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Cooked, never packaged
Rice, sambar, a vegetable and curd — prepared fresh in our kitchen on the morning it is served, in the quantities a family would cook for itself.
Nuzvid · Andhra Pradesh
No one who comes here should leave hungry.
In the name of Sri Madvirat Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra Swamy, our Samithi cooks and serves meals to devotees, travellers and families in need — freely, and without asking who they are.
Sri Madvirat Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra Swamy
The Swamy in whose name we serve
The seer of the Kalagnanam, worshipped from Kandimallayapalle to the coast. These are his shrines — the great matam, and the small roadside temples that outnumber it.
Annadhana Seva
Feeding another is the oldest form of worship.
Annadhanam asks nothing of the person who receives it — not their name, their caste, nor their circumstances. A plate is set, and it is filled. That is the whole of it.
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Served with dignity
People sit down to eat. Volunteers serve them by hand and return for a second helping. Nobody is made to queue for charity.
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Accounted for, rupee by rupee
The Samithi is a registered society with 12A, 80G, CSR and FCRA approvals. Every contribution enters a bank account, never a hand.
Where the money goes
A donation is not an abstraction. It is rice, and firewood, and someone’s afternoon.
- Provisions — rice, dal, vegetables, oil, tamarind, salt and spices, bought locally in Nuzvid.
- Kitchen and fuel — the vessels, the stove, the gas and firewood that turn provisions into a meal.
- Serving — leaf plates, drinking water, and a clean place to sit and eat.
- Special days — larger annadhanam on Swamy’s jayanthi, aradhana and festival days, when the numbers multiply.
A registered trust, answerable on paper
Faith is what moves us; documentation is what makes us safe to give to. Both matter.
For donors in India
Donations qualify for deduction under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act. The Samithi also holds 12A registration and a CSR registration number, so companies may route CSR funds to it.
For donors abroad
The Samithi is registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 and holds a designated FCRA account at the State Bank of India, New Delhi. Foreign donations must go only to that account.
From the seva
Days at the Samithi
One meal is a small thing to give and a large thing to receive.
Give by UPI or bank transfer, from India or from abroad.