Celebrate your Diwali at SEVALAYA

On the dawn of Diwali, the impatient children who have no interest in oil bath or even new dress, hustle up to the road or terrace, to burst crackers. Crackers when ignited burst with lot of excitement. But they exist for a very short moment. So does the sensory, mental, emotional excitements do!

Every thing that begins has to come to an end. This stands good for sense pleasures and with all kinds of celebrations. This is the loud and bright message of Diwali. On the eve of Diwali and next night, if you just walk up to the terrace and look into the sky or look in any direction your eyes will behold the beautiful formations that the crackers burst and form. But these are momentary.

When you try to light up a cracker, there is tremendous excitement in the act, it is an electrifying experience as the fire hisses and enters the cracker. The moment you wait for the action to begin and how suddenly before you  realize the cracker bursts into colors and even before you feel you have enjoyed it, it is already over. It stimulates you with a desire to enjoy  more and leaves you with a feeling of dissatisfaction. This is exactly how we participate in the sensory experiences of life.

The most profound message of Diwali, is see the limitations and the temporariness of these pleasures. Use this precious life to do some thing that will make someone happy, help someone to enjoy life. Derive pleasure in making the weak and destitute to be happy.

Diwali is a time when you remove the darkness of selfishness and illumine it with an act of giving, with  an emotion of compassion.

Join us in celebrating Diwali for those who are suffering, who will enjoy our love more than anybody in life.

We have teamed up with several organizations this year to make our Diwali a memorable and uplifting experience. One of them is SEVALAYA. Below we are including the appeal of SEVALAYA.

Dear Donor,

Wish you a very happy Diwali in advance!

Diwali (the festival of Lights), one of the major festivals of India symbolizes the triumph of good over evil. As the festival approaches, there is a lot of celebration in the air, with people busily planning for the purchase of new clothes, sweets, savories and all the shops are flooded with new and novel varieties of clothes, sweets and of course crackers, to woo the people and make the occasion a memorable one!

As donors and friends of Sevalaya (www.sevalaya.org), we are sure that you have included your extended family of Sevalaya also in the preparation of your Diwali celebrations. This extended family has 2000 poor, destitute village children and 65 poor and destitute grandpas and grandmas. These children are getting completely free education and doing very well in studies. Many of our students who completed school education have taken up higher studies and many of them are fully supported by Sevalaya. The grandmas and grandpas as well as the residents of the Children’s Home which houses orphan and destitute children are given tasty, healthy and nourishing food, proper medical attention, love and affection.

We estimate at least Rs.1000 as the expense for one person and we need support from all of you to have a great Diwali for the 2065 people in the Sevalaya family. We are sure that as in the previous years, we will get your support. With all your unstinting support, the evils of poverty and destitution which plagued these 2065 residents are being successfully overcome. We invite you to join hands and help us celebrate this victory on the auspicious day of Diwali!

Please do visit Sevalaya campus and join all our children and grandpas and grandmas for a grand Diwali celebration.

1. Cheques in favour of ‘Sevalaya’, or donations in kind like clothes, crackers, sweets etc., can be sent to our city office at
Sevalaya :
F-B1, First floor, Old no 10, new no 24,
Keshava Perumal West Street,
Mylapore, Chennai – 600 004.

2. Or money can be directly transferred to :

For Indian Donors :
Account Name : SEVALAYA
Account No : 218601000134
Bank : ICICI BANK
Branch : Mylapore, Chennai - 600004
IFSC CODE : ICIC0002186

Account Name: SEVALAYA
Account No : 029101000008743
Bank : INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK
Branch : Dr R K Salai Branch (EE Road Branch), Chennai - 600004
IFSC Code : IOBA0000291

For Overseas Donors :
Account Name : SEVALAYA FCRA A/C
Account NO : 408048361
BANK : INDIAN BANK,
BRANCH : Dr R K SALAI BRANCH, CHENNAI - 600004
SWIFT CODE : IDIBINBBMAS
IFSC CODE : IDIB000 D035

Contacts :
Website www.sevalaya.org 
Mail id sevalayaprhead@sevalaya.org,
Phone 044-24950204 / 7299064457

Now you can use your credit card / debit cards to donate to Sevalaya, either online or at city and campus offices.

http://sevalaya.org/support/sponsor/

Thanks & Regards,
Muralidharan V
Founder & Managing Trustee
Website : www.sevalaya.org