The Karuppar Initiative Foundation (KIF) is the brainchild of Acharya Shree Kumar Ji, an experienced mantra upasaka of Sri Ganesh and a lifelong bhakta.
Acharya Shree is a retired oracle of Shri Sangili Karuppan Swami, the fearless Kshetrapalaka and Bhairava Amsha famous in Tamil Nadu, South of India.
The Foundation has 3 main current Projects as follows:
- The Ganesha Initiative Program:
Started in 2022 January, the propagation of Ganesha Worship and Sadhana, offering manuals and guidance in worshipping Ganapati as well as in the process of undertaking the monthly Sankashti / Sankatahara Chaturthi where hundreds have benefitted thus far in their personal lives.
This process includes the support and feeding of young brahmin kids in Veda Pathashalas and Gurukuls in India every Chaturthi tithi.
Where possible, Shree Kumar Ji also initiates qualified bhaktas into the Tantric Mantra Sadhana of Ganesha and supports them in a 1 year of guided process on the various aspects of Sri Ganesha Sadhana that covers various aspects such as Japa, Tarpana, Marjana, Yajna, Vrata and Kavacham.
- The Karuppan Initiative Program:
Being an ardent bhakta since childhood and a former oracle of the powerful Ksetrapalaka, Sangili Karuppan Swami, Shree Kumar ji has been spread the worship of Sangili Karrupan Swami pan India from Gujarat to Bengal and Kashmir to Kerala.
A milestone was reached with the construction and consecration of Shri Sangili Karuppan Peedam, a temple for Swami Sangili Karuppan in Pollachi, India on January 22 2024. The project was crowd funded by his disciples and well-wishers.
- The Shiva Sevaka Program:
After providing his humble contributions to Shiva Temple construction in Thiruvankaranai village in Tamil Nadu, spearheaded by Guru Kataksham Trust under the guidance of Kanchi Peetham in June of 2022, avenues are still ongoing for Shiva Kainkarya or Service to Shiva.
In 2023 Maha Shivaratri, traditional ritualistic Vibhuti was shared with support of Bala Veda Pathashala and Rudrakshas blessed in Kathmandu Pashupatinath temple was distributed to bhaktas.
In 2024 Maha Shivarathri, a group Rudra Abhishek was conducted at Chandreshwar MahaDev temple at Varanasi, also known as Kashi for protection of everything Dharmik.
Currently a manual for simplified Shiva Linga Puja and the English meanings of the Shiva Ashtottara (108 names) is in the works.
A Kashi / Kathmandu Divyakshetra trip is also being planned for June 2024.
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