About Us
Shenbagha Lingeshwarar Temple and Public Charitable Trust
Our Vision & Mission
"Siruthuli Peruvellam" - the tiny droplets make the mighty floods
Our Story - Origin till Present
A trust by name ‘ Sri Shenbagalingeshwarar Temple Private Trust’ was formed in 2020 with the initial focus on religious and spiritual activities only, which was then converted into the present ‘Sri Shenbagha Lingeshwarar Public Charitable Trust’ on 30th November 2022 replacing the old Trust. The new Trust includes charitable activities like providing meals to the needy, enhancing the local Panchayat school, supporting orphanages and homes for the poor and aged people, organising free medical facilities and offering employment-oriented support for the underprivileged students.
The Objectives and Aims of the Trust
To render food, clothing, shelter and all other help to the poor, needy and destitute people, orphans, widows and aged persons. Also to establish, maintain or grant aid to homes for the aged, orphanages or other such establishments engaged in such relief work.
To establish, develop, maintain and grant aid in cash or in kind to hospitals, medical schools, medical colleges, nursing institutions, dispensaries, maternity homes, child welfare centres and/ or such other similar charitable institutions in India for the benefit and use of the general public.
To grant relief and assistance to the needy victims during natural calamities such as famine, earth quake, flood, pestilence, cyclone, etc.. and to give donations and other assistance to institutions, establishments or persons engaged in such relief work.
To maintain and upkeep the Shenbagalingeswarar temple inside the Shenbagam Estates and ensure conduct of daily poojas and other rituals.
Know our Trustees and Associates
Managing Trustee
Dr. Chittatoor Natarajan
The Founder Managing Trustee of Sri Shenbagha Lingeshwarar Public Charitable Trust, Dr. Natarajan,supported by a team of eight like-minded trustees, initiated the Trust to manage overall activities of Sri Shenbagha Lingeshwarar Temple at the Serene Shenbagham Senior Citizens Retirement Home, Madhampatti, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu and constructively share the benefits of this organization with the community.
Dr. Natarajan, an octogenarian philanthropist, has had a distinguished career as a Veterinary Scientist, Postgraduate Teacher and Research Administrator in the Govt of India for over three decades.
Being characteristically spiritual, Dr.Natarajan after his voluntary retirement in 1998, took up focused voluntary services by involving himself with Baba Amte’s Centre for
Leprosy rehabilitation at Chandrapur, Maharashtra and patronised animal welfare and
Rabies control activities, besides functioning as Honorary Professor at Srimad Andawan Arts & Science College at Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu. He continued his philanthropic pursuits even after settling at Coimbatore, Tamilnadu with a key role in establishing a Free Clinical Laboratory at the Vengusapriya Sai Center at Theethipalayam, supporting the free coaching classes and employment of deserving students at Kavi Thunai Public Charitable Trust and a Free Dental Clinic at the Sarada Sewasram in Ulundurpet Tamilnadu, among others.
Honourable Trustees
Dr. P. Krishnamurthy
After his retirement from Government of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Krishnamurthy was associated with Isha Yoga foundation as a full time volunteer and helping the health care projects. He facilitated mobile health clinics in tribal areas and also supported static health clinics in serving people in rural areas. He is also an active member in the Rotary Club of Mettupalayam undertaking various services in and around Mettupalayam. He functions as the Managing Trustee in his family Trust which has supported 150 students till now from Government schools in Karamadai Panchayat Union to undertake college education.
Shyamsunder Viswanathan
Shyamsunder is a Retired Bank Executive living in Serene Shenbagham Senior Citizens’ Home, Madhampatti, Coimbatore. He was actively involved as a Volunteer in teaching Hatha Yoga since 1999 at the Ambika Yoga Kutir branches in Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, US, Canada, Mauritius, Dubai and other places. He has been a regular donor to orphanages in and around Mumbai by providing Annadanam through the Sivaguru Sasta Samaj in Mumbai besides providing Educational support and Sponsorships to large number of children.
Shanta Anantharaman
Shantha Anantharaman, who is living in Serene Shenbagham Senior Citizens’ Home, Madhampatti, Coimbatore has contributed immensely to the spiritual and social services in our Trust. She has played a vital role in streamlining the puja procedures at the Shenbagha Lingeswarar Temple besides supporting the local Panchayat School and Annadanam at Anbalayam - a Home for the Mentally retarded people in Madhampatti.
Padma Padmanabhan
A very quiet, unassuming lady with a deep rooted passion for gardening. A perfectionist who sincerely executes her duties meticulously. Maintains a low profile, nevertheless judiciously performs the responsibilities entrusted to her.
Geetha Gopalakrishnan
Age 72. A teacher by profession with an intuitive desire to help and patronise the needy. Always cheerfully volunteers in every activity in and around her. A dedicated and devoted, sincere socially aware and conscious service provider. Deeply religious and keeps a very low profile despite contributing profusely. Simple, self-effacing humble soul.
Mr P. Viswanathan
Mr. Viswanathan is a soft spoken gentleman, with an inherent tendency to help anyone approaching him with a request. Presently, he is the Honorary Treasurer of our Trust taking care of the accounts and extending voluntary services whenever required. Being an ardent volunteer and devout service oriented devotee at the Isha Yoga Centre he is always available to assist and uplift the needy people.He takes his responsibilities with utmost humility and sincerity. A truly devout and reliable humane gentleman who always holds a low profile with high proficiency.
Prime Associates
Prof. A.Basker and Mrs. Subha Basker
Prof. Basker is a dedicated activist committed to social consciousness and uplifting the underprivileged. Alongside Mrs. Subha Basker, who teaches and counsels underprivileged students, they have provided daily meals for 200 people in Thanjavur for over nine years through ‘Arul Oli Annadhana Arakkattalai.’ They also offer aid during disasters and support orphaned students, street animals, and free education in Mathematics and Chemistry.
Mangayarkarasi
As Major Saaravana Bhavan's wife, she supported less privileged soldiers' families in the Indian Army. Post his relocation, she organized a Nature Club, streamlined waste management, and involved students. She conducted medical camps, educated on hygiene, started a rural primary school, provided meals, visited juvenile prisons, and supplied kits to underprivileged mothers in maternity wards, while supporting poor feeding initiatives.
Mr.Sivaswamy and Mrs.Mahalakshmi Sivaswamy
Mr.Sivaswamy and Mrs.Mahalakshmi Sivaswamy, have established a free education and employment oriented counselling center, called Kalvi Thunai at Pachapalayam, Coimbatore with the noble objective of helping the underprivileged school children from class IV to class XII with free education, enhancing their level of academic comprehension by conducting evening classes and for performing well in employment oriented competitive examinations, besides mentoring graduates and post graduates in career opportunities.
Mr. Vijay Kumar
Managing Trustee of Vengusapriya Saibaba Anandashrama Trust in Theethipalayam, Coimbatore, Vijay Kumar believes religion should serve the downtrodden. For over 20 years, he has provided annadanam for hundreds daily and constructed a grand Sri Saibaba temple. The Trust also runs a Clinical Laboratory offering free tests and medicines worth Rs. 10 lakhs annually. Additionally, they organize medical camps and awareness programs and distribute notebooks to 12,000 village school children yearly.
Mr. Vasudevan and Rajathi Vasudevan
Mr. Vasudevan and Rajathi Vasudevan are ardent devotees of Ayyappa Swamy and arranged Annadanam in various temples for over 20 years. They had a key role in renovating a Ganesha temple in Masakalipalayam and the Shenbagalingeswarar temple at Shenbagham, Madhampatti in Coimbatore. Mr. Vasudevan accompanied Shri. Balarishi Vishwashirashini, a Yogini of Siddhar lineage from Uttarkashi in Himalayas, to United Kingdom and Malaysia and organised Satsangs and Nadhakriya classes.The couple have also mobilized resources on regular basis to help Anbalayam, a home near Madhampatti for the physically challenged children. During the Corona period, they made Siddha medical pills and supplied them to various people both in India and abroad.
Mrs. K. Srikala
Mrs. Srikala, is the Managing Trustee of Sree Anbalayam Charitable Trust which has established a home for mentally retarded people at Kuppanur, near Madhampatti in Coimbatore. Right now there are 52 inmates comprising 22 gents and 30 ladies some of whom are terminally ill with Alzheimer’s disease.. The donations received by the Trust are utilized to organize free medical awareness programs, medical camps, children’s welfare activities and several others.
Dr. Raghavan Rajagopalan
Born on March 19, 1941, Dr. Raghavan was an outstanding Researcher in Pharmaceutical Chemistry with several prestigious professional awards and recognitions. He follows the Sri Vaishnava Sampradayam and was actively involved in establishing the Balaji temple at Chicago, USA. In addition, he is also conversant with the puja vidhis in famous Siva Temples in Tamilnadu. Being proficient in Vedamantras, he has his own compositions in Tamil, Sanskrit and English. Dr. Raghavan has been very generous in helping the needy people and has contributed to the welfare of senior citizens in the Shenbagham Community in many ways. He has been a key person in the establishment and maintenance of Sri Shenbaghalingeswarar Temple at Shenbagham, Madhampatti.
All the trustee members and associates, have excelled in their careers and managed enviable positions in senior administrative capacities as Directors, Managers, Business Executives, Researchers, and Social workers. They have a deep interest in service to the poor and needy and have functioned in Rotary clubs and other service organisations.
About The Temple - Sri Shenbagha Lingeshwarar Temple
The original deity was established as a Lingam in the agricultural field in Shenbagham Estate, Madhampatti. The Lingam was worshipped primarily as a “Kaval Deivam ” by Shri Arumuga Gounder and his family which was later reinstated in a small temple. Many years later the Gounder family handed over the management of the Temple to Dr. C.Natarajan, a permanent resident of Serene Shenbagham where the temple is situated. The activities of the temple picked up momentum with the establishment of a Private Trust known as ‘Sri Shenbaghalingeshwarar Temple Trust’ by Dr.Natarajan which was registered on 16th March 2020 with the main objective of maintaining the religious and spiritual interests of the Siva temple.
Along with the Siva Lingam, the Vigrahas of Sri Ganesha and Kaval Deivam are installed in the Praharam where pujas are conducted twice a day. Additionally, pujas on Pradhosha, Sankatahara Chathurthi, Amavasya, and Ganapathi homam are organised regularly. The celebrations on Maha Shivaratri and Arudra Dharisanam are spectacular. The temple also facilitates spiritual discourses, and audio-visual presentations on occasion.
Important Reports & Documents
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Our Stotras and Chants for Your Wellbeing
Dr. R. Raghavan, one of the Trustees and a resident of Shenbagham – an accomplished Scientist and Sanskrit scholar- has composed several STOTRAS and write-ups on Sri Shenbaghalingeswarar which have been compiled and published by the Trust in the form of a booklet in Tamil, Sanskrit and English with meanings for the reading pleasure of the devotees.