Saiva Maha Sabai (Wa) Inc

The objectives of the Association are to: (1) Build, develop, maintain and manage a place of worship for Saivities who wish to practice religion in accordance with vedic and saiva agamic traditions; (2) Promote and develop Saivaism (as our religion and culture) and reaffirm that Murugan, the traditional God of Tamils, as the principal deity with other deities namely Ganapathi, Siva, Shakthi, Vishnu, Bairavar, Ayyappan, Hanuman and Navagrahas; (3) Arrange for and provide facilities and conduct religious activities at a place of worship according to vedha saiva agama traditions; (4) Raise funds for the purposes of facilitating the erection, equipping and furnishing of, a place of worship, and establishing and administrating the support facilities of the Association for cultural, educational and welfare purposes; (5) Provide opportunities and venue(s) for cultural, educational and welfare activities, and related fund raising activities, (6) Represent the interests of Saivites to the relevant authorities; (7) Promote understanding of the Saivam through worship, education and discourses by learned scholars, including the facilitation of classes, Indian dance and music, retreats and similar activities for children, youth and senior members of the Association; (8) Establish and manage a library to assist in an understanding of Saivam, culture and practices; (9) Establish and manage food stalls to serve the needs of the members and to promote practice of vegetarianism according to the Hindu tradition;