Annadaanam at Sabarimala

Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji      President  WORLD BRAHMAN ORGANIZATION
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What is that we are doing during the third quarter – 17(Travancore Devaswom Board)

Shri.V.S.Sivakumar
Hon’ ble Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom, Govt. of Kerala
E-mail: minister-health@kerala.gov.in
Dear Shri Sivakumar

Regards to you.  Sorry for writing another letter to you.  This is a very important matter as such I prefer to bring the matter to your notice.

Shri Gaddam Srinivasulu and his team preferred to perform Annadaanam at Sabarimala and presumably they were not allowed to perform Annadaanam at the Main Temple.  Therefore they requested for a place to cook and serve the pilgrims free of cost at Pamba River – at the entry point to the foot road to the main Shrine.  The food material, cooks, and all such are being brought from Andhra Pradesh at their cost – with a pure intention of serving the pilgrims.  Last year, your people at the administrative office collected Rs.5000 for permitting them to make Annadaanam.  This   year, interestingly Rs.25000 was collected from them when cash was paid on 27.08.2012 to the Administrative Officer against receipt.

Keeping in view of the increase in the number of visitors and non availability of hygienic food at ANY PLACE at Sabarimala, food arrangements should have taken up by the authorities.  Free food or subsidized food arrangements should have been made by the Sabarimala Temple Authorities.  THIS IS NOT DONE, for whatever reason it is.  What problem does the administration has in allowing people to perform Annadaanam at THEIR COST AND SERVING THE PILGRIMS WHAT THEY NEED.  Just for providing place to serve Annadaanam, your people collected Rs.25000 which action is condemned.

It would be fair for the administration to return back the amount to Shri Srinivasulu immediately, lest interest for serving food free of cost, shall be lost over a period of time. 

If you and your Government do not wish to do anything to the pilgrims, it is something different, but please do not obstruct people who wish to serve the pilgrims where you are failing. 

A letter of acknowledgement would prove that you and your Government is action oriented. Yours truly,

Hara Hara Mahadeva

Dr P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI                       Copy to      1) Sri. K. Jayakumar IAS, Chief Commissioner
E-mail: chiefsecy@kerala.gov.in, 2) Executive Officer Travancore Devaswom Board office Nanthancode, Thiruvananthapuram 695003. 3) Shri Gaddam Srinivasulu, Gaddam Sreenivasa Handloom Sareers Pvt., Ltd., Parthasarathi Nagar, Banglore Road, Dharmavaram, 515671, AP  Mobile 9581849999