FREE MEDICAL SERVICES : HEALTH WITH CARE🔗

Fortnightly and monthly medical camps are conducted at Nithyananda ashrams, offering free consultation in the areas of general medicine, gynecology, ophthalmology, ENT, dental care and orthopedics, free medicines and follow-ups. Over 20 experienced doctors volunteer at these camps, which reach out to over 1000 people. Weekly mobile medical services including free consultation and medicines, provided in rural areas which have no healthcare facilities. A 100% free dialysis clinic with 47 dialysis machines catering to 250 patients per day will be set up shortly in Madurai. Free 100-bed hospitals with all amenities are planned in 4 rural locations in Tanjavur Dt. in Tamil Nadu.

Nithyananda Relief Wing offers relief to those affected by natural calamities such as tsunami, earthquake, floods etc through various relief measures, by offering clothes, food, water and most importantly, psychological support and trauma counseling.

When the Thane cyclone struck southern India in January 2012, Paramahamsa Nithyananda and a team of 100 volunteers rushed to the most affected areas in Puducherry (Pondicherry) and spent close to ten days living on the site and providing round-the-clock emergency relief services, including the free distribution of food packets, distribution of clothes and blankets, free medical care, road-clearing using JCB excavators, helping to rebuild homes, offering spiritual healing and counseling.

Nithyananda Youth Foundation (NYF) strives to spread peace and meditation in society besides offering useful services through many creative and inspiring ways. In its recent attempt, the Nithyananda Youth Foundation organized a marathon service campaign of offering one hundred services on a single day to rural areas in Tamilnadu, India.

CULTURAL REVIVAL : PIONEERING A VEDIC RENAISSANCE

Nithyananda Mission has established a dozen Vedic Temples worldwide, and over 400 Paduka Mandirs housing 3720 energized deities where daily worship is performed in the authentic Vedic tradition. These temples are also socio-cultural hubs where thousands of people assemble every day to participate in Paramahamsa Nithyananda's live satsangs (spiritual meetings) via two-way video conferencing. Guidance in yoga, kriya, meditation, Vedic worship and mantra chanting is imparted at these centers, which also undertake a variety of community outreach activities.

A Vedic Renaissance initiative of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam

The Vedic civilization of ancient India gave to the world the sciences of yoga, mathematics, natural medicine, astronomy, navigation, economics and political science. This civilization, flourished over fifty thousand years ago, was also an ideal of holistic living, where equal emphasis was laid on physical and mental well-being, creating material abundance, providing constant learning opportunities, supporting the community and nurturing inner growth. In the past decade, Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam has made sustained efforts to revive the best practices of the Vedic tradition for the benefit of modern humanity, through its many 'Vedic Renaissance' initiatives. Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam is an international movement for yoga, meditation and enlightenment science founded by His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda.

While our individual projects like meditation programs in rural communities and the free meal project for the underprivileged have met with much success, the Madurai Aadheenam Revival Project (MARP) will be Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam's first concerted effort to revive the Vedic culture in communities of over 20,000 people.

Madurai Aadheenam is considered to be the most ancient living religious establishment in the world. It is established in Madurai in southern India, one of the world's oldest inhabited cities with a recorded history dating back to the 3rd century B.C. Said to be founded around 2500 years ago, Madurai Aadheenam was revived in the 6th century A.D. by the young enlightened saint Tirugnana Sambandar, one of the four visionaries of Shaiva Siddhanta philosophy. In a glorious history spanning 25 centuries, Madurai Aadheenam has played a pivotal role in the social and spiritual upliftment of the community, occasionally with royal patronage, but also on its own initiative.

In modern times, with the social influence once wielded by socio-spiritual establishments gradually waning, many of the positive initiatives once undertaken by these establishments have been unfortunately been left hanging in the air with no real owner. With MARP, Madurai Aadheenam's vast properties and resources can be put to good use using Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam's expertise in social services to create an initiative that is at once wise and progressive. Since April 2012, with the appointment of H.H. Paramahamsa Nithyananda as the 293rd pontiff of Madurai Aadheenam, a number of new service projects have been launched, with a vision to build a vibrant community that is materially prosperous and spiritually fulfilled.

'When a single science like yoga has done has done so much, imagine if we could reach the all the treasures of Vedic wisdom to the world! We could create a new civilization that touches the peak of its material and spiritual possibilities.' - Paramahamsa Nithyananda

Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam is a worldwide movement for yoga, meditation and enlightenment science founded by Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Paramahamsa Nithyananda is working actively with scientists and researchers worldwide to decode the mystical yogic sciences of the East, including levitation, teleportation and manifestation (materialization).

Over the past decade, Paramahamsa Nithyananda and his organizations worldwide have made a consistent effort to reach the benefits of the Vedic tradition to modern society for lasting outer and inner transformation.

With MARP, a five-fold agenda has been announced to bring about this transformation:

Current scope

a) Annadaanam: Annadaanam or the offering of free food to the hungry is considered the foremost of social and spiritual services in the Vedic tradition. Launched on 27th April 2012, the annadaanam scheme has received an overwhelming response, and is feeding close to 2500 people every day. On an average, 125 kg of rice are cooked each day, and Ananda sevaks (volunteers of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam) cook and serve hot, nourishing sattvik meals thrice a day at the Aadheenam premises. On special occasions, the Aadheenam feeds over 5000 people a day.

b) 'eN-Milk': This is a unique offering from Madurai Aadheenam, whose patron saint is the child-incarnation Tirugnana Sambandhar, one of the four visionary saints of the Shaiva Siddhanta tradition. The scriptures say that as a baby, Tirugnana Sambandhar was once nourished by the 'milk of Enlightenment' from the Cosmic Mother herself. In commemoration of this event, and as a symbolic offering of wisdom to the people, Madurai Aadheenam is now offering 'jnaanapaal' or

‘Enlightenment milk’ (consecrated and energized milk that sows the seed of enlightenment in the person drinking it) to all visitors to the Aadheenam. Over 200 liters of milk are being consumed every day by around 1000 people.

Future plans

Efforts are on to extend both these services to other locations as well, starting with the pilgrims and sannyasis (spiritual mendicants) at all the 5 temples being maintained by Madurai Aadheenam. Free meal schemes in schools are also envisaged as part of the next phase of this project.

Health with care

Current scope

India currently has a doctor:patient ratio of 1:2000, which means that reliable medical care are still beyond the reach of the vast majority of the rural public. Our vision is to provide timely medical care to the urban and rural needy, now available through:

a) Monthly medical camps: These camps offer free consultation in the areas of general medicine, gynecology, ophthalmology, ENT, dental care and orthopedics, free medicines and follow-ups. Over 20 experienced doctors volunteer at these camps, which reach out to over 1000 people.

b) Weekly mobile medical services including free consultation and medicines, provided in rural areas which have no healthcare facilities.

c) Donation of eye-glasses, dentures and barometers, and as well as calipers, wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs to organizations caring for the physically challenged.

d) 100% Free hospitals - In the initial phase, two 20-bed hospitals with labor ward, OT facilities and cardiac care unit are being planned in the villages of Kanjanur and Pannaitheru in Tanjavur Dt. of Tamil Nadu.

Future plans

Medical camp is currently being organized at the Madurai Aadheenam premises. Expansion of services to the villages of Kanjanur, Kachanam, Pannaitheru & Tiruppurampiyam is planned, with weekly medical camps in rotation in these villages.

One 300-bed multi-specialty hospital is to be established in Madurai city. A 24-hour free dialysis center with 47 dialysis machines is planned in the city. Four 20-bed hospitals are expected to be set up in Kachanam & Tiruppurampiyam. Expansion to 100 beds is also planned in the next phase, to service these villages and surrounding areas.

Empowering through Education

Current scope

Free Schools with education facilities upto class X are to be established in the villages of Kanjanur, Kachanam, Pannaitheru & Tiruppurampiyam in Tanjavur Dt.

a) These schools will include both modern education as well as the traditional Vedic system of learning known as gurukul, which offers holistic and need-based learning methods.

b) The curriculum will include standard academics, along with life sciences, ‘brain yoga’, meditation and Sanskrit chanting etc for balanced neurological growth.

c) The children will receive training in Vedic mathematics, which foreshadowed the software revolution by thousands of years, which allows children to compute in six to eight figures easily without the use of calculators.

d) Ecological awareness and connection with the nature that sustains us are emphasized. Awareness of beauty is cultivated through performing and graphic arts.

Financial support provided will include:

a) 90% of course fee

b) School books & other learning materials

c) School uniforms & bags

d) Library facilities

e) Free mid-day meals

Future plans

100 school project: 100 English-medium and Tamil-medium schools offering 90% subsidized education to be launched in Tamil Nadu state. The 100-school project is expected to cater to the education needs of 50,000 children in Tamil Nadu. The goal of these schools is to provide the very

best in well-rounded education, encouraging and guiding children to become high achievers and responsible citizens who are powerful anchored in spirituality.

The first step towards nurturing an enlightened community is ensuring a certain level of material comfort, because people who are hard-pressed to fulfil their basic needs can hardly be expected to focus on their further growth. With this vision, five villages have been adopted by Madurai Aadheenam under the newly-launched Model Village project - Kanjanur, Kachanam, Pannaitteru and Tiruppurampiyam - in Tanjavur Dt.

Amenities being provided in these villages include:

a) Construction of water tanks b) Making facilities for clean drinking water c) Construction of private toilets for homes d) 90% subsidized schooling, free medical care and the setting up of free hospitals as mentioned. e) Apart from this, spiritual counseling, yoga and meditation classes and training programs will be held in these villages. The aim is to combat the ‘3D’ epidemic (Drink, Drugs and Depression) that has taken a hold on the rural and urban poor, especially the youth, and help them return to normal lives through the 4th D - the Divine.

The ancient Vedic culture was firmly rooted in a holistic lifestyle, encouraging community living, creation of abundance, a personal relationship with God and spiritual enlightenment as the ultimate purpose of life.

To keep this tradition alive, Madurai Aadheenam has initiated the project of restoration of various temples in Tamil Nadu, with a view to revive them as living centers of learning and Vedic education,

and the social, cultural and spiritual hubs of the community. The aim is to bring these ancient marvels to the light of modern humanity, not only as symbols of India’s rich heritage, but also to make them directly useful to the lives of people from all walks of life. Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s vision is to spread the timeless truths of the Vedic religion – meditation, yoga, devotion and service - and thus provide practical daily life solutions to people through spirituality.

Madurai Aadheenam is the hereditary trustee of four major temples in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur Dt., including the Kanjanur Agnishwara Temple, Tiruppurambiyam Sakshinatheswarar Temple, Kachaneshwara Swami Temple and Pannagaparameswara Swami Temple.

As a start, cleaning and repair works have already started in all these temples, and major renovation of these temples is to be undertaken shortly. The kumbhabhishekam (ritual consecration ceremony), which is to be performed once in twelve years according to Vedic rites to maintain the sanctity and energy of the temple, will be performed for all four temples. The annual Guru Pooja festival (commemoration of Saint Tirugnana Sambandhar) is performed over 5 days, with all ceremonies as per tradition, a range of spiritual activities and social services.

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