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Dear Sir,

I am extremely happy to know  that some thing tangible is emerging from the efforts of the  members of the group to maintain daily aradhanam, naivedyam etc.  A few months back I had gone to Thirukkannapuram and stayed  there overnight.  I was talking to some of the temple staff like Bhattacharar, Paricharakar and Nadaswara vidwans and others working the temple  and I was in tears when I come to know that  they have not been paid their salary for the past 10 months. Their salary is hardly Rs.750 to Rs.1000/ per month. If the conditions of the staff working in such a big temple would be like this, we need not imagine the conditions of the staff working in villages and in small temples.  I prayed to the Lord that some body must come forward to do some things to help these people. I am extremely to know that the prayers of so many like me are being answered by the Lord.in such a short time.

I am a retired official from a Bank and settled down in Chennai. I am willing  to offer  my services in this regard if called upon.

With warm regards.

Yours sincerely,
V.Seshadri

"Dr. Sadagopan" <yennappan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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