Fwd: Toilet facilties at SriPerumbudur Yatirajar Temple

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Dear Member,

 

Your proposal is a very sound one indeed and

personally I'm happy that issues such as the one you

raise are getting the attention amongst the

SriVaishnava community.

 

Along with a small band of of like-minded persons,

professional expatriates who live and work in Kuwait,

(we call ourselves "tiruvenkatam group"

(tiruvenkatam)), I try and raise

contributions here in whatever modest way we can for

public and religious causes which our group thinks

really add value to SriVaishnava heritage.

 

Please let us know in what way we can support your

idea. Give us more details of who and what your team

is, how you plan to realize the program and when and

how.

 

Thanks and regards,

dAsan,

Sudarshan

 

 

 

> Message: 4

> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 03:14:03 -0700 (PDT)

> manoram chaitanyadas <manoramjps

> Toilets in Sriperumbuttur

>

> Dear VaishnavAs,

>

> Hare Krishna. Dandavat Pranams!

>

> Sri PerumbudUr is the Birth place of Our Foremost

> Spiritual Preceptor Swami RAmAnujar. Every day,

> several hundreds of pilgrims visit this great place.

> During festivals, the number burgeons to several

> thousands.

>

> I am a congregational member of the Iskcon temple

> .By

> the blessings of Sri RAmAnujar and the VaishnavAs.

> My

> devotee friends and I have been performing PrasAda

> Kainkaryam seva for the BhAgavathas who visit the

> RAmAnujar

> temple for the Thirunakshathram celebrations at Sri

> Perumbudur for the last 10 years.

>

> Every year, the festival falls in the month of May

> and

> there are many VaishnavA organizations who perform

> ThadhiyArAthana sevai for the grand 10-day festival.

> During this festival, several thousands of

> VaishnavAs

> visit Sri Perumbudur and especially on the last day,

> there will be at least 20,000 pilgrims.

>

> Sadly, at this place, there are no proper toilet

> facilities for the visiting pilgrims and it is a

> great

> struggle for the women and young children. The

> piligrims

> defecate around and near the temple premises. The

> excreta causes uncleanliness and diseases. Besides

> the

> poor hygiene, bad energy is created around the

> sanctified compound.

>

> The government has sanctioned financial assistance

> for

> providing proper toilet facilities but the funds are

> stuck at the subsidiary levels of the government

> offices. No one can say for sure when this would be

> released. Even upon a possible release, the amount

> will not be fully spent and will surely pass through

> many corrupt hands. The construction will not be of

> any credible quality and worse still, maintenance

> standards thereafter will be very low.

>

> Our team members are ready to fund this project

> .We can raise an amount of 1,00,000 rupees as an

> initial sum for this important cause which would

> facilitate the pilgrims. I have calculated the

> approximate funds required and the range is from

> about

> nearly 3,50,000 rupees to 4,00,000 rupees. With this

> amount, we can build 8 lavatories and 4 bathrooms

> for

> the gents and an equal number for the ladies.

>

> Sri RAmAnujar Thirunakshathram festival commences on

> the 3rd of May and goes on until 14th of May 2006.

> The

> whole project can be completed in 25 days’ time. We

> can even procur land from the temple or purchase a

> small piece of land near the temple .I am ready to

> give our contributions to Ahobila mutt or

> VAnamAmalai

> mutt or ParakAla mutt or Chinna Jeeyar Swami mutt or

> Kinchitkaram Trust(Sri Velukudhi swami) or any other

> vaishnava organization

> that can raise the balance and

> oversee the construction and maintenance of this

> project.

>

> With the blessings of the Lord and the devotees, I

> will also try to raise more funds to the best of my

> capacity. It would be very nice if every VaishnavA

> member can contribute or support this cause to the

> best of his/her ability .If need be, I can take care

> of the maintenance of the toilets and bathrooms by

> employing the locals with a monthly salary and

> ensure

> that the facilities are maintained with the utmost

> cleanliness.

>

>

> DAsAnu dAsan,

> ManOrAm

 

 

 

 

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