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Dear Swamin
                    Because of my pre-occupations with the completion of 
construction of  Mahamandap atOushathagiri, Sri Hayagreevar temple , 
Thiruvaheendrapuram  I failed to see e-mails about the facility to be provided 
for nature's  call at  Sriperumbhudhur .
                 There is  provision for this with the H.R. & C. E. Department 
of Govt of  Tamilnadu.  and also the Tourism Dept. In fact MR. Iraianbu  
I.A.S., when he was Commissioner of Tourism , we approched him and  because of 
his efforts ,toilet facilities were provided by Tourism DEpt  at SRi 
Varadarajar Temple Kanchipuram.
               Sriman Sadagopan  Swamin, Can you request  Mr Manoram Das to 
meet Mr. Pichandi  I.A.S., Commissioner H.R.& C.E . Dept. There will be a 
permenant  solution to this. The Executive Officer of Sriperumbhudhur 
Devasthanam  has to send a proposal to Commissioner.
  Dasan
  Srikainkarya
  Soundararajan 

gopan <yennappan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:        Dear Sishya Paramparais of 
Bhagavath RaamAnuja:
  
  Daasan Sadagopan"s PraNamams .
  
  For the past two weeks , a lot of exploratory work
  has been going on at Chennai, SriperumbhUdhUr and here 
  to undertake a nontypical Kaimkaryam at the birth place of
  Bhagavath RaamAnujA in tune with this year's Birthday
  Festivals .
  
  His avathAra dinam is May 2 and close to ONE LAK OF 
  PILGRIMS WILL BE visiting  DURING THESE FESTIVITIES 
  THAT CAPS ON MAY 2.
  
  The desperation of the pilgrims and particularly Women
  and children during their visits to the temple premises 
  for offering  their worships is readily imaginable.  They 
  have travelled a long distance by bus or car or foot .
  
  It is hot . They look for a place to answer the nature's calls 
  after or before the darsanam inside the temple . They wish to
  wash their feet before entering the sacred premises .There is 
  none available at the perimeter of the temple .The locals 
  are overwhelmed and shut the door on these desperate people 
  to use their homes . It is understandable reluctance given 
  the size of the crowd. This unfortunate situation ends up
  in creating the most unsanitary conditions around the temple.
  SriperumbhUdhUr does not have the infra structure support of
  Thiruppathy-Thirumala KshEthram .
  
  Few of us who have been debating about this problem have been
  ably guided by Sri ManorAm Das of Chennai ; he has been shuttling 
  between SriperumbhUthUr and Chennai and ISKCON offices in
  Chennai to hammer out a construction program of Sanitary 
  Facilities at SriperumbhUdhUr in time for this year's RaamAnuja
  Jayanthy ( May 2). Details of his Engineering plan and cost 
  estimates for a modest facility is attached .
  
  The essence of this plan is to start right away and  finish the work
  with the help of a reliable construction firm and provide protection
  services after the Uthsavam is over to protect the investments
  for future times . Extra care has been taken to avoid price inflations
  and gouging at all levels with close supervision .
  
  The estimated cost is 3.75 Laks of Rupees , which comes to $8,500
  in US Currency . 
  
  The plan is to construct 6 Toilets and 2 bath rooms for the Ladies .
  The gents will have 6 Toilets , 5 Urinals and 3 showers . The unit cost 
  for the 12 toilets, 5 showers and 5  urinals for men would be $8,500
  divided by 22 items of uneven costs: $383 /Unit or Rs.16,872  . 
  The ground has been  given free by the temple authorities . 
  
  100 Devotees supporting by $85 /per person would be able to
  cover the expenses . Clearly a higher level of support by the individuals
  or groups from India and Overseas will speed up the process .
  
  Sorry we did not have additional time to announce 
  the project   earlier .
  
  There are multiple ways to supprot this project from India & Overseas :
  
  1. If you are in USA or overseas and if you have paypal or Master Card
  or Visa accounts , you can make a payment online. You have to go to
  http://www.dasanudas.org  and choose the method of payment
  from the "participate " hyperlink on the left side of the home page.
  You have to mention that your contribution is ear marked for 
  the Sri PerumbhUthur Project .
  
  All of your Tax contributions are Tax deductible in USA.
  
  2. If you are in India , You can send it to Sri G.N.Balaji,
  T.Nagar Chennai . His ICICI account is given below . You 
  can also send e-mail to Sri Manoramdas at :
  manoramjps@xxxxxxxxx
  
  3. Sriman M.K.Sudarshan of Kuwait has met with Sri Manoram
  earlier this week in Chennai and he will be coordinating the donations
  from Kuwait ans Middle East . Please contact him at :
  mksudarshan2002@xxxxxxxxxxx
  
  4. Please also contact me if you need any help from my end .
  
  Please keep me informed about your participation
  details to keep track of the needed support funds .
  Thank you all for your anticipated Support .
  
  RaamAnuja Daasan, V.Sadagopan 
     
  
  Details on the Project from Sri Manoramdas :  
  
  *******************************************************
  * Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:19 AM ***************
  * Subject: Final reports - Toilets in Sriperumbuttur.******
  ********************************************************
  
  
   Dear Vaishnavas,
   
   Dandavats Pranams!
   
   
   Project report:
   
   I met the Sriperumbuttur temple officials and they
   were happy to discuss the project and initiate project
   .The executive officer told me that until date the
   sanctioned fund from the Govt. had not reached and
   also there is no information on the matter. He also
   told me that things could change in the allotment of
   funds for this project as the Tamilnadu elections are
   expected to be held in the near future.
   
   Many priests in the temple are extremely happy with
  our initiative to initiate this project of
   constructing toilets for pilgrims. Around 5000
   pilgrims visit the temple for the monthly Thiruvadarai
   festival and around 200 to 300 pilgrims visit the
   temple on a daily basis.
   
   For the yearly 10day festival the plgrim inflow is
   around 1,00,000. Priests in the temple are requesting
   to start the project without any delay and if possible
   complete it for the festival.  The festival has begun
   and the main festival days are on the April 30th,May
   1st and May 2nd is the Appearence day  of Sri Ramanuja
   acharya.
   
   The present Toilets: This place was previously a
   temple cowshed (go shala) and the temple has
   constructed 2 toilets in this place and  sending these
   pictures in few hrs time.
   
   The present toilet place is 3 minutes a walk able
   distance from the Main temple entrance.  Most of the
   time toilets are locked and only used by temple
   authorities and if requested they are opened for the
   piligrims. There are also no signboards indicating the
   present place as toilets.
   
   The temple authorities told me to use this place for
   construction of the new toilets. Actually this is a
   nice place as it is situated close to the temple and
   on the main road toward the bus stand. The pilgrims
   can easily identify this place and there will be also
   signboards to direct the pilgrims toward this place.
   
   The authorities of the temple have given full freedom
   for the construction of the toilets.
   
   The toilet site: Apart from the 2 toilets the whole
   area is rough .In some places there are shrubs and
   plants growing. There is also no water facility in
   this place. Need to dig a bore well and create a small
   tank in this place for water facility. I have not
   mentioned this in the plan posted yesterday as the
   list was drafted in an emergency and most things have
   not been mentioned in the draft. 
   
   Site plan: There will be 6 toilets and 2 bath rooms
   for the Ladies and 6 toilets, 5 urinal outlets and 3
   showers for the gents.
   
   Time: The total time required for the project
   completion is 8 days. Need to do a little marathon
   work with quality as the priority.
   
   MR Shiva Kumar - Civil engineer: I know him for last 4
   yrs and I am confident that he will show excellent
   results.  We are paying him labour charges and all the
   requisite materials are supplied to him.
   
   Monitors: There will be 3 devotees staying in
   sriperumbuttur from the time of initiation until till
   the completion of work.
   
   They are:
   Tirthanga chaitanya prabhu: 53 yrs old - : has
   monitored a construction project in Sri Rangam and has
   good knowledge in construction part.  He travels to
   villages, does small congregational programmers for
   the villagers and initiates them into the path of
   vaishnavism. vounteers himself for all Vaishnava
   projects.
   
   Krsna prem Prabhu:24 yrs old and is a Distributor of
   Vaishnava literatures. He is an dynamic devotee and
   can moniter the purchases and stocks.
   
   Murali Prabhu: 33 yrs old and also a Distributor of
   Vaishnava literature.  He will be assisting Tirthanga
   prabhu.
   
   Thier contact nos are :9384516886 and 9380307147
   
   Dasanu Dasanu International Charities:(Vaishnava
   charitable trust involved in Village school programmes
   and Prasadam distribution programmes OR Food relief
   programmes)
   
   To Start our work, The Sriperumbudur temple has to
   give me a letter authorization authorizing me to work
   in their place and they needed an organization name
   and I have no charitable trust registered and there is
   no time to start a charitable trust. I had a close
   friend from ISKCON congregation named Sri
   Sadasivananda das prabhu, dedicated devotee for the
   last 18 yrs and approached him for help to use his
   trust name and he happily agreed to help me in
   whatever way he could. I also asked him whether we can
   use his Charitable Trust to receive money from
   overseas and he said there is no problem as long as I
   give all the accounts in details.
   
   I am heading the project under this name as the temple
   authorities wanted me to give an organization name. I
   am also sending the letter from the temple management
   authorizing this trust to take over the construction
   for the Toilets.
   
   Dasanu dasa international charities are registered in
   America 3 yrs before and can receive online donations.
   Please visit his site for more details:
   www.dasanudas.org and to receive more details of the
   trust please read the Mission Statement under the menu
   bar.
   
   I think there is tax exemptions facility for donors
  from  America.                               
   I request Vaishnavas to send their contributions
   through this charitable trust.  Otherwise send your
   contributions to this account 
   :G.N.Balaji,Chennai 
   T,Nagar ICICI Account number :602301502499.
   
   Accounts and products used: I will produce the entire
   bill, labour charges and expenditures involved in this
   project and the entire list of construction materials
   used for this project, total donations received
   reported to the donors in the end.
   
   I only have a rough calculation of expenditures
   involved at present.
   
   Funds needed: The whole project costs about 3.75
   lakhs approx .I have cut down a lot of expenditures.
   Desire to start the construction in 2 to 3 days time
   .The engineer assured he will finish the work in 1
   week time or for the festival.
   
   Once the project starts it shouldn't stop at any cost.
   The funds should be in total so there will be no
   hindrance due to lack of finances. The time is short
   and I have tried my best to do the basic groundwork.
   We just have 4 days left to start the work.
   
   There are 70,000 bahagavthas present for this great
   festival to take Darshan of our Beloved Grand, Grand
   Spiritual Master Sri Ramanuja acharya .Bhagavatha Seva
   is more important than Bhagavan seva.  Srila Ramanuja
   Acharya will be very happy and pleased if we can 
   construct the toilets and provide bathing facility for
   his devotees.
   
   The toilet facility we are constructing will cater
   only to 30% of the crowd during festivals but
   something is better than nothing. The toilet facility
   will help the poor locals too who lack facilities for
   their daily bath and attending of nature calls .
   
   This is also considered as kshetra seva.
   
   If we have extra funds then it can be used for the
   future maintenence of the toilets.For this festival a
   team of devotees from Chennai will set up water booths
   -Thaneer pandhals to serve cold water and cold butter
   milk for the pilgrims. It is getting hotter every day
   and the Main temple has not even 1 water tank to
   quench the thirst of the several pilgrims who visit
   the temple.  Our team has already created a small fund
   for this service.
   
   I am reachable on this no from tomorrow : 9380660433
   and I will be checking mails every 2 days for a short
   time only until the completion of this project and the
   end of festival.
   
   I assure the work will be of high quality.  After
   completion I will also see intend to maintain it
   properly.
   
   Please do forgive me if there have been any offences
   made in the course of my correspondences and bless our
   team for the excellent completion of this project .
   
   Vaishnava dasanu dasa,
   Manoram.
   
   
   
  
  
                
        
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