MAHA PIDI ARISI THITTAM VEDA RAKSHANAM TRUST
Reg No : R/Selaiyur/Book-4/78/2021, PAN No - AAHTM2816K,
Reg Office : Plot No 193, Cheran Street, Ganesh Nagar, Chennai - 600 073
Mobile : +91 739 737 1579, e-mail : vedarakshanam@gmail.com
"One Fist of Rice is all that I need..." - Mahaperiyava while inaugurating the Pidi Arisi Thittam on March 10th 1966
“”All that I need is a Fist full of Rice (Oru Pidi Arisi)” – Kanchi Paramacharya…
A large audience of devotees had gathered at the famous SivaVishnu temple, at T. Nagar in Chennai to listen to His Holiness’s discourse. The Mahaswami spoke about the importance of ‘paropakaram’. It is in that context that He spoke about how housewives can perform annadhanam everyday by following a simple system. Thus was born the now famous ‘Pidi Arisi Thittam’. It is an elegantly simple scheme in which the house wife would set aside a handful of rice (pidi arisi) every day when she cooked the meal for her family. Volunteers would collect the rice thus accumulated and ‘One Anna’ from her every month. The rice will be cooked in the nearest temple, and the money would be used to add some condiments. All the poor and the destitute in the area were fed through this Pidi Arisi Thittam. In essence, every housewife and therefore her family participated in feeding the poor in that area. They were thus the recipients of their blessings and that of the Mahaswami too.
Maha Pidi Arisi Thittam - started on June 13th 2015
Taking cue from the above message of Mahaswamigal, we started the Maha Pidi Arisi Thittam, a scheme to contribute INR 1001/- monthly per family exclusively to Vedic Patasalas/ Vedic Gurukulams and Vaidheekas towards Akshathai.
With Mahaperiyavaa Anugraham, On June 13th 2015, we started the Maha Pidi Arisi Thittam, through which, we wanted to provide an amount of INR 1001/- per month to Vedic Scholars towards Akshathai. Currently onto our Eighth Year under this scheme, we have been providing for this contribution on a monthly basis which include:
1. Nithyagnihotris,
2. Niyama Athyayana Scheme Members
3. Veda Gurukulams
4. Adhyapakars
5. Veda Patasalaas
6. Vedic Scholars above 60 Years of Age
The amount is being sent to the Vedic Scholars/Vedic Patasaalas account directly by the Donors. The Frequency is determined by the Donor either Monthly/Quarterly/Half Yearly/Yearly as per their convenience.
Pidi Arisi Thittam - In Kind - Jana Kalyan - Madampakkam - Collection Centres
Sri Mahaperiyavaa started the Pidi Arisi Thittam and this scheme was administered and propagated by Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, 69th Peetathipathi of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Moolamnaya Sarvagnya Peetam.
This Pidi Arisi Thittam attained new heights under the Jana Kalyan movement which was one of the Flagship pet project dear to Pudhu Periyava.
Jana Kalyan Madampakkam has effectively been continuing till date this project to the likes of Mahaswamigal, Pudhu Periyava, and with abundant blessings from the current Acharya Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, 70th Peetathipathi of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Moolamnaya Sarvagnya Peetam.
For those who are interested to give in kind, Jana Kalyan – Madampakkam branch through its dedicated collection network (in and around chennai) collects in kind and distributes the same to various beneficiaries.
The List are available here with their names, location and contact nos.
JANA KALYAN (MADAMBAKKAM) – PIDI ARISI THITTAM (KIND) – CHENNAI COLLECTION CENTRES
1. SHRI. RAM RAM SAIRAM – CHIEF COORDINATOR – 9677239848
2. SHRI. RAM RAM SUNDARARAMAN – PRESIDENT – 9840588593