Sri Matam- Kanchipuram

Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham has the distinction of an unbroken line of 70 Acharyas till now. The Acharyas have taken measures for the protection of Veda Dharma, for propagating the Advaita discipline, and alleviating the sufferings of the people.

During His life time, Sri Chandrasekharendra Sarasvati Swamigal (68TH Acharya) on the occasion of Bhoomi Pooja in 1981, blessed the leading citizens of Sattara for construction of a new temple on the model of the famous Sri Nataraja temple at Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu. New temples have been erected for Kamakshi and Subramanya at Delhi, Kamakshi temples at Coimbatore and Salem, Subramanya temple at Secunderabad. One of the temples that have come up is the Ekkavan Sakthi Peet in Ambaji (Gujarat) where all the 51 Sakti Peetams have been represented.

Renovation of ancient temples which are in need of repairs is one of the important activities of the Math. The famous temple car of Sri Varadaraja Perumal at Kanchi was completely redone at considerable cost and was inaugurated in May 2000. Rajagopurams at the northern and southern side of Sri Ramanathaswamy temple at Rameswaram are being constructed with the blessings of the Acharyas.

While activities of a religious nature are undoubtedly within the realm of the Peetham, the social side has not been neglected.

A good number of Veda Patasalas have been established wherein different sakhas of Veda are being taught.

Apart from Veda Patasalas, seventeen Oriental schools and thirty-eight Sankara Schools are functioning in different parts of the country under the guidance of the Math.

Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam runs hospitals at different places, which includes the Kamakoti Child Trust Hospital in Madras, Eye Hospitals at Coimbatore and Guwahati, hospitals at Madhubani (Bihar), Rathura for tribals (Uttranchal), Berhampur (Orissa) Hindu Mission Hospitals in many places in Tamil Nadu.

The Acharyas sympathy for the poor and the lower classes of society is too well known to be mentioned here.

Charitable trusts, established with the blessings of the Acharyas come to the aid of poor families to enable them to perform marriages of their daughters, Homes for the Aged and uncured for are functioning with a considerable number of inmates in each. Also, at Kalavai (Tamil Nadu), a home for the disabled is also functioning. Handicapped persons are provided with tricycles, artificial limbs, etc.

Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Rural Development Trust and several such other organisations take care of the rural and neglected areas. Unemployed youths are provided with means for starting some craft to earn their livelihood. Likewise women are given sewing machines as a self-employment measure.

Nithya Annadhanam (free food) is provided to all devotees visiting Kanchi and the Math. The “Pidi Arisi Thittam” (Handful of Rice) scheme is running successfully at many places. Under this scheme, every household sets apart just a handful of rice every day and this will be collected by a central agency once a week, cooked in some temples and offered as neivedya to the deity and then distributed to the poor and needy.

Prasadam, blessed by the Acharyas are distributed to the patients in hospitals, inmates of jails, orphanages, etc.

The Math runs go-salas (shelter for the cows).

Victims of flood, famine, earthquake and other natural calamities are being helped in various ways under the orders of the Acharyas.

“Dharmo Rakshati Rakshita”.

Sri Matam- Kanchipuram

Sri Matam- Kanchipuram

Sri Matam- Kanchipuram

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