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For
ages, Dharmasthala has been supporting community initiatives through
matching grant support. A focused programme to create and develop rural
assets was taken up in 1990, entitled "The Community
Development Project", a wing of the SKDRDP, was launched to
assist the community efforts for creation of community infrastructure.
Today, the project covers the whole state under this programme emphasizing
mainly on education, rural infrastructure, and improvement of
crematoriums.
The Hindu Rudrabhoomi Project (Crematorium) is one such initiative.
This unique programme has been evolved with in an effort to make the last
journey of all the human beings in a dignified way. The programme
supports the local community in renovating the existing crematoriums with
latest body burning chambers made up of silicon. As against the
conventional firewood requirement of 800 Kgs, to burn a human body, the silicon
chambers will do with as little as 250 Kgs. The project also helps the
community in developing the required infrastructure in the crematoriums
like water, bathrooms, shelter for the burning chamber, a forestation of
the premises, fencing etc. The project besides providing the engineering
support, also meets financial requirements of up to Rs. 100,000/-
Aid in upgradation, repair and construction of improved crematoriums in
villages, towns and cities but with the local initiatives and financial
involvement re provided. In the year 2004, thirteen crematoriums have
received assistance and 277 since inception. So far Rs. 13.36 crores as
financial assistance has been paid out by the project.
Hindu Rudrabhoomi Committee at Belluru , Karnadu, Mulky, Mangalore: The
people of Belluru
Village decided to
construct a crematorium in their village and formed a committee for the
same. They approached SKDRDP for assistance. The total cost of the
project was Rs. 7.50 lakhs which included the construction of burning
shed, silicon chamber, a small "Gudi (prayer hall)' for Lord Shiva,
a room for stocking wood, leveling of ground, water facility, and
plantation and so on.
The construction work of Rudrabhoomi was finished within scheduled time,
for which SKDRDP specially honored the committee by giving an additional
grant of Rs. 10,000/- besides the Rs. 100,000/- support.
