INDIA: Temple Trust to start old age home in Varanasi

. VARANASI, Uttar Pradesh / The Times of India / August 18, 2009 The Kashi Annapurna Anna Kshetra Trust is to start an old age home for helpless and destitute at Mishir Pokhara, on the occasion of Vijaya Dashmi on September 28. Talking to reporters on Tuesday, the Mahant of Annapurna Temple, Rameshwar Puri said that elderly would get all the facilities like lodging, fooding, healthcare free of cost for whole life. Puri said that initially the arrangements would be done to accommodate 21 old age persons for which the registration process has already been started. [rc] Copyright © 2009 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.