There are 3 types of membership:

• Full Members - Persons of Hindu faith
• Associate Memebrs - Non-Hindus interested in Hindu religion
• Honorary Members - Distinguished people in any part of the world known for their interest in and knowledge of Hindu religion.

All members shall be either Annual Members or Life Members. Only Full Members have voting rights.

Condition of membership

• All members must be approved by the Executive Committee and be over 18 (eighteen) years of age.
• Every application for membership must be signed by the applicant.
• On joining the Samaj, each new member shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the rules and by-laws stated in this document.
• A member who fails to abide by the rules and bylaws shall be asked to resign from the Samaj. In such circumstances the Executive Committee shall state concisely to the member, the grounds on which he/she is being asked to resign. A member shall be given every opportunity to state his/her views. The final decision to terminate an individual’s membership shall lie with the trustees
• No individual member shall take any public action or make any public announcement, in the Name of the Samaj OR otherwise do anything directly or indirectly to represent any proposal, action or statement of facts or opinion on Samaj’s behalf unless authorised by the Executive Committee.
• The Executive Committee shall alone make announcements and publications in the name of the Samaj.

Subscription Fees

Annual members of the Samaj shall pay such subscription each year as determined at the Annual General Meeting.

Full and Associate annual members may become Life Members by payment of such sums or as the Samaj may adopt at the Annual General Meeting

Where payment of Life Membership fee is being made by instalments must be paid within 12 months.

The Annual subscription is payable after election as a member and thereafter a renewal subscription shall be due on Ist January of each year.

A member whose subscription is in arrears for a period of 6 months, may be given 2 (two) week’s notice, by the treasurer, requesting payment and if the arrears are not paid at the expiry of the period, the Executive Committee may remove the member from the roll of members.

If a member makes an initial payment of more than the ordinary Subscription to become a Life member of the Samaj, and then fails to pay the balance within 12 months of the initial payment, the Samaj may without his/her consent apply enough to pay the annual subscription for the member for the last 12 months and treat the rest as a donation to the Samaj.

Any member in the course of becoming a Life Member, shall be required to pay his/her arrears within 12-month period starting from date of application for becoming the Life Member.

Membership Cards

All paid members whether life or otherwise shall be issued with membership cards

How to become a member

Download, print and fill in the membership form (pdf 73K) and return to: Mr Chandravadan Patel, 32 Lindbergh Road, Ipswich, IP3 9QF along with your payment.

Standing Order Mandate (pdf 30k)

Objectives (pdf 42k)