 To restore India's culture, heritage
R.E.A.C.H (Rural Education and Conservation of Heritage) is a group formed by the people, for people who are interested in restoring our heritage, ancient culture and
languages.
The main tasks are to:
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identify, create database and try to restore ancient heritage sites especially temples and mantaps, sculptures and stone inscriptions of heritage value
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make local folk and people around such sites more responsible in participating in the revival process
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create a 'temple-centric' self-help in group in all places we go and monitor the progress of revival of both the heritage monument as well as the community
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help needy and economically backward scholars, artisans and sick people
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try to inculcate learning and appreciation of ancient languages, scriptures, stone inscription, etc. among educated youth and
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bring back the glory of the Hindu Dharma philosophy and make the world flock towards Hindustan.
This would enable regular
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Cleaning of unattended and abandoned temples, arrange for daily abishekam and poojas
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Arrange for financial help for priests of the temples and also make them self- confident and self-dependent by improving their socio-technical and
communication skills
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Arrange for protection of cows
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Help Vedic patashalas proliferate and propogate the great works done by the seers
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Spread Vedic religion and educte people to go in for conversion
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Make people aware that vegetarianism is a better way to follow
Please join the group
temple-cleaners-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
for regular participation in our work and also visit http://templesrevival.blogspot.com
for updates.
This foundation is headed by Dr T Sathyamurthy, ex-chief of
Archeological Survey of India (ASI).
We are NOW focussed on:
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Collecting information of any heritage site or building or temple
(anything above 100 years old is a heritage site)
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Evaluate the age of the most damaged heritage site and thereby start
rebuilding them with public participation belonging to the same site or
its village/city.
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Bring awareness that these heritage sites are part of our lost glory and we need
to retrieve them as fast as we can.
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Off record, we have almost 40,000 ancient temples as ruins.
Through this we request the readers to inform us about such places of
interest/ ruins so that we all can rebuild them together.
Our address:
REACH foundation
Attn: Dr T Sathyamurthy,
26/43 Janakiraman St,
Mambalam,
Chennai 600033
E-mail : reach.foundation.india@gmail.com
For more details, please contact Chandrasekar at 9444441181.
T S Rajanganesh
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