The objective of the Ipswich Hindu Samaj is to advance education, relieve poverty, distress and sickness and to advance the Hindu religious, cultural and social activities in the Ipswich area, particularly by the provision of a place of worship.

This objective will be met by:-

• Establishing a Centre/Mandir for the Hindu community in Ipswich.
• Providing a meeting place for Hindus of all traditions and cultures and for the others interested in Hindu religion.
• Enabling and encouraging the study of Hinduism.
• Promoting the study of comparative religion and Philosophy in their widest form.
• Studying the lives and teachings of the great teachers and sages of India of Hindu faith and of other faiths.
• Arranging lectures and discussions on the Hindu religion and other religions.
• Raising funds and inviting and receiving contributions from any person or persons whatsoever, byway of subscriptions, or donation otherwise, provided the Samaj shall not undertake any permanent trading activities in raising funds for its objectives.
• Encouraging service to the Indian community in furtherance of the objects of the Hindu Samaj.
• Promoting all such things as shall further the greater understanding of the Hindu religion.

Ipswich Hindu Samaj Constitution (pdf 54k)