Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

R.E.A.C.H. (Rural Education And Conservation of Heritage) Foundation



R.E.A.C.H. Foundation is founded by Dr. T. Satyamurthy,
Superintending Archaeologist and Former Director of Archaeology
Kerala is a leading Archaeologist and had made many land mark
findings in India. Along with him, the following members join hands
as board members:



Mr.S.Hariharan, Leading Auditor in Chennai city,

Mr. V.Sekar fondly called as Sivapathasekaran in temple
reconstruction groups,

Mr.P.N. Subramanian who is an entrepreneur and a leading SAP
management consultant in the IT sector,

Mr. Sundhar Bharadhwaj who owns his own construction company, but
also an accomplished history lover with an M.Phil in history coming
on his way and



The temple_cleaners Yahoo group, founded by Mr.Rajan Ganesh and his
group members.



The aim of REACH Foundation is to



Preserve and conserve the built up heritage - Remains of India mostly
in rural area with the participation of the villagers and stake
holders of the heritage sites and buildings.
Educate rural mass about making temples reach its pristine glory and
restart all temple centric social activities. Thus, a regular
percentage of money earned from the SHGs (self help group) started by
REACH to be utilized for renovation works of the Foundation.
To educate the mass about the importance of preserving old historical
monuments and scriptures
To teach youth how to decipher interpret and carry out research on
kalvettus (Inscriptions) and ancient scriptures,
To aid economically weak scholars, Traditional Artists, Pundits and
artisans to improvise their living conditions and hence their art.
To encourage the use of traditional building materials and extend
helping hand in developing indigenous methodology and conduct
research to develop advanced technology
To make a Forum for corporate and philanthropists to contribute to
the reconstruction of ruined heritage buildings.
To generate employment in rural area adjoining the heritage sites by
conducting theme- tours to unknown tourist spots, with the help of
trained guides
To train rural educated youths as Tourist Guides.


All history and heritage lovers, enthusiasts who want their culture
to be preserved can contribute to this great idea in following ways:



Identify and intimate us through emails, mails or phone about the
temples and other heritage Buildings which are in ruins. Photographs,
geographical location with road maps would be ideal. This would help
us in creating a database.
Generate interest in like minded youth and develop groups who can
volunteer in our cleaning and reconstruction activities.
Inform us about any other group you know similar to this, their work
and contact details. We would be glad to publicize their work too
through our forum and website.
Spare some regular amount every month for this cause
Write and make all friends, philanthropists and wealthy living in
foreign shores to know about REACH and make them also share our
project costs and build up awareness about Indian cultural sites to
their foreign counterparts
Encourage theme tourism and help friends visit Tamilnadu with a new
perspective through REACH Foundation.


Dear Indians, it is our duty to retain the lost glorious past and the
symbols of our history. There are thousands of temples and heritage
sites lying in ruins, waiting to unfold the real history to this
modern world. Once lost, it can't be retrieved. It is time for us to
join hands with R.E.A.C.H. Foundation of conserve our heritage.



Please join TODAY and spread the message. Next time when you pass
across a ruined temple, pass the message to us.



We are contactable at:

REACH Foundation

26/43, Janakiraman Street,

West Mambalam, Chennai 600 033.

India



Tel: 91-(your own number if you are a REACH / temple_cleaners member)
or you may ask them to call on 9444441181 or 9840762326

email: reach.foundation.india@gmail.com or



Please Visit http://templesrevival.blogspot.com and
http://reachhistory.blogspot.com for the latest updates on our
activity.