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Re-developing old agraharams - Can Tamilbrahmins.com members do it.

The following is an old thread I found in the general discussion forum archives.

Please read through before going further.

https://www.tamilbrahmins.com/threa...ms-as-retirement-villages-old-age-homes.4704/

Now, as I have written in my own thread My Pursuits 2 ... I am only working 4-5 hours a day. During weekends I am involved with teaching kids from vedapadasalas 10th and 12th subjects so they can write NIOS exams.

But doing the above means that I do not have an earning and I am attracting the ire of my father and relatives for not standing on my own legs financially.

I am now thinking of how to be of service to society and still have some basic income. And the above thread seems to provide a somewhat workable answer in this direction. Now. I am willing to coordinate work on re developing an abandoned agrahaaram so people can come back and live in it. It maybe used as old age homes or full time homes depending on the case with restrictions on resale of the property which implicates that the property should only be resold back to us who created it so the property does not end up falling into the hands of unwanted communities and individuals.

If the tamilbrahmins community can identify an abandoned agrahaaram somewhere in tamilnadu... and is willing to pool money to redevelop it, I can spearhead the entire process for a meagre salary taken from the pooled funds.. ie.. i employ myself as a manager for the implementation of the project and managing the public funds and I will be entirely accountable to the tamilbrahmins.com website. Of course, we can have a trust and trustee to take care of this.. but that proposal might die before it starts given that the above referenced thread does not seem to have reached any logical conclusion.

If we can get a core group of volunteers together first.. we can then identify an agrahaaram.. and slowly estimate the cost of the project to see if it is workable. It may also be the case that we can have the webmasters of tamilbrahmins.com to spearhead this initiative because of agrahaarams being involved. I will not seek monetary renumeration in the initial stages till we have reached a workable solution and we have sufficient funds to complete the project.

I realise that although the project might sound interesting to just about everyone in our forum, the fact that I am asking for a salary to spearhead it might leave a bitter taste in the mouth for some. But I am asking because I too need to find sustenance and cannot keep working for charity for free.

Kindly think and reply if interested.

www,pvkrishnan.com
 
If the tamilbrahmins community can identify an abandoned agrahaaram somewhere in tamilnadu... and is willing to pool money to redevelop it, I can spearhead the entire process for a meagre salary taken from the pooled funds.. ie.. i employ myself as a manager for the implementation of the project and managing the public funds and I will be entirely accountable to the tamilbrahmins.com website. Of course, we can have a trust and trustee to take care of this.. but that proposal might die before it starts given that the above referenced thread does not seem to have reached any logical conclusion.
Look within the Tanjore regions as they have a lot of empty agraharams that are under threat by Muslims and Christians forcibly trying to take it away (missionaries not the actual people). I believe there is an old age community built along similar lines in Coimbatore, so maybe you can look into that for inspiration. This retirement home essentially functions like a rented house with house help and a community kitchen. They also have a lot of cultural activities.

IMO, the agraharam lifestyle is not feasible for the upcoming generations anymore, particularly when not within the city. However, I believe this might be a good project to supplement your true pursuit, i.e., imparting Vedic knowledge.

Please go through the following:
  1. https://sgakumbakonam-builders.weeb...graharam-houses-in-swamimalai-kumbakonam.html
  2. https://www.thehindu.com/news/citie...aram in Thanjavur,the field of Carnatic music.
Good luck and keep us updated!
 
The following is an old thread I found in the general discussion forum archives.

Please read through before going further.

https://www.tamilbrahmins.com/threa...ms-as-retirement-villages-old-age-homes.4704/

Now, as I have written in my own thread My Pursuits 2 ... I am only working 4-5 hours a day. During weekends I am involved with teaching kids from vedapadasalas 10th and 12th subjects so they can write NIOS exams.

But doing the above means that I do not have an earning and I am attracting the ire of my father and relatives for not standing on my own legs financially.

I am now thinking of how to be of service to society and still have some basic income. And the above thread seems to provide a somewhat workable answer in this direction. Now. I am willing to coordinate work on re developing an abandoned agrahaaram so people can come back and live in it. It maybe used as old age homes or full time homes depending on the case with restrictions on resale of the property which implicates that the property should only be resold back to us who created it so the property does not end up falling into the hands of unwanted communities and individuals.

If the tamilbrahmins community can identify an abandoned agrahaaram somewhere in tamilnadu... and is willing to pool money to redevelop it, I can spearhead the entire process for a meagre salary taken from the pooled funds.. ie.. i employ myself as a manager for the implementation of the project and managing the public funds and I will be entirely accountable to the tamilbrahmins.com website. Of course, we can have a trust and trustee to take care of this.. but that proposal might die before it starts given that the above referenced thread does not seem to have reached any logical conclusion.

If we can get a core group of volunteers together first.. we can then identify an agrahaaram.. and slowly estimate the cost of the project to see if it is workable. It may also be the case that we can have the webmasters of tamilbrahmins.com to spearhead this initiative because of agrahaarams being involved. I will not seek monetary renumeration in the initial stages till we have reached a workable solution and we have sufficient funds to complete the project.

I realise that although the project might sound interesting to just about everyone in our forum, the fact that I am asking for a salary to spearhead it might leave a bitter taste in the mouth for some. But I am asking because I too need to find sustenance and cannot keep working for charity for free.

Kindly think and reply if interested.

www,pvkrishnan.com
The problem you might face is that in most of the agraharams you will find certain communities have already mass-purchased houses sold off by brahmins who've moved to the cities or oversees to create their version of it. Examples are everywhere, a chennaiite need not look farther than Singaperumalkoil to see how this is done. Even if we are able to rally together, we might be 50-60 yrs late, if we were to start today. Anyway, I feel bad replying to this thread with a discouraging reply. I wish you luck in your endevour.
 

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