Rylands Primary School in College Road, Rylands In 2002 Thiru S.K. Pillay who was then the President of the Saiva Sithantha Sungum of South Africa and living in Kwazulu Natal, relocated to the Western Cape. Together with Thiru Asogan Naidoo, they formed the Saiva Sithantha Sungum, Cape Town branch. On 20th April 2003 the branch was officially launched with twenty five members at Rylands Primary School in College Road, Rylands. The branch conducts prayer services, cottage services, ceremonies and funerals as well as Tamil classes, Yoga classes and Pranayamam classes. The community is most welcome to all the functions and classes conducted by the Sungum at the Rylands Primary School.