SrI :
Dear BhakthAs :
It is moving to see the enthusiasm and devotion
of
many of you wanting to participate in this laudable
Kaimakryam
to maintain our ancient treasures , enjoy them and
protect them
to pass it on to the successive generations
.
It is most gratifying to learn that you are
prepared to set aside
a small contribution from your earnings per
month to help maintain
nithyArAdhanam at temples that
are experiencing dificulties .
Number of bhakthAs involved with or having
experience in administering
such Kiamkaryams have sent in their inputs at a
cautionary level to make
sure that these well meant outpourings of
Bhakthi reach the targets and
not grabbed by greedy ones at the local level .We
can tell you a lot of
horror stories even at temples like Thirumala
.
Time and again ground level supervision , control
are needed
to have accountability . Otherwise , it will be a
disappointment .
It is a sacred responsibility to recieve and manage
these funds
from dedicated AasthikAs .
I have some suggestions to offer for you all to
consider :
1. Identify a religious minded person in India
, who is just retired ,
has the time , energy and enthusiasm to serve
as the eyes and arms
to direct and manage the priorotized
distributions to the most needy Temples
which do not have steady AarAdhanam , Food
offerings , Lighting , Vasthram etc.
It is not difficult to identify such dhivya dEsams
based on the ongoing field work
of groups like those of Sri Venkat of Dubai
& Vedics.net .
I will help here and be happy to recieve your
recommendations.
2. Form a committee of experienced people from
overseas
and India , who have been involved with such
Kaimkaryams .
Sriman Anbil Swamy , Sri Urupattur Soundra Rajan
Desikan Swamy
of Thiruvaheendhrapuram , Sri Venkat Ramadhurai ,
Sriman IVK Chary
of Kuwait , Sri Swamynathan of UAR (Dubai) ,
SrI KrishNan Cidambi of
Bangalore , Sri Mukund Srinivasan of Singapore
are a few who come to my mind.
3. identify A list of Young and willing volunteers
to supervise the work , visit the identified
temples in coordination with the officals of the
Institution already active in the fields .
Bring them on board . Sriman A.Balaji , Sri
Manoram Chaitanya Das and others
come to my mind . People can be requested to
volunteer .
4. We will focus only on the needy temples and not
the rich ones
( Thiruvenkatam , Oppiliappan Sannidhi , Srirangam
, ThirumOhur ,
Thiruvaheendhrapuram , Koodalazhagar , Kerala
Temples ( for different reasons ) ,
Vada Naadu Temples , and a few others
.
All of these are just some suggestions
.
In summary , this Kaimkaryam can be done but would
need time and patience as well
as genuine commitment . Let us exchange some more
information to make
necessary advances .There is enough work to do for
number of groups
without stepping on each other's toes
.
NamO NaarAYaNAya ,
V.Sadagopan
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