Sanghamitra సంఘమిత్ర

The organization

A friend of society — from St. Louis or from your living room.

Sanghamitra (సంఘమిత్ర) was named in 2003. The first public Medhavadhanam, a stage showcase of mental mathematics done without paper or a calculator, was in 2007. Community work came long before the name. Sreenivasa Ainapurapu founded it and still leads the events.

The work is sharing: Vedic mathematics, Telugu, meditation, literature, and the older art forms, offered as one family — Vasudhaika Kutumbam, the world is one family.

The public trail is long: Medhavadhanam showcases from 2007, temple and community programs, Facebook, YouTube, and WhatsApp so you can watch and sit from home.

Friendship is a relation with no age bound. Even a two-year-old and someone of eighty can be friends. That is why the name Sanghamitra — friend of society.
— Sreenivasa, Medhavadhanam 2014, Part 1
Medhavadhanam 2026 at the Hindu Temple of St. Louis, with the Sanghamitra banner
Medhavadhanam 2026, Hindu Temple of St. Louis. The club sits under Sanghamitra. Sreenivasa founded both and still stands in the hall.

What we do

The work under Sanghamitra.

Named in 2003 · first public Medhavadhanam in 2007.

  1. Sharing and caring

    Food donation, clothing, fee payment and books for students who cannot otherwise afford them, and financial and moral support to elders. Give toward this work, or volunteer.

  2. Srinivasa Ramanujan Mathematricks Club

    Vedic mathematics summer program, middle- and high-school math tutoring, ACT and SAT coaching. Enroll a student.

  3. Telugu

    Teaching through SiliconAndhra Manabadi. Ask for a seat.

  4. Writing poetry

    Sreenivasa has published one Satakam, Sri Venkatesa Satakam, a hundred Telugu verses turning on a single refrain, and is writing others. Readers, start here.

  5. Knowledge sharing

    Sessions on Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, and this site. Watch · Facebook · WhatsApp group

  6. Meditation, anger, stress

    Meditation camps, and presentations on anger management and stress management. Book an event.

  7. Ancient art forms

    Encouraging the older forms: Harikatha, Burrakatha, Sundara Kanda, dance, and other traditional arts. Harikatha and the old arts.

  8. Sanghamitra quarterly magazine, 2004–2016

    The online quarterly for knowledge, wisdom, and fun. A quarterly from October 2004 to April 2016. Browse the archive.

Photographs

The mathematics classes and events, 2007 to 2015.

Sreenivasa’s own captions, written at the time. These are the mathematics side of the work; the Telugu classes, the drives and the old art forms have not been photographed yet. Scroll sideways.

Srinivasa Ramanujan Mathematricks Club summer program participants, 2015
Mathematricks Club summer program, 2015.
Children and parents working through an activity at the 2014 summer program
Summer Program 2014 — parents joined the activity.
The audience solving a puzzle at Mathemagics 2014, Fairfax, Virginia
Mathemagics 2014, Fairfax, Virginia — the audience on a puzzle.
Receiving an award for community service from the North America Telugu Society, 2013
Award for community service, North America Telugu Society, 27 January 2013.
A spring session on algebra using Vedic mathematics, 30 March 2013
Spring session, 30 March 2013 — algebra using Vedic mathematics.
Participants at a practical-calculations session, spring 2012
Practical calculations using Vedic mathematics, spring 2012.
Students answering cube roots and fifth roots at the SIUE campus, 30 March 2011
Cube roots and fifth roots answered at SIUE, 30 March 2011.
A Vedic mathematics seminar at Namaste Plaza, Sunnyvale, California, 8 May 2009
Vedic mathematics seminar, Namaste Plaza, Sunnyvale, 8 May 2009.
The audience at Medhavadhanam 2007
Medhavadhanam 2007 — the audience in the year of the first public event.

Every photograph

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