USA Sangha & Ashram Status
Strategic Overview, Metrics & Forward Planning
Devotees & Outreach
Current Base & Community Funnel
180
Current Active Devotees
117
Initiated Before Sept
63
Initiated After Sept
13
Total Left / Broke Vows
The Outreach Funnel
- 23,000 Followers Social Media
- 2,500 Followers who would have received Darshan
- 890 Total Sangha Events Followers
- 700 Followers CRM (people who participate in at least online activities)
- 1,363 Average Followers (Consolidated summary of reach)
National Sangha Distribution
890 Followers across Whatsapp Groups / Known Bases
- New York City 247
- Elmira & Surrounding 200
- Florida Miami 96
- Texas 77
- California SoCal 60
- Colorado 44
- Louisiana/NOLA 39
- Detroit 20
- California S Fran 20
- Chicago / Wisconsin 12
- Florida Boca 10
- Florida Tampa 10
- California M Shasta 10
- New Jersey 9
- Seattle / Washington 6
- Washington DC 5
- Boston 3
- North Carolina 2
- Others 20
Swamis & Rishis Travel Impact
Metrics since September
12
Trips to Regular Sanghas
2
Bhakti Tours Executed
20
Avg. People per Event
Break Even
Travel Cost ROI
- Visits: 6 Sanghas with regular visits, 12 non-regular. Supporting Mexico & Canada.
- Strategic Aims: Become self-motivated, build core teams, install local Sangha Deities, run independent events, and increase registrations for Elmira events.
- Engagement: Averaging 2.5 events and 4 highly committed people per location. Goal is to engage more devotees in SEVA.
Education & Courses
Growing the Knowledge Base
120
Weekly Knowledge Class
110
OMC Organizers (32 circles/mo)
40
New BSN Students
37
Project Mantra
- Daily Chanting: 20 people joining group chanting daily.
- AKY: Held off teaching to wait for Soul Awakening; still gained ~20 new students from a few courses.
- Community: Elmira community growing; regular blogs continuing; Advance Bhakti shop & teams are expanding.
Elmira Temple & Financials
Local Integration and Operations
$400K
Operational Costs
$1.2M
Ops + Investments
- Traffic Patterns: Sundays are busy. Friday Kirtan currently has no momentum. NYC people are busy locally. Some young people showing up from Corning.
- Local Impact: Once-a-month Saturday Puja brings ~50 people from Indian vicinity (out of 300 families). Bringing in donors (ADL).
- Outreach: Visiting Binghamton & Rochester monthly. Exploring collaboration with Dr. Bandhari for a Binghamton temple. Cornell/Ithaca Hindu club talks active.
- Strategic Goal: Fill the temple with both Indians and spiritual seekers. What needs to change?
National Integrations
Plugging into the wider Hindu landscape
- BAPS Circuit: Millions visit BAPS New Jersey. How do we integrate into that circuit?
- Pilgrimage Routes: Nationwide followers go to Pittsburgh (oldest temple in America) as a pilgrimage. We are on the way to Niagara Falls. How do we pull that traffic?
- VHP Partnership: VHP recently brought 40 people from New Jersey.
- Local Partnerships: Good relationship with local priests who visit our temple (friends of Sri Govind Bhatar, Venkatesh temple).
- Opportunity: There are not many Hindu temples in our immediate area, presenting a geographic advantage.
Questions for Guruji
Key strategic alignment needed
- 1. The School Project: What is the status, and what exactly does Guruji want for this project moving forward?
- 2. Location Feasibility: Do you want us to formally study the feasibility of moving Elmira/New York somewhere else?
- 3. Visa Strategy: Can we pursue the Mauritius passport option (paying $10K), as the consul stated B1/B2 should be fine?
- 4. Leadership Roles: What is Sv Revati's specific role in America?
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