Source: http://www.expressb uzz.com/
BHADRACHALAM, INDIA, November 3, 2009: Almost 60 temples in Bhadrachalam division of Khammam district are all set to have archakas to conduct the daily poojas. It is estimated that more than 80 temples, some more than 100 years old, have been lying unattended, due to a lack of priests to look after them and conduct the daily poojas.
An NGO organization, Seva Bharathi, decided to revive these old temples and give them back their glory. They set out to find interested priests, who would work in these remote villages, some deep inside the forest adjacent to villages. But, they could not find anyone willing to go to these villages and work.
This led them to choose unemployed tribal youths from the villages close to these temples. The only condition needed was that these youth need to have been educated at least up to 5th standard in Telugu medium and be able to read a newspaper. The 40 youth were sent to the vedic school for training at Tirupati in the Sweta Bhavan which is run by the TTD.