"ஒளிக்கை நீட்டி, வாழ்க்கை காட்டிய வசந்த நாள் நீங்கள் பிறந்த நாள் !
பிறந்த நாள் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்" .
Today , January 5th, being Shri C. V. Jayaraman's 82nd Birthday, I would like to dedicate this posting to him for his great Humanitarian Voluntary Service to mankind. May his Services to mankind continue for many more years to come.
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| A Living Legend & Social Worker |
Social worker Shri C.V.Jayaraman of Adayar, is a pious and an ardent devotee of Kanchi Paramacharyar. He helped the long felt need of Adayarities in and around Venkarathnam Nagar for a temple to get fulfilled.
He is a peerless leader who has a remarkable ability to inspire people to work together”. He is a highly motivated person and an incurable optimist with an undying and unquenchable optimism. His watchword is ‘never say die’ and lives so”. Shri Jayaraman's optimism Is Infectious” “He is an Outstanding Achiever”.'...winning the hearts of the people all around him.
One of the many notable incidents in his life is...
When the Corporation of Chennai was removing road -side temples, Shri Jayaraman came to its rescue and recovered one such idol of Lord Vinayaga from Venkatratnam Nagar.
Besides, he installed the structure in a shelter in front of his house at Venkatratnam Nagar, under the guidance of the Paramacharyar. Moreover, poojas were performed to the idol in a small scale from 1970 to 1974 by the purohit Narayana Sastrigal.
The Adayar Coperative Society under the presidentship of Shri Balaji Singh, acquired a Corporation land for construction of a temple in exchange of surplus land with corporation hospital.
Then remained the stupendous task of construction of the temple. This was duly carried out by [late] Shri P.Sankaranarayanan, a retired police officer and nephew of Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh in 1974 and the idol was installed in the newly constructed premises.
Sri Sankaracharya Swamigal of Sakatapuram, presided over the spiritual association formed for the temple. The first President was former District Judge of Cochin, Shri. C.V. Narayana Iyer, and Shri Jayaraman planted the Aswatha Sapling in 1978 in the place where the idol was originally installed.
The second Kumbabishekam of the temple was held in 1991. Then , in 2005, the temple was renovated and Kumbabhishekam was conducted.
Another of his Noble Act to society is....
Shri Jayaraman collects unknown, unclaimed bodies from the streets, old age homes, hearsay, or from other places and performs their last rites. He has been doing this for the past so many, many years. To this date, such incidents are countless to his credit.
Being an ardent devotee of Paramachariar, Shri Jayaraman has to a great extent been influenced by the acts and teachings of the Great Sageof Kanchi.
Shri Jayaraman served as a volunteer in Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore. He also took part in the centenary celebrations of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa in 1936, Sri Saradevi in 1953, and Sri Swamy Vivekananda in 1964. Being an ardent follower of Sri Ramana Maharishi, he was of course very fortunate to have been closely associated with Shri Ramana Maharishi for some time.
Shri Jayaraman collects unknown, unclaimed bodies from the streets, old age homes, hearsay, or from other places and performs their last rites. He has been doing this for the past so many, many years. To this date, such incidents are countless to his credit.
In fact, all of those people[bodies] are strangers to him. They are unclaimed bodies with no one to give them a last farewell.
He takes all such unknown bodies to the cemetery, and gives them a decent burial. They are buried because the names or religion of the dead are unknown. If the deceased are Hindu and from an old age home, he gives them a proper cremation according to Hindu rites. He feels calm and blissful, with a sense of happiness and satisfaction of having bidden farewell with dignity to some unknown souls.
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| Paramachariar |
"He is of the opinion that a dead man should be given a decent farewell irrespective of the caste or religion the person belongs to. When the atma [soul] leaves the body, it should be given a proper farewell. This is the belief of all Hindus."
He has been blessed by the Paramacharya on his expressing his desire to continue to cremate the abandoned bodies and has asked him to continue with this good service to mankind as long as he is able to do this good deed. What a wonderful social worker he is!
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| In the Sri OmKarananda Janananodya Alayam, Chennai |
He is the founder member of Sri Vaishnavi Shrine, Thirumullaivoyal, Ambattur, Chennai, Sri Karpagavinayagar Temple, Raja Annamalaipuram and Sri Om Karananda Janananodya Alayam, Kodambakkam and Sri Ayyappa Temple, Raja Annamalipuram. He has performed "Anna Dhannams" in many of these ashrams and is rendering yoeman service.
He played a key role in the development of Venkatarathnam Nagar since 1968 with good roads, water supply and a large playround. He stands a fitting living example of a social worker to be emulated by one and all.
He is a peerless leader who has a remarkable ability to inspire people to work together”. He is a highly motivated person and an incurable optimist with undying and unquenchable optimism. His watchword is ‘never say die’ and lives so”. Shri Jayaraman's optimism Is Infectious” “He is an Outstanding Achiever”.' I would say that he is a walking example of positive thinking", which is ofcourse an inspiration for one and all who come in contact with this great humanitarian.
A man with a great sense of responsibility towards his people, he is always filled to the brim with initiative and dedication. Shri Jayaraman is innovative and charitable and his purpose in life is to make a difference with his self-less humanitarian gesture.
He has received numerous significant awards for his outstanding social services to mankind. He was recently awarded the " Seva Ratna Award " for his exemplary voluntary service activities.
According to me " He is a Living God to one and all" . The enormous success of his social services is probably due to his single minded determination and unswerving focus. He always says that "We are all human beings and I believe that we should live in dignity".
Many News papers have honoured him as outstanding Social Worker of the century and described him as a legend.
Incidentally he happens to be my very fond Uncle[Chithappa] and am really proud and fortunate to have such a person in our family who can emancipate and bring forth so much compassion for extending his help to the needy - be it for the rich or poor, however and whatever the condition or situatiion may be.
Jawaharlal Nehru said, ‘success often comes to people who dare and act; it seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences’. Shri Jayaraman is one such individual who dared to make a difference to the needy thorugh his love and affection in offering his support and help to the people”.
“He has the ability to bring out the Gandhi in every one” through his voluntary services. According to him, one can reach to the masses with his or her social services with the saying ...Think Globally, Act Locally and Do Domestically. He reaches out to the poor, the needy, the fortunate and the unfortunate and aslo to the previleged and the under-preveliged too.
“Many call him a Visionary. “ For all those of who have come in contact with him, regard him a motivator. He has proved that motivation can move mountains and people too. He is always pregnant with ideas” on how to extend his services to mankind. He is of course a role model for all communities now, be it all volunteers including Auto drivers, Clerks and slum dwellers and also to those belonging to all age groups and social strata.
With the necesary support, guidance and recognition from all walks of life, Shri C V Jayaraman's Social Service Yatra is bound to continue for many more years to come.
People desiring to get to know of this great , big-hearted, Self-less Social Worker , may get in touch with him.
He may be contacted at:
"SevaRatna" Shri C.V. Jayaraman,
New No78, Old No.48, Venkatratnam Nagar,
Adayar, Chennai 600 020.
TamilNadu. India.
Phone: 044 - 24415871
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