Sethubandhanam

Adopt a neglected temple in Tamil Nadu for monthly support

₹4.26 lakh of ₹3 lakh raised

Background

Team Aalyam Kaappom has sought the support of our patrons to adopt a temple every month. All of these temples are in Tamil Nadu and lack any form of support to make ends meet. 

Several Village Temples in Tamilnadu lack financial support to even light lamps/conduct Pooja and remain plunged in darkness. Many of such temples propitiated by Azhvars/Nayanmars in hymns,  but situated in interior villages far away from highways and arterial roads are affected on account of less number of local devotees visiting the temples on day to day basis  and less number of tourists coming to the temples. Due to lack of support by the locals and tourists, these temples fall into decay in the longer run unless the daily temple activities are conducted and attended to by devotees 

For the last 18 months, members of Aalayam Kaappom Foundation have been providing monthly oil support, which is a vital necessity to more than thirty Village side ancient Temples in Mayiladathurai, Kumbakonam, Thiruvarur, Thiruvaiyaru, Panruti, Nagapattinam Regions. Utilising a network of Oil suppliers, arrangements had been made to deliver Oil package to each Temple for its Pooja needs, duly acknowledged by the Archakas of the temples. 

This campaign looks at providing long-term monthly support for the following: 

  1. Provision of Oil 
  2. Pooja Expenses including Milk, Honey, Flowers, Sandalwood etc
  3. Nominal honorarium (Sambhavanai) to Archakars 
  4. Daily Naivedya Prasadam for visiting devotees
  5. Nominal honorarium to Thavil & Nadaswaram Musicians
  6. Cleaning & Sweeping Temple premises 

The estimated cost for the above is Rs. 1,00,000 per month for the following temples. 

About Aalyam Kaappom and their vision

Several Village Temples in Tamilnadu lack financial support to even light lamps/conduct Pooja and remain plunged in darkness. Many of such temples propitiated by Azhvars/Nayanmars in hymns,  but situated in interior villages far away from highways and arteriar roads are affected on account of less number of local devotees visiting the temples on day to day basis  and less number of tourists coming to the temples. Due to lack of support by the locals and tourists, these temples fall into decay in the longer run unless the daily temple activities are conducted and attended to by devotees 

For the last 18 months, members of Aalayam Kaappom Foundation have been providing monthly oil support, which is a vital necessity to more than thirty Village side ancient Temples in Mayiladathurai, Kumbakonam, Thiruvarur, Thiruvaiyaru, Panruti, Nagapattinam Regions. Utilising a network of Oil suppliers, arrangements had been made to deliver Oil package to each Temple for its Pooja needs, duly acknowledged by the Archakas of the temples. We have received testimonials from several Archakas speaking about how this Oil seva has helped in lighting of Temple Lamps and conduct of daily rituals in these temples. 

We at Aalayam Kaappom Foundation, while studying this oil support initiative, have realised the struggle involved in running and maintaining such ancient Temples on account of the limited resources at their disposal. It has become the archakas’ sole responsibility to run these temples as the State HR&CE Department is hardly able to provide adequate resources. It has become a constant struggle for the archakars to procure basic Pooja Items, prepare/dedicate Naivedyam for deities and serve the same as prasadam to the devotees and at the same time maintain temples’ sanctity and cleanliness. Many dedicated Archakas, despite being paid a paltry sum as honororium by the State Department,  have chosen to live for several generations in in the villages in close proximity to these Temples out of sheer dedication to the presiding deities of these Temples and have been  performing daily Poojas. 

To add to the woes attached to these temples, many Thavil and Nadaswaram Musicians have ceased  playing these divine instruments  in most Temples in the last two decades and those who continue to play the instruments in the temples are paid paltry monthly salary of Rs 300-500 by the State Department. Due to this, the next generation members of the musicians have already moved out of villages to the cities, in search of better-paying professions.

They envision a society where temples are self-sufficient thanks to the support of astikas.

Donors for this cause

PS

Prasanna Subramanian

5th February 2025

Amount Donated
₹501.00
NB

Neelakantam Balasubrahmanyam

9th November 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
NB

Neelakantam Balasubrahmanyam

23rd June 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

6th June 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
KN

Krishnaraja Nellikunje

1st June 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
AR

ANAND RANGANATHAN

31st May 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,25,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

10th May 2024

Amount Donated
₹10,000.00
MR

Madanagopal Ramachandran

4th May 2024

Amount Donated
₹25,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

3rd May 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

25th April 2024

Amount Donated
₹5,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

3rd April 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

10th March 2024

Amount Donated
₹5,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

9th March 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

11th February 2024

Amount Donated
₹3,000.00
KK

Karpagam K

6th February 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,500.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

4th February 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
V

Vijaynarayanan

23rd January 2024

Amount Donated
₹100.00
MS

Manish Shah

22nd January 2024

Amount Donated
₹5,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

21st January 2024

Amount Donated
₹201.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

11th January 2024

Amount Donated
₹700.00
GS

Geetha Sankarkumar

9th January 2024

Amount Donated
₹501.00
K

Karpagam

4th January 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
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bhaskaran venkataraman

2nd January 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

1st January 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
hr

harini raghavan

20th December 2023

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

12th December 2023

Amount Donated
₹700.00
bB

bhaskaran Bhaskaran

7th December 2023

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

7th December 2023

Amount Donated
₹20,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

3rd December 2023

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
NB

Neelakantam Balasubrahmanyam

2nd December 2023

Amount Donated
₹2,500.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

1st December 2023

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

27th November 2023

Amount Donated
₹501.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

14th November 2023

Amount Donated
₹4,000.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

13th November 2023

Amount Donated
₹700.00
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bhaskaran venkataraman

5th November 2023

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

18th October 2023

Amount Donated
₹20,000.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

14th October 2023

Amount Donated
₹700.00
PJ

Pratik J

12th October 2023

Amount Donated
₹9,000.00
S

Subbarayudu

9th October 2023

Amount Donated
₹2,116.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

9th October 2023

Amount Donated
₹10,000.00