Global Hindu Heritage Foundation has distributed TWO weeks supply of Dry food items to Archakas living in Chandragiri Mandalam near Tirupati. K. Raddappa and K Subbanna  coordinated the event by selecting the priests, who need these items. Instead of inviting all the Archakas to one location, we decided that our Associates will visit 6-7 Mandalas inviting them to receive the goods. Everybody is informed to follow the Covid guidelines.

As we mentioned earlier, many Archakas in VILLAGES are experiencing hardships and struggling to feed their families. GHHF is planning to distribute these items in Anantapur, Tirupati, Guntur, Vijayawada, Bhadrachalam, Hyderabad, West Godavari, and Visakhapatnam areas.

               As we mentioned earlier that we wanted to distribute dry goods in these areas to about 600 Priests. Now the number increased to 750. We are expecting to distribute about 1000 easily in the next few days.

Each bag/kit will have the following items: Rice, Wheat flour, Cooking Oil, Urad Dal, Moong Dal, Brown Sugar, Tea Powder, Meal Packet, Chilli powder, Soaps, Tamarind, Turmeric, Sugar, Coconut oil, Upma Ravva, Mustard Seeds, and other items. It may vary depending on the requests of the priests in these cities.

Since the Lockdown due to the fear of spreading Coronavirus, all the Hindu Temples are closed. Now, many Pujaris / Hindu Temple priests are having a hard time meeting their basic needs. Many of them do not have any salaries either from the government or the private Temples. Most of them do not have enough savings to pay their rent and electricity. Furthermore, many private temples do not have enough income to pay their salaries. Consequently, many Pujaris do not have enough resources to meet their daily expenses to provide meals for their families. Recently, newspapers wrote about some priests begging on the streets as they could not provide meals for the family. That news pained so many people and some organizations are helping them financially. They are facing a grim and grave predicament.

It is time to help these Priests to meet their basic needs with our generous donation. It is time to acknowledge their invaluable service to Hindu Temples and Hindu Dharma. It is time to protect their dignity and self-respect.

Donations Requested:

     Support 10 Archaka Families for $250

     Support20 Archaka Families for $500

     Support 49 Archaka Families for $1000

We would appreciate your donation to continue annadanam to the needy, poor, Archakas/Priests in Villages.

PayPal Method: To donate visit our website. Click on the Donate button, then press the Purpose category and select “Support a Priest” Category.

By Check: Or you can send a check payable to:

GHHF, . It is tax-deductible.

RUPEES, If you would like to contribute in rupees, please either call or send an email. We will call you back to give you the required information

Visit our website to pay through Paypal or Credit Card.  http://www.Savetemples.org

For more information, call Prakasarao Velagapudi at ; Email: ghhfusaorg@gmail.com