JANAKALYAN SEVASHRAM -Chennai

She is a Widow with no children. Her younger sister’s son has brought her to the Ashram. He is employed in Mumbai and his wife is employed in Chennai. Could not keep this lady at their home because both are employed and their children are going to school.

She is Unmarried. She Joined Ashram by 2004 along with her only sister who was also unmarried. They belonged to a very rich family. They lost their mother at a very early age and they were taking  care of their father who was not well. For this reason both did not get married. But when they lost their father, others have taken away the properties and made them orphans. Somehow one of their friend managed to bring them to Chennai and fed them. Now that friend’s children brought them to Ashram in the year 2004 as both of them lost their memory power.

Elder sister died in the Ashram on this April, 2009. Our SecretarySmt. Sankari’s son, Studying 9th standard did all the rituals for that sister. Now Savithri is pulling on.

She has joined the ASHRAM ON 13TH Dec, 2007. She had 3 sons and one daughter. She has lost all her three sons and through her only daughter, this lady has got three grand daughters.

Even though these grand daughters like their grand mother they are not able to keep her with them, as all of them will be out of India for six months in a year.

More than that as this lady has lost her hearing capacity, they feel keeping her at home is a risk under the circumstances.

She is a widow with no children. She has joined the Ashram in the year, 2004.

Her husband was in a very good position with good properties. After her husband’s death relatives were taking care for sometime, and in the bargain she has lost all the properties by believing them.

But she still has one well wisher by name Mr.Satyanarayanan. He belongs to Periakulam of Madurai district. That gentleman makes a visit to see her in the Ashram once in 6 months.

She has joined the Ashram on 22nd Sept, 2006. She is a daughter-in-law of a popular advocate of Kovilpatty of Tamil Nadu, India. She has lost her husband at a very early age and she has no children also.

But she has brought up many children of her Sister-in-law’s and brother-in-law’s.She is being taken care of by the brought up grand children through an arrangement, that the interest of Rs.1,500/= through their fixed deposits on their names in Indian Bank,  is getting transferred to Ashrams account for this lady’s stay.

She has joined the Ashram on 13th Aug, 2006. She is young widow with one child.

Her Husband was working in the Highways department, Thiruvannamalai. Due to the continuous daily torture by her husband, from the early days of her wedding, we believe that she became a psychic patient. After giving birth to a child she has lost the husband also.

Those people had given only temporary treatment for the mental disability, as when our secretary took her to Chettinadu Hospital, doctors confirmed that she should take daily medicines life long.

Her sister-in-law has adopted the child and now they are trying to get a job for that child in the same Highways department in which its father was working.

She has joined the Ashram on 6th july, 2006.

She is unmarried. She has lost her parents at an early age. She was taken care by her elder brother and his wife till the date she joined the Ashram.

She in mentally not matured fully. If we want her to do some work we have to tell her minimum 10 times to make her understand.

Because of her immatured talk, her brother’s to be married daughter, has lost four possible good alliances. That girl has started mentally depressed. But within these three years of manjula joining this ashram, that girl is married and has a child.

For the same reason, her widowed elder sister is also not ready to keep her, as that sister has to depend her only son for her livelihood.

But our Ashram takes care of her with all these minuses.

She has joined the Ashram on 28th Aug, 2006. She is a widow and has three sons out of which two sons’ whereabouts are not known.

Her third son living in Chennai, has only one daughter and she is mentally retarded. His job is of travelling nature and his wife finds it difficult to maintain their daughter itself, as there is no guarantee of her calmness all the time. More ever our lady has become physically disabled in an operation in one of her legs and only with the help of walker she can move.

Hence she had to stay with her mother for some years and after her days she has joined the Ashram.

The above aged couple joined Ashram on 4th Nov, 2006.
They have one son and two daughters.
One daughter has become a widow and now staying in her in-law’s house.
The other daughter has no children and hence she brings up her sister-in-laws’ child.
The only son is not able to be a balance between his wife and parents. He is also not coming out with the reason why his wife hates them so much. But he is affectionate. Anytime you call him he will immediately come to Ashram to see his parents.
Even though that 75 year old mother takes care of herself, she is suffering from Uterus loosening

He has joined the Ashram on 9th March, 2007.
He had lost his first wife and the daughter through that wife is now in U S A. His second wife and the children had left him and gone. The reason is not clear and their whereabouts are also not known.
He has two elder sisters, one at Hosur and the other at Bangalore.
The Hosur sister is a widow and the two daughter-in-laws of the Bangalore sister brought this man in to the Ashram as they felt they are not able to keep him due to his smoking habits and they felt that bad habit may spoil their children's mind and health.
Of course even today they share and send his Rs.1,500/=

She has joined the Ashram on 3rd October, 2007.
She was a midwife and got retirement. Her husband was not good. He used to ditch her and go away for 8 to 9 months in a year and come and stay for sometime to grab her money.
For peace of mind she brought up her younger brother’s children and they ditched her by taking away all her money.
When she was in the height of depression, her friend by name Smt. Nagamma from Ambattur brought her to the Ashram.
Fortunately she gets her pension and Nagamma  Organizes and remits once in three months as she is also old.
Our Lady Parvatham has given a letter to the Ashram mentioning that when she dies, only our secretary Smt. Sankari should perform her last rights and nobody should be informed about her death.

S.Lalithambal. Age: 81 years

She has joined the Ashram on 9th Feb, 2007.
She is a widow with no children. Her husband was once a popular Sastrigal in Mylapore , Chennai doing lots of spiritual and rituals.
She brought up her sister’s Children and her sister’s grand daughter who is now in Delhi, only brought her to the Ashtram.
She says two reasons. One is that she, at this age is not able to withstand the extreme temperatures of Delhi. The other reason is that this lady is an extreme sugar patient and when they go for job it will be risky to leave her alone as she faints often.
Of course we should appreciate, that this grand daughter take this lady to her place in Delhi for two months every year on a good tolerable climate season and drops her back here.

Mrs.Kamala. Age: 82 years

She has joined the Ashram on 3rd September, 2008.
She got married at an early age and within six months of the marriage her husband died and she was carrying a baby of 3 months.
She stayed with her parents who had brought up this posthumous child. That child by name Mr.Muralidaran is a father of two daughters, one settled in U S A and the other in Australia.
As he has to shuttle between these two places , he had no other alternative except leaving his mother in the Ashram.

V.Savithri. Age: 73 years

She has joined the Ashram on 18th May, 2009.
She is a widow and had only one son.
That son was so affectionate with her and even did not get married as he had a feeling that his wife would not keep his mother happy.
For the sake of his mother he sacrificed hid wedded life. It was quite unfortunate that he died 4 months back.
Imagine the mental agony and depression this lady will have.
She also has a problem in her leg and hence she can walk only with a walker. Her only sister brought her to the Ashram, as she herself is a dependant.
For the last few months she has been crying and now she has started helping the secretary in food preparation for the inmates.

A.L.Padmavathy. Age: 30 years

She has joined the Chennai Ashram in the year 2005.
She is physically a handicapped person and has nobody.
She was transferred from Mumbai Ashram as the President thought Chennai Ashram Can be a better place for her as her mother tongue is tamil.

Hariharan. Age: 63 years

He has joined the Ashram on 3rd Jan, 2007.
He was in Bombay Ashram and transferred to Chennai. He has High sugar and has nervous problem. He can not do any job and joined Mumbai Ashram 5 years back on his own.

R.Sundarambal. Age: 74 years

She has joined the Ashram on 29th June, 2007.
She is a widow with no children. She was staying with her sister and her children.

Sree. S. Manikantan Age:15 years S/o Sankari

Studying in 10th Standard at Violet Matriculation School,

Shri. K.S.Maheshwar Age:12 years S/o Sankari

Studying in 7th Standard at Violet Matriculation School,
                                                                             Chitlapakkam, Chennai.