’s Thiruvaimozhi has been started from March 2012 with 100 participants.
As part of Supporting Divya Desams
- VEDICS Foundation provides assistance in various forms to 23 Divya Desams. These include:
- Monthly financial assistance to Archakas, Paricharakas, Meykkaval and assisting in the day to day running of the temple
- Sponsors monthly/annual AzhvAr and AchArya Avathara utsavams
- Provides financial assistance to Temple Renovations, Samprokshanams & Thadheeyaradhanam
- Provides financial assistance to Mutts & AchArya Purushas
- Has taken part in important one-time events such Śrī KoorathAzhvAn’s 1000th year celebrations
- For the year ending 2011, kainkaryams to the tune of US $50,000 have been completed by VEDICS using the generous donations from many devotees
- Provides entire grocery / provisions for Thirumeyyam Divyadesam to take care of every day prasadam needs
Go Samrakshanam - Cow care facility
Gho-braahmanebhya: shubhamastu nityam Lokas-samastas- sukhino bhavantu||
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A cow provides for us like no other animal does. Our food, our cleanliness, our rituals, are all incomplete without involving a cow or a cow's products. In temples, the Lord himself wakes up to the sight of a cow, drinks cow's milk first, and only then proceeds to do other things during the course of a day. Cows have a very important position in our daily lives. But, what happens when cows stop giving milk, and grow old? Have you ever given a thought to that? They're orphaned, left without care, or worse - slaughtered. At Vedics, we've launched a program where we protects old, sick, and orphaned cows. We bring them to our Gosala (cow-shelter), and provide them with the food, water, shelter, and care they need. They live in a large natural pasture, and spend their time under the watchful eye of our volunteers.
Activities in our Gosala:
We have rescued around 120+ Cows so far in the last 30 months
Currently we host 30 + Cows at between our Gosala's in Srirangam and Thiruvarur
Local Veterinarian providing excellent medical care for injured and sick cows
In-house built mechanical stand to help cows that come to us with leg injuries and also given to farmers who need them temporarily.
