Inter Faith Charitable -
Mahavidya Girls (English Medium) School

 

The Mahavidya School for Little Goddess of Tamil Nadu, South India –inspired by the work of Shri Param Eswaran, the Father of Para-Tan and Master of the Living Goddess Tradition, the Mahavidya School is being created by Sri Devanayagi Parameswaran. The purpose of the school is to give a safe, loving environment for the next generation of Mothers in India. “We believe that when we empower women, we heal families and communities”~ (Shri Param Eswaran).

The School Project intends to allow young girls gain the tools and confidence to bless their families and communities with the Grace and Love of the Divine Mother, as Living Goddesses. For when a Mother is Divine, the home is heaven. At the Mahavidya Girls School, the children will receive an education that is nurturing for their body, mind and spirit.

Shri Param Eswaran, the founder of the Inter Faith Charitable, the Father of Para-Tan Healing and the Living Goddess Tradition, is traveling all over the world to share the teachings of the Divine Mother and Para-Tan Sound Healing. As Shri Param Eswaran will be traveling for the next two years, the Mahavidya Temple will be available as an interim school for the Mahavidya Girls School. The school will make a difference in the way children are educated in Madurai District. 

The lecture rooms become classrooms suitable for young inventive children to explore, and grow. Each classroom will cater for 12 children, with the same teacher until they reach year 6. From year 7 to 12 the classroom the children will be taught by specialized teacher, i.e science teacher, mathematic , art ect.

By July 2010 we will start with kindergarten. Kindergarten will focus on developing social, imaginative play based learning for children from 3 to 6 years old which will make learning for them a joyful adventure rather than a memorizing task without any practical implementation of theory.

The Mahavidya Girls School will provide not only an educational setting for the children, but also a nurturing, warm, safe and loving environment. Because the young children will spend so many hours a day in a setting other than their own homes, it is important to put an emphasis on creating harmonious surroundings that will nurture their developing personalities. They would like to attract India dance, music and yoga teachers to the center for the children, so that they can expand their perception of their rich Indian heritage and culture.

In 2004, Sri Devanayagi started the project and raised a total of about 2500 euro with a letter sent out to her friends. That was enough to buy chicken cows and partly pay for the building of the sheds. To help the project to get started Shri Param paid for the rest. With some more donations from friends in Holland she has been able support 2 boys in college and provides school fees, books, uniforms and clothes for an additional 6 children. So far, Sri Devanayagi has been educating, supporting and feeding local village children in an informal manner sharing with them a different view on healthy eating, cleanliness and hygiene. In addition, she let them participate in planting trees, harvesting corn, keeping the property clean and in the cooking; the children had a great time doing so.

When Shri Param first settled on the outskirts of Killankulum in 2003, he did so with the intention of helping empower the youngsters of the next generation by educating them to grow and better themselves and therefore be better equipped to make a difference in their communities and someday pass on their education-born privileges to their own children. However, after four years of spending countless hours, rupees, and resources educating, clothing, feeding, and exposing local village children to the many options available, he noticed a re-occurring pattern preventing them from truly receiving the benefit of all that he and his divine Goddess Sri Devanayagi provide and share with them. The local children have families in the nearby village and inevitably feel their true home is with their families in the village. The un-hygienic practices and collective thinking of village life prevent the children at IFC from making changes necessary to make themselves eligible for opportunities outside of the limited options available to people of their tribe and caste. Shri Param’s conclusion is: In order for the children to receive the most benefit at IFC, they must make IFC their true home and sever old ways of thinking and behaving. This gives space for them to develop and embrace new, empowering behavior and thinking, really receive the support available and make strides ahead in intellectual and spiritual growth.


Now, with the present project she has made it more formal in establishing the first Mahavidya Girls School.

For this project to successfully run, the amount that they hope to raise is about US $102, 415, for the first phase of the project.
In hand, they have US $10,000, partly from Sri Devanayagi's 2-year old daughter's savings.

By the end of 2010, they would like to complete building the first phase of the Mahavidya Girls School for village children so that they are given the gift of body, mind and spirit nurturing education. THE CHILDREN NEED YOUR HELP!

Budget
 

New kitchen and dining room	US	$   6,026.00
Play ground (preparation work)	US	$ 2,000.00 (completed)
Equipment	US	$ 4,156.00
Library	US	$ 5,402.00
Dormitories for 20 students and 6 staff members to be built this year	US	$ 49,872.00
Special toilets that will suit little goddesses	US	$   8,104.00
2 new classrooms	US	$ 10,387.00
Wages	US	$12,468.00
Sundries	US	$  4,000.00
Total	US	$102,415.00