Sethubandhanam

important shiva temples require oil every month (Thevaram Paadal petra temples)

₹3.14 lakh of ₹3.6 lakh raised

Historic Significance of this cause

The history of these temples lies in the bhakthi movement that involves the Shaivite saints (63 Nayanmars) of South India.  Of the 63 Nayanmars,  Thirugnana Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar were considered the primary ones. All of them graced this planet around 1300 years ago and had composed the Thevaram (garland of divine songs in praise of Lord Shiva). They eulogized 275 Shiva temples in the Thevaram, which are known as Paadal Petra Sthalams.

Most of these temples are in a pitiable state of maintenance today and  don’t have access to basic amenities such as oil for lighting the lamps. 

This is a recurring campaign that has been run from the month of March 2020. 

Team Ramakrishnan and their effort

It is indeed a collective failure of our society that these historic temples are not well-maintained. 

Shri. Ramakrishnan and his team in Chennai have initiated an effort to alleviate this situation. They have visited close to 240 of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams and established a network to deliver oil on a monthly basis to the temples for pooja. They have created a network of oil vendors close to the temples, which are in the interior of Tamil Nadu.  The priests (pujari / gurukkal) of the respective temples collect the oil from these vendors in turn every month. On a side note, these priests too aren’t paid a salary, which is beyond the scope of this campaign.

They presently supply oil to 25 temples in Tamil Nadu. Their field research suggests that 240 such temples are in need of oil every month. The goal of this campaign is to generate funds on a monthly basis to expand to supply all 240 temples. 

The price of one tin oil has risen to Rs. 2400 per tin. We will target to support 50 temples monthly. 

List of temples covered by Shri. Ramakrishnan’s team

Trichy Region: Uyyakoṇṭāṉ malai, Tiruvāci, Tirupaiñcali, Tirupālattuṟai, Tiruparāytuṟai, Tirukoṭumuṭi

Tiruveṭṭakuṭi (Karaikal)

Tiruvaiyāru region: Tillai snāṉam, Tiruvētikkuṭi, tirukaṉṭiyūr, tirupuranturuti, tirupaḻaṉam, vaṭakuraṅkāṟṟutuṟai, tirucōṟṟutturai

Tiruvārūr region: tiruvalivalam, tirukāravācal, tiruvāymūr, kōyil kaṇṇāpūr, tirukōṭṭūr,tirukuvaḷai

Chennai region: Takkōlam, kūvam, ilum’maiyāṅkōṭṭūr, tirukaṇṭalam, tiruvallitāyam
tirumullaivāyil, tiruveṟṟiyūr

Kadalur: Tīrttaṉakiri

Cīrkāḻi region: Tirukuṅkāval,tirukkurukāvūr, mēlaperumpaḷḷam, tirunaṉṟiyūr, pākacālai, cāyāvaṉam, pallavaṉēsvarar, poṉcēy, tirūpuṅkūr, talaiñāyiṟu, tirunaṉṟiyūr, tirunīṭūr, kuttālam

Kumbakonam region: Tiruvaikal, kōṉēri rājapuram, koṭṭaiyūr, ampar, ampar makāḷam, nālūr mayāṉam, tirupantuṟai, tiruvīḻimiḻalai,cākkōṭṭai, civapuram, tirumeyñāṉam

Mayavaram region: Tirumarukal,cīyatāṉ maṅkai, tēraḻantūr

Paṉruṭṭi region: tiruttuṟaiyūr, tirunāvalūr

Kanchipuram region: tirukāḷimēṭu, tirumēṟṟīlīsvarar

donors for this cause

Anonymous User

Anonymous

12th May 2025

Amount Donated
₹108.00
AS

ADARSSH SURESHBABU

1st May 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,200.00
P

Prakash

30th April 2025

Amount Donated
₹101.00
VK

Venkatasubramanian Kothandaraman

30th April 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
BV

B Venkataramanan

30th April 2025

Amount Donated
₹12,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

27th April 2025

Amount Donated
₹10,000.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

27th April 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

24th April 2025

Amount Donated
₹252.00
AS

ADARSSH SURESHBABU

6th April 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,200.00
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v bhaskaran

1st April 2025

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

31st March 2025

Amount Donated
₹200.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

29th March 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
NB

Neelakantam Balasubrahmanyam

22nd March 2025

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

22nd March 2025

Amount Donated
₹500.00
AS

ADARSSH SURESHBABU

16th March 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,200.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

14th March 2025

Amount Donated
₹500.00
VK

Venkatasubramanian Kothandaraman

7th March 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
B

Bhaskaran

5th March 2025

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

26th February 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

23rd February 2025

Amount Donated
₹500.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

15th February 2025

Amount Donated
₹500.00
K

Karpagam

7th February 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
vB

v bhaskaran Bhaskaran

6th February 2025

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
PS

Prasanna Subramanian

5th February 2025

Amount Donated
₹501.00
AS

ADARSSH SURESHBABU

2nd February 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,250.00
A

ADARSSH

28th January 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,200.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

28th January 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

26th January 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,500.00
S

Suryakumari

24th January 2025

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
K

Karpagam

3rd January 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,200.00
bv

bhaskaran venkataraman

2nd January 2025

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
VK

Venkatasubramanian K

2nd January 2025

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

30th December 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
SS

Sarada Srinivas

28th December 2024

Amount Donated
₹10,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

17th December 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
AR

A K RAJALAKSHMI

15th December 2024

Amount Donated
₹4,800.00
GK

Ganesha Kumar

8th December 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
AA

Arjun Shenoy A V

8th December 2024

Amount Donated
₹12,000.00
vB

v bhaskaran Bhaskaran

3rd December 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

2nd December 2024

Amount Donated
₹12,000.00
AS

ADARSSH S

1st December 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,500.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

27th November 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
AK

Ashwin Kumar

26th November 2024

Amount Donated
₹4,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

17th November 2024

Amount Donated
₹5,000.00
AS

ADARSSH S

11th November 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,200.00
NB

Neelakantam Balasubrahmanyam

9th November 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

4th November 2024

Amount Donated
₹900.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

3rd November 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
vB

v bhaskaran Bhaskaran

3rd November 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

1st November 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
U

Uma

31st October 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
HS

Hemamalini S

21st October 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,001.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

16th October 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
ES

Eshwar Sunderaj

15th October 2024

Amount Donated
₹12,000.00
VK

Venkatasubramanian Kothandaraman

14th October 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
vB

v bhaskaran Bhaskaran

7th October 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
A

ADARSSH

2nd October 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,200.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

2nd October 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
AR

A K RAJALAKSHMI

28th September 2024

Amount Donated
₹4,800.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

28th September 2024

Amount Donated
₹7,500.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

21st September 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

18th September 2024

Amount Donated
₹250.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

15th September 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,500.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

7th September 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
AS

ADARSSH SUBRAMANIAM

4th September 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,200.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

4th September 2024

Amount Donated
₹150.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

2nd September 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

2nd September 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
U

Uma

1st September 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
K

Karthik

31st August 2024

Amount Donated
₹101.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

23rd August 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
KG

Keerthana Giridhar

7th August 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
v

v bhaskaran

5th August 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

4th August 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
AS

ADARSSH SURESHBABU

4th August 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,500.00
NB

Neelakantam Balasubrahmanyam

2nd August 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

20th July 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
VK

Venkatasubramanian K

12th July 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
SS

S. ADARSSH SURESHBABU

11th July 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,200.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

3rd July 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
SS

SURESH BABU SUBRAMANIAM

30th June 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
NS

NAGARAJ S

24th June 2024

Amount Donated
₹4,800.00
NB

Neelakantam Balasubrahmanyam

23rd June 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
K

Kripa

18th June 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,999.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

17th June 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
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Smt Janki Devi Trust

16th June 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
bB

bhaskaran v Bhaskaran

10th June 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
P

Pratik

6th June 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

6th June 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
KK

Karpagam K

5th June 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
SB

Sriram Balasubramanian

3rd June 2024

Amount Donated
₹5,500.00
MR

Mohan Ranganathan

1st June 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

25th May 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00
NB

Neelakantam Balasubrahmanyam

24th May 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,400.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

10th May 2024

Amount Donated
₹12,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

10th May 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
MT

Manikandan Timmappa Vasu

5th May 2024

Amount Donated
₹1,000.00
v

v bhaskaran

5th May 2024

Amount Donated
₹2,000.00
MR

Madanagopal Ramachandran

4th May 2024

Amount Donated
₹25,000.00
Anonymous User

Anonymous

3rd May 2024

Amount Donated
₹500.00