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Dear VaishnavAs,

Hare Krishna. Dandavat Pranams!

Sri PerumbudUr is the Birth place of Our Foremost
Spiritual Preceptor Swami RAmAnujar. Every day,
several hundreds of pilgrims visit this great place.
During festivals, the number burgeons to several
thousands.

I am a congregational member of the Iskcon temple .By
the blessings of Sri RAmAnujar and the VaishnavAs. My
devotee friends and I have been performing PrasAda
Kainkaryam seva for the BhAgavathas who visit the
RAmAnujar
temple for the Thirunakshathram celebrations at Sri
Perumbudur for the last 10 years.

Every year, the festival falls in the month of May and
there are many VaishnavA organizations who perform
ThadhiyArAthana sevai for the grand 10-day festival.
During this festival, several thousands of VaishnavAs
visit Sri Perumbudur and especially on the last day,
there will be at least 20,000 pilgrims.

Sadly, at this place, there are no proper toilet
facilities for the visiting pilgrims and it is a great
struggle for the women and young children. The
piligrims
defecate around and near the temple premises. The
excreta causes uncleanliness and diseases. Besides the
poor hygiene, bad energy is created around the
sanctified compound.

The government has sanctioned financial assistance for
providing proper toilet facilities but the funds are
stuck at the subsidiary levels of the government
offices. No one can say for sure when this would be
released. Even upon a possible release, the amount
will not be fully spent and will surely pass through
many corrupt hands. The construction will not be of
any credible quality and worse still, maintenance
standards thereafter will be very low.

Our  team members are ready to fund this project
.We can raise an amount of 1,00,000 rupees as an
initial sum for this important cause which would
facilitate the pilgrims. I have calculated the
approximate funds required and the range is from about
nearly 3,50,000 rupees to 4,00,000 rupees. With this
amount, we can build 8 lavatories and 4 bathrooms for
the gents and an equal number for the ladies.

Sri RAmAnujar Thirunakshathram festival commences on
the 3rd of May and goes on until 14th of May 2006. The
whole project can be completed in 25 days? time. We
can even procur land from the temple or purchase a
small piece of land near the temple .I am ready to
give our contributions to Ahobila mutt or VAnamAmalai
mutt or ParakAla mutt or Chinna Jeeyar Swami mutt or
Kinchitkaram Trust(Sri Velukudhi swami) or any other
vaishnava organization
that can raise the balance  and
oversee the construction and maintenance of this
project.

With the blessings of the Lord and the devotees, I
will also try to raise more funds to the best of my
capacity. It would be very nice if every VaishnavA
member can contribute or support this cause to the
best of his/her ability .If need be, I can take care
of the maintenance of the toilets and bathrooms by
employing the locals with a monthly salary and ensure
that the facilities are maintained with the utmost
cleanliness.


DAsAnu dAsan,
ManOrAm







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