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CHENNAI, INDIA, April 29, 2005: Necessity is the mother of invention. A common cliched adage used by all; but it comes handy to report on the feet wash system introduced by officials of Sri Parthasarathy Swami Temple in Triplicane on the lines of the same facility at Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam. This feet wash system was launched this morning at the temple by T. Pitchandi, Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) board in connection with the ongoing Brahmotsavam festival of the temple. It is basically a section of hallway with water flowing through it into which the devotees must step as they approach. At Tirupati, the devotees can cleanse themselves before they enter the temple near the door of the sanctum sanctorum of the presiding deity Lord Parthasarathy. The water used for the feet wash system will be fetched from the temple borewell and collected in a separate over head tank with a capacity of 1,600 liters said P. Raja, joint commissioner, HR&CE board. The water will be purified, recycled and reused for the same purpose, aiming at little wastage of water to maintain the sanctum sanctorum clean. The temple was already crowded with the devotees who had assembled for the temple car festival on the seventh day of the Brahmotsavam.

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