Help Us Move
We have raised $16,976.55 as of 1/18/2021 Our goal is to raise $300,000 by March 28th
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We are selling the property we purchased for our temple and teaching center five years ago. We have not been able to get needed information from County officials to complete an application for a conditional use permit, which is required to have public events at the property. We do not think that it will be possible to get permits in this locality. This is unfortunately a common difficulty faced by Hindu organizations in America. We are preparing to sell the property, but we still owe a lot and may not get enough money from the sale to relocate.
We are working to raise enough money to buy a property suitable to use for our Temple in a county where religious study and worship is allowed by right and does not require permits from local authorities. Swamiji has been living at the property and will be left with nowhere to live unless we can at least raise enough money to help him to relocate. Many have donated a great deal throughout the past five years, but income is less since our ability to offer services has been limited. Though this may seem like a bad time to sell, the maintenance of the property is very expensive and not possible to cover if we are unable to offer services. Before we purchased this property we were offering classes online and in person almost daily on mantra, puja, meditation, traditional yoga, Ayurveda, and Vedic astrology, in addition to creating many valuable online resources. These activities have been greatly reduced in the past five years, as we have had to focus instead on repairs to the property and efforts to prepare our permit application. We want to get back to our work of offering the many services which have helped so many people as soon as possible. We must be courageous now, and take this leap in order to move toward getting back to our work. Please help us to move to a suitable space. |
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