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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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