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Ankur Inc. will need to buy a new set of Durga, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Ganesh and Kartik Protimas and need your help! Please Donate to the PROTIMA FUND.

Ankur Inc. is a non-profit organization, exempt from federal income tax registered under 501(c)(3). Though it has a special interest in cultivating and preserving Bengali/Indian culture, its projects are most certainly not limited to this interest, nor are they curtailed for those of non-Bengali heritage. The organization's overall purpose is one of social service, especially for underserved minority populations in the Greater Sacramento region. In the interests of simplicity, Ankur's overall purpose may be broken into four main components: Bangla Iskool, Community Service, Intrasocial Service and Religious Service.

The Bangla Iskool serves as a source of Bengali cultural education for all interested members of the Greater Sacramento community, regardless of cultural heritage. Its subjects include not only classes on Bengali language for students of various backgrounds, but also classes on Bengali music, dance, and cultural rituals unique to this region of India. The classes are held on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month.

Ankur's community service component targets Sacramento's underserved minority populations; there is no selection or prejudice favoring one population over another. The community service projects will be led by a one-person board, with other Ankur members serving as volunteers. The specific dates and locations for the service projects will vary according to the project's needs. To know more about our community service projects, please take a minute to check out our Community Service page.

The intra-social services component for Ankur serves as an in-reach program for organization's members, with a goal of welcoming, strengthening, and solidifying Ankur's community. Among the intra-social services, there is a welcome committee for new Ankur members, a care committee in case of sickness of Ankur members, and a social committee for occasional small get-togethers for Ankur members. One executive committee member will lead the overall intra-social committee, while Ankur members will serve as volunteers for specific intra-social projects. The specific dates and locations for this component will change depending on the member of interest.

Lastly, Ankur's religious services operate dually as a mode of Bengali/Indian cultural education for any interested member of the greater Sacramento area, and as a mode of in-reach for Ankur's members. The specific religious holidays Ankur will celebrate are Durga Puja and Saraswati Puja. Anyone, regardless of heritage or religious belief, will be welcome to attend these ceremonies. Two executive committee members will handle main logistics for the ceremonies, with Ankur members as volunteers.