Donate us

21. October, 2012|Charity Trust|One comment

The most important aspect of donating to charity is the fact that you will be helping out a needy person get basic human necessities improving a life in the process. S Balaji charitable organizations work with various projects at once most of which cover medical and environment improvement for the less fortunate.

You can help us to serve needy society through contributing to our funds online. The details of our bank accounts are given below. Please remember the following points.

• You should transfer the money from the account within India
• Be sure, triple check account number and branch code.
• For confirmation, submit the form on the Contact us page, when you add funds in our account.  Or simply send us an email to admin[at]balajicharitabletrust.org or call us at 0997-229-4477
  

Annadanam – The Fight to End Hunger

21. October, 2012|Charity Trust|One comment

Our mission is to feed India’s hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger. The Sanskrit word Annadanam literally means the offering or sharing (danam) of food (annam). In sanskrit the word “Annam” means food and “Daanam” means to donate. Thus “Annadanam” means feeding the hungry and needy. Taittiriya Upanishad declares, All life force comes from food. (annam vai pranah) and Let food be produced in plenty (annam bahu kurveet).

In Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna declares, From food all beings are evolved (annad bhavanti bhutani). Even in Vedas, Upanishad, Ramayana, or Mahabharata during all these periods feeding a hungry person was treated as a greatest service to man kind. ANNA DAANAM MAHAA DAANAM [offering food is the best gift in the world.]is a very popular Sanskrit verse which has motivated millions of Indians to perform this divine act and in ancient India in most of the temple premises there were annadana centers

Annam Para Brahma Swarupam. Food only can support the body to attain Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha. The person, who participate in this sacred Annadanam, will be blessed by divine Gods. Creatures cannot live without food, hence the donors of Annadanam are also considered as donors of pranadanam. Pranadanam means to offer all things as donation, accordingly they are blessed. Annadanam is a sacred activity. It is said that the sacred works done by the people with the energy acquired by food bestows half of its effect to the donor of food and the rest is to that person. Many positive results like this can acquire from the Annadanam.

Manu Dharma Sastra declares, regard the guest as a deity (atdhithi devo bhava) plainly expresses this worldwide tradition among ancient societies that deities may move upon the earth in human guise, and that one should therefore regard them with the utmost courtesy and respect and hospitality including the offering of food items. Annadanams are conducted with this very principle in mind, for among the hungry crowd there may also be the anonymous genuine devotee, saint or even a deva or deity. Indeed, each and every poor person is regarded in this way, as expressed in the Sanskrit saying Daridra Narayana (God dwells in the poor person).

Service to human is service to God. Serving food to the hungry is equal to effect of performing ritual yagna. Human beings can only be satisfied with food but not with gold, dress and other things, as they desire to have them more and more. But in case of food a man wholeheartedly says that the food is enough for him. It is said that glory, strength and fame will be acquired in Trilokas by Annadanam.

Gaja turaga Sahasram | Gokulam koti danam |
Kanaka Rajatha patram | Methini sagarantham |
Upaya kula vishuttam | Koti kanya pradanam |
Nahi nahi bahu danam| Annadanam samanam ||

Meaning: Even if one gifts 1000 elephants, horses or gifts 10 million cows or any number of vessels of silver and gold , gifts the entire land till the sea, offering the entire services of the clan , helps in the marriage of 10 million women, all this is never never equal to Annadanam (Feeding the poor)

The Bible says (Matthew 25:37-40 )

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

And Quran says

“They give food, out of love for Him (Allah), to the poor, the orphan, and the slave, saying: We feed you only for Allah’s pleasure – we desire from you neither reward nor thanks.” [Quran 76:8-9]

Now you can make your contribution online by transferring funds to the org’s Bank Account. The details of the account are given on Donation page.