Our Story

Back in 2009, the founder of KGF had a spark to collate all information related to Kanchi Kamakoti Matam’s 68th Peetadhipathi Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Swamigal into one place to benefit thousands of devotees around the world. That’s how https://mahaperiyavaa.blog was started.  With Mahaperiyava’s blessings, this blog grew so rapidly and became the daily destination for millions of Mahaperiyava devotees around the globe. To date this blog has about 20+ million views since inception.

The blog team felt that it isn’t enough to read about the greatness of Mahaswami and the peetam but to start practicing the teachings to some degree if not all. In mid-2014 itself we started involving ourselves in projects related to veda rakshanam (Support for veda schools/students etc) in an informal way.  However only in 2015, Kanchi Guruparampara Foundation (KGF) was officially started in US as a non-profit organization with the blessings of current acharya Sri Sri Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal & Sri Sri Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal. Rest is history.

2009
2013
First Patasala Kainkaryam – TVK
First Patasala Kainkaryam – TVK

First Vedapatasala support started!
KGF took the first step in supporting vedic education in India.

2015
KGF was born!
KGF was born!

KGF was officially formed!

 

2016
1st Cultural Preservation Project
1st Cultural Preservation Project

Kumbabishekam of Lakshmeeswarar – Karkeeswarar Temples (Kanchi)

2018
Start of the revolution!
Start of the revolution!

1st cow saved – It felt like we were on the top of the Mt Everest!

2019
Support covers 15 Patasalas & 70 veda parayanams
Support covers 15 Patasalas & 70 veda parayanams

Cow rescue number reached 200
Veda patasala support, vaideeka sambhavanai Scholarships to vedic students
Financial support to Sivacharyas, priests
Construction of sheds for sivalingams
Feeding the poor and needy started

2020
80 Sheds for Sivalingam completed!
80 Sheds for Sivalingam completed!

Cow rescue efforts started accelerating
Continuing on-going vedic support
More sheds for sivalingams started

2021
Extensive support to poor & needy
Extensive support to poor & needy

We provided approximately
5,000 grocery kits
6000 kgs of rice
100,000+ food packets
~1000 liters of milk
50 hearing aids
40 artifical limbs
25 tri-cycles to physically challenged

2022
Started Periyava Ghosala in Uthukkadu
Started Periyava Ghosala in Uthukkadu

Major milestone for cow rescue initiative
200 cows are housed!
Construction of Sri Seshadri Swamigal Manimandapam Completed
300 Dikshitar families support continues
15 patasala support continues