Intro
Education
श्रुति-शङ्कर-संस्कृत-संशोधन-प्रतिष्ठानम् is the agrahāra’s veda school and research center. While much vedic education happens at homes, students from outside (including young boys from Andhra Pradesh, North Karnataka etc., as of 2018) come to this school to study the veda-s, shāstra-s and imbibe the inimitable opportunities for acquiring and practicing the vedic lifestyle that Mattūru provides.
Research and publication
The talent of the village is capable serious research and editing work, as demonstrated by their production of meticulously researched and highly lauded books on Āpastamba śrauta rituals. This involved decypherment of multiple manuscripts acquired from distant places, learning unknown scripts, projecting hard to read manuscript images and consulting distant scholars for clarity. Circumstances permitting, their ambitions extend to several other similar works.
Problems
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The smooth running of a gurukula is a tough task, requiring a resident master. Kids being kids will otherwise tend to run amok. The village masters, led by shrI Venkateśa Avadhāni, contribute what time they have left over from attending to basic survival needs and household tasks. Unfortunately, this has not been enough, and the institution does not have enough funds to attract, hire and sustain a resident master (requiring around 30000 per month as of 2018).
- With whatever funds they have, the local management is currently (as of 2018 August) renovating the institute building.
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Research is a time consuming affair (as described earlier), which necessarily require the scholar to neglect his mundane work (such as tending to his family farm) and worries. Producing works of quality similar to the Āpastamba śrauta texts would require 15 to 20 lakhs as of 2018. Though various people (including heads of monastic institutions) have made promises (even in public!), nothing has materialized.
Contribution details
You want to help? Good! See the deatils below:
- Name: Shruthi shankara Samskritha Samshodhana PratiShTanam as per bank and IT records
- Bank account details
- Corporation Bank, Mattur 577203
- IFSC: CORP0000218
- Savings Bank Account number: 520101071449635
- PAN number: AAETS9059D
- Eligible for 80G deductions.
- Not eligible for foreign contributions as per FCRA act. As of 2018, three attempts to get FCRA approval failed - reason being that the monetary transaction of the institution is too low. A chicken and egg problem!