ALMSGIVING OR SERVICES BY THE INDIAN NGO’s OF PORT DICKSON BASED ON SARIYAI IN PERIYA PURANAM
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Sekzhilar’s 12th great myth of Periya Puranam presented and still presenting the nobility of 63 Nayanmars to the world. Services refers to an act of aid or help that one voluntarily makes to others. Besides, ‘Thiruthondu’ simply means a meritorious services performed to a deity and his followers. Thus, the great myth explains Nayanmars’ nobility services to the deity and also being the basis of or for service ethics called sariyai. So, this paper was aimed to point out that the Indian NGO’s in Port Dickson follows the footpath of the Nayanmars in Periya Puranam in order to perform the religious and society oriented services in today’s scenario based on sariyai.
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