Venkatarama Iyengar, Kasturi Iyengar and Ranga Iyengar, three residents of the village of Kariamanikam, Lalgudi taluk, Tiruchirappalli district, of pious nature with enterprising spirit, conceived the idea of establishing a feeding charity years ago. The famous shrine of Sri Prasanna Venkatachalapathiswami at Gunaseelam village was only one and half miles away from their village. The sanctity of the shrine is so high and the devotion of its worshippers from far and near is so great that large concourse of pilgrims resort to it in all seasons of the year, particularly during the Brahmotsavam festival in the month of Purattasi. These pious individuals collected subscriptions and donations from the people in the locality, added their own contributions to the collected fund and began to feed Brahmins who came to Gunaseelam during the annual festival. Besides this feeding at Gunaseelam they also fed Brahmins at a Vanabhojanam in Kariamanikam village itself in the month of Kartikai. In course of time these feeding charities became popular and a large number of Brahmins were fed and considerable amounts were recived as contributions from benevolent people interested in such