The family members of Mr Jayachandra Naidu, an agriculturist from Govardhanagiri village in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh planned to build a new house at a cost of around 15 lakhs.  But Mr Naidu preferred to renovate the existing house at a cost of Rs. one or two lakhs and set apart the remaining amount to build his village and to implement his 'three aspirations'. 

Mr Naidu's three aspirations are:

1.  Remove caste identification from the hamlets of Dalits and solemnise with new names
2.  To ensure vedic flow into the houses of Dalits, and
3.  To provide a common cremation ground for all people.
 

Mr Naidu created a trust with an initial amount of Rs. one million, being the money set apart for building a new house.  With this money, he has provided a lot of schemes to offer   assistance like health insurance, money at the time of distress, provide quality seeds at a nominal cost, provide margin  money to poor people to avail the house grant from the Government, planting of fruit bearing trees in the name of villagers, etc.  The trust will be managed by the villagers themsleves.
 

During the first week of November 06, he launched  the Trust which would benefit around three thousand people of his village.  He also solemnised four Dalit colonies with new names to avoid  the residents being identified with some caste name.  This programme was attended by the representatives of all political parties, and Government officials, including the District Collector.

Mr Sharma, Secretary General of All India Brahmin Federation and some of the Brahmin priests performed religious ceremonies inside the house of Dalits, to demonstrate the communal harmony.  Mr  Naidu offered  his family property of 3 acres as a common cremation ground, to be used by all irrespective of their caste and community.

Mr Naidu says that he has just initiated the movement with the support of local people, to bring 'self esteem' amongst the Dalits.   He would like to ensure that this message spreads along the country.   His journey of creating public awareness will continue from his village to his District and then to Andhra Pradesh and finally to the entire Nation.

Mr Jayachandra Naidu may be reached at chekry2000@gmail.com

Please listen to his exclusive and inspiring podcast interview on his aspirations and how he  manages to achieve his aspirations.  Please click 'play' button, to listen to the interview through streaming audio (20 m 58 sec). After listening, please give your comments (link given below)
 

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