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<h4><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Constitution of Maa Batakali Sanskrutika Parisada</span></h4>
</center><center><address><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> The Maa Batakali Cultural Mission </span></address></center><center><address><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Balisahi, Puri Town, Puri  752 001 Orissa</span></address></center>Registration Number: 2802/211/91-92  -  Filed and Certified by the Audit Superintendent District Panchayat Office, Puri

<b>Mission Statement:</b>
<ul>To create and nurture a community of life-affirming individuals devoted to Mother Worship and to developing an understanding of how such devotion can positively transform our global community.</ul>
<b>Vision Statement:</b>
<ul>The Maa Batakali Cultural Mission is dedicated to promoting the vision of the world as a global community in Her divine name.</ul>
<b>Aims and Objectives:</b>
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	<li>To maintain this Mission as a nonprofit public-benefit organization, not organized for the private gain of any person.</li>
	<li>To foster awareness of Goddess worship as a life-affirming path among the global community; and to eradicate erroneous and superstitious beliefs in this regard.</li>
	<li>To organize, develop and execute recreational, cultural and spiritual activities for the community.</li>
	<li>To undertake programs for the establishment of community housing, social forestry and environmental sanitation; et alia.</li>
	<li>To organize, fund and promote Mission Centers for community gatherings, social welfare programs and adult education, including the establishment of a library with emphasis on educational activities for community youth; and to develop various pilot projects to meet the needs of community members.</li>
	<li>To organize outreach programs for those not in or around Mission Centers.</li>
	<li>To undertake projects expressly designed to promote the welfare of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and other economically "backward" classes of people, and to promote the development of cooperative ideas and enterprise among them and the community at large.</li>
	<li>To draw up schemes for the rehabilitation of antisocial persons; i.e., those with problems related to alcohol and drug abuse, and to assist their families as required.</li>
	<li>To educate about and mobilize peacefully against sati, dowry, beggary, caste crime and similar social ills.</li>
	<li>To publish a monthly newsletter, community bulletin and other educational materials for the promotion of the spiritual and cultural philosophy of the Mission.</li>
	<li>To help provide relief, through community efforts, for those effected by natural calamities and other emergencies.</li>
	<li>To promote cultural exchange of ideas and beliefs throughout India and the world.</li>
	<li>To assist in providing legal aid to the needy and the poor.</li>
	<li>To establish sister organizations, in the United States and elsewhere, in order to promote the vision of the Mission worldwide.</li>
	<li>To develop fundraising schemes for the future growth and maintenance of the Mission and its associations.</li>
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