In the last 40 years, villages in Tanjavur district have lost a lot of talent, with abandoned houses and temples in so many places. It is time to go back. We are doing our part - we have an office and we are building a campus near Kumbakonam. We are also funding Yali Aerospace, a drone startup in Tanjavur town. A lot more has to happen.
Driving through Papanasam, Neduntheru, Ayyampettai stretch and seeing no locals for temples like Appakudathaan, Anbil to take care of the temples, we have to realize that it was our immediate previous gen and grandfathers who made the mistake of leaving our ancestral villages.
No point blaming others for what we did to ourselves, our temples and our sampradayams. Rushing to Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi Mumbai and abroad for white collar jobs abandoning our temples. It is on us.