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From 5 star hotel chef to feeding the hungry off the street, now in his 9th year.
The Akshaya Trust Website
with its mission: Committed care for helpless, forsaken, mentally ill, old, sick, roadside destitute living and dying in the streets of Madurai – by providing healthy food, love and opportunity to rehabilitate and restore human dignity.
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Krishnan said the name Akshaya is Sanskrit for “un-decaying” or “imperishable,” and was chosen “to signify that human compassion should never decay or perish. … The spirit of helping others must prevail for ever.”
He seeks out the homeless under bridges and in the nooks and crannies between the city’s temples. The hot meals he delivers are simple, tasty vegetarian fare he personally prepares, packs and often hand-feeds to nearly 400 clients each day.

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