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Report of Activities – Introduction
Hari Om Tat Sat
In order to fulfil the needs of the underprivileged, rural people, the
activities of Sivananda Math include:
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Distribution of free scholarships and course
books for higher studies to deserving students.
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Providing clothing and grains to the needy
in times of difficulty and/or natural calamities.
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Digging of wells and boring of tubewells to
provide water for drinking and irrigation in rural villages.
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Assistance to the farmers in ploughing and
watering of fields.
Construction of low cost houses for the homeless.
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Gifting of livestock such as cows, bullocks
and goats to the needy.
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Providing free medical care by opening dispensaries
and first-aid centres.
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Provision of free veterinary services.
- Undertaking of any other such projects which
may be necessary and/or desirable to further the aims and objectives
of Sivananda Math.
Since its inception, Sivananda Math has received abundant support for
its activities from well-wishers and devotees of Sri Swami Satyananda
Saraswati around the world.
Honorary Secretary
Sivananda Math
Items distributed between 1995-2001:
- Aid (for widows, the aged, the disabled, relief
in times of calamity, etc.)
- Anga vastra (clothes, blankets, books and personal
accessories)
- Bartan (pots/cooking utensils)
- Bicycles
- Books (school text books, library reference
books)
- Books (spiritual)
- Spiritual books
- Buckets
- Clothing (men, women, children)
- Coal (for domestic use)
- House construction and repair
- Cows and bulls
- Dvira Gaman (bridal kit for bride's first entry
into bridegroom's house)
- Firewood (for domestic use)
- Games (eg. cricket and hockey items)
- Ghara (clay pots to cool drinking water)
- Grants and aid (eg. for training and coaching)
- Hand cart (cycle thela)
- Jewellery
- Mass feeding and gifts
- Medical aid
- Motorbike
- Musical instruments
- Old Age Stipend Scheme
- Raincoats
- Ramayana (sacred text)
- Rickshaws
- Rickshaws (auto)
- Scholarships (eg. to national universities)
- Seeds for agriculture
- Sewing machine
- Stationery
- Supplies for local Shop/Business
- Tools (mason and agriculture)
- Trees
- Tricycles for invalids
- Umbrellas
- Valuables (jewellery)
- Weaving classes
- Yajna prasad (2001 - mixed bundles of clothes,
jhumkas, thali, lohi distributed to each family in 18 villages)
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