2015The first step
A small team of volunteers, trained by Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswathi, founds ASM in Chennai. The first outreach takes Vyasa Jayanthi to the fishing villages along the coast.
2016Five festivals, back in every home
Tamil New Year, Krishna Jayanthi, Navaratri, Sivaratri and the Family Welfare Homam begin. Volunteers start visiting families door to door with new year greetings.
2017Eleven programmes strong
Akshaya Tritiya is reclaimed as a day of Pancha Maha Yajna rather than gold buying, and Valmiki Jayanthi celebrates the Adi Kavi. ASM now runs eleven programmes.
2018The voice of the temple
More than 1,20,000 families take part. Voice of Dharma brings daily broadcasts to temples, built with IIT Madras, and the Kamba Ratham travels 64 days through all 15 Chennai zones.
2019Adapting, never stopping
Online poojas begin, reaching 1,233 families who could not attend in person. The seva continues.
2020Strength in hard times
During COVID, 430 volunteers deliver 3,650 ration kits across all 15 Chennai zones to gravediggers, the transgender community, archakas and health workers. More than 9,600 people get medical support.
2021Stronger together
Participation reaches 1,41,000 families. Margazhi Bhajanai fills the streets with early-morning devotional singing, and has since been held in 1,108 places.
2022Wider outreach
Gita Jayanti and the Gita Gnana Velvi take the Bhagavad Gita to people who have never studied it, through discourses and mass recitation.
2023The temple at the centre again
Kovil Maiyam grows to 150 temples, offering free tutoring, health camps, women's programmes, meditation and ecology work in low-income neighbourhoods.
2024Sustained growth
Consistent service and growing participation. Navaratri alone has now reached more than 12 lakh families since 2016.
2025A statewide awakening
Our highest participation yet: 3,81,000 families. The Vijaya Yathra covers 3,911 locations in all 38 districts, reaching 2.25 lakh people.