SrI :Dear BhakthAs :It is moving to see the enthusiasm and devotion ofmany of you wanting to participate in this laudable Kaimakryamto maintain our ancient treasures , enjoy them and protect themto pass it on to the successive generations .It is most gratifying to learn that you are prepared to set asidea small contribution from your earnings per month to help maintainnithyArAdhanam at temples that are experiencing dificulties .Number of bhakthAs involved with or having experience in administeringsuch Kiamkaryams have sent in their inputs at a cautionary level to makesure that these well meant outpourings of Bhakthi reach the targets andnot grabbed by greedy ones at the local level .We can tell you a lot ofhorror stories even at temples like Thirumala .Time and again ground level supervision , control are neededto have accountability . Otherwise , it will be a disappointment .It is a sacred responsibility to recieve and manage these fundsfrom 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 armsto direct and manage the priorotized distributions to the most needy Templeswhich do not have steady AarAdhanam , Food offerings , Lighting , Vasthram etc.It is not difficult to identify such dhivya dEsams based on the ongoing field workof 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 overseasand India , who have been involved with such Kaimkaryams .Sriman Anbil Swamy , Sri Urupattur Soundra Rajan Desikan Swamyof Thiruvaheendhrapuram , Sri Venkat Ramadhurai , Sriman IVK Chary of Kuwait , Sri Swamynathan of UAR (Dubai) , SrI KrishNan Cidambi ofBangalore , 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 identifiedtemples 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 otherscome 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 wellas genuine commitment . Let us exchange some more information to makenecessary advances .There is enough work to do for number of groupswithout stepping on each other's toes .NamO NaarAYaNAya ,V.Sadagopan
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