update on divya dEsam project

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srImathE rAmAnujAya namah

 

dear bhAgavathAs,

 

Here is an update on the divyadEsam support efforts.

I had the opportunity to be at thirunAngUr this

weekend and met one of the 3 trustees of 7 temples

(out of 11 in the area). The other two reside

in chennai and thanjAvUr respectively, and are upto

speed on this already.

 

Here is what we have:

1. The immediate need is for 2 parichArakAs and

1 archaka.

2. I met 2 people present that can be good

parichArakAs. These two bhAgavathAs are local,

*and* want to stay there and serve the temples

there.

3. A candidate has been identified for the additional

archaka position, but I was not able to meet

this person.

4. srI kaNNan (the local managing trustee) will be

our contact for help with visiting these places

and for supervision of the effort.

5. We will conduct random checks to ensure that the

kainkaryam is proceeding smoothly.

6. The temples will be open for a fixed time in the

morning and in the evening (4 hours each), and

the timings will be advertised to everyone.

7. During the random checks (done by anyone that is

identified by us - may be some known person

visiting the area, or may be members of the

family of the sponsor(s), or may be some Vedics

volunteer), we intend to have a set of

questions that we will ask the volunteers fill

answers for based on their observation (was

the temple open? was the lamp lit? was there

good conditions for the sEvai etc. etc.). And

we will use this feedback with the trustees

and the people involved if there is any complaint.

8. The effort is slated to start from the month

of March (or as soon as we are able to arrange

funds).

9. By this weekend, we will have the names and other

pertinent information for our use, and will start

the effort.

 

Please give us your valuable thoughts/ideas on the

above structure/arrangement and we can tweak this as

we go forward.

 

In the next few weeks, we will be taking on a similar

effort in kAnchipuram, and I will post updates once

we have some progress.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

Varadhan

 

 

 

 

 

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