Kongu DC is a registered, non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Tax ID#82-2504739.      Phone: 571-399-5343 kongudcevents@gmail.com

KONGU DC is a registered, non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization of Kongu people living in North America.

 

It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues,
Which moves the world.

― Thiruvalluvar, Kural

Those who have wisdom have all :
Fools with all have nothing.

― Thiruvalluvar, Kural

The vast world rainless, one may bid adieu
To charity and penance.

― Thiruvalluvar, Kural

KONGU DC’s purpose is to:

  • To preserve, maintain and promote cultural heritage of the people of KONGU VELLALAR COMMUNITY from India
  • To help and propagate cultural, educational, social, economic and community affairs of the people of KONGU origin in North America
  • To organize periodic South Indian literary, cultural and educational conferences in the North American continent to promote KONGU culture
  • To foster brotherhood and togetherness among people from KONGU background and others
  • To promote and carry forward KONGU culture to the younger generation
  • To meet periodically and celebrate traditional festivals and customs as a community
  • To raise, solicit and collect funds and donations either directly or in cooperation with other non-profit organizations for cultural, educational and charitable purposes in North America and abroad for both KONGU community and other communities at large