Mahabodhi Centre Tawang
Mahabodhi Center Tawang is a blooming branch of Maha Bodhi Society, Bangalore. It was started on Buddha Purnima in 2008. The Mahabodhi Centre Tawang has bought 4 acres of land in a village called Teli which is about 10 kms from the main town of Tawang where the centre has been built. Venerable Panyarakkhita is the Director of the center.

At present the center houses a small hostel for 10 girls and 10 elderly people. They have common kitchen, dining and meditation rooms. The Mahabodhi Center provides everything for these children and elders totally free.

Where is this project?
Tawang is moored high up in the mountain ranges of the Himalayas at 3500, in the State of Arunachal Pradesh in the north-east of India. Tawang district (approximately 2,085 km²) is surrounded by Tibet in the north east, Bhutan in the south-west and West Kameng district in the south-east.

                           

What are Mahabodhi Programs?

Mahabodhi Home for Elders
Everything cannot be perfect in human lives, there are always two sides for the same coin. Some elders are gifted with good and caring sons and daughters but on the other hand there are less fortunate elders and are in need of desperate help. The Mahabodhi Home for Elders provides care and comfort to the deserving elders who are either orphans or neglected by the families or just cannot support due to poverty. At present there are 8 elders living at home.

Mahabodhi Children Home (11 to 18 yrs old)
We have also started a hostel for poor children coming from remote villages with accommodation, food and medical care free of cost. This will help those children who are coming from remote villages to Tawang for their higher studies and cannot rent a room or feed themselves. These children living in our hostel will go to government and other private schools for their studies like other children. Apart from the facilities like accommodation etc., we will impart them special classes, in moral and character building education.

Facilities:                                          

 The Centre is providing the following:
Free lodging, food, and clothing for elders and for children in the hostel, free medical health care for all, recreational programs, meditation and yoga sessions for sound body and mind, character building education for children.

 

Activities run at present

- Daily chanting and meditation sessions,

- Conducting free medical camps in the remote villages,

- Conducting Dhamma and meditation programs in schools,

- Distributing medicine and cloths for poor in the villages,

- Every Sunday Dhamma programs Yoga for good health

- Reconciliation meetings between the elderly and their own children and their grandchildren to create a true parent-child relationship so that broken relations are re-united

- Gardening

- Organizing transportation for old people in remote village to participate in the local religious festivals as elders are usually denied such chances since they are living in remote areas and such activities will make them feel part of the society.

- Special classes for children

Venerable Bhikkhu Panyarakkhita
Ven.Panyarakkhita was instrumental in starting this center and worked hard to get the land and develop the project. He is also giving teachings on Dhamma teachings regularly both in India and abroad.


                                 
How can you help us:
Donate for the construction of Elder's Home

Donate for the construction of Children's Hostel

Sponsor an Elder Rs.2600.00 Euro-40.00 per month

Sponsor a child Rs.1700.00 Euro-30.00 per month

Donate warm clothes, school books etc.

Our immediate needs:
Mini bus (20 Seater) = Rs.1000000.00 Euro: 15300.00 (It will be used to carry children to the schools and to the hospital during emergency)

Build a guest house Rs.10,00,000.00 Euro: 15300.00

Build a stupa/shrine (for elders) Rs.1000000.00 Euro: 15300.00

You could help us by donating full or partly or any amount that you wish you for any of these projects. No amount is small! Thank you.

 

Our Future plans

To provide free ambulance service in the remote villages

To extend and turn the hostel into a school

To build a temple and meditation centre

To start a medical centre for poor people