Questionnaire
In deference of the mission of this site, we do collect details of Septuagenarian, octogenarian and even centenarian hailing from or living in Thanjavur district or elsewhere.
If you or your relative or your friend happened to be a native thanjavur district, please record the same and send us the below details to our mail id: thanjavurparamparai@gmail.com
Personal Details
Name
Age
Gothram
Veda
Suthram
Spouse Name
Brothers
Sisters
Native Place
Kula Theivam
Occupation
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Daily Routine
Do you read any slokas or perform any poojas or any temple visit?
Details About Your Kids and Foretfathers
Have you inducted your kids to god worship and traditions?
Are they interested in our puranas?
Do they visit temples in the evening?
Do you follow any other form of worship?
Do they do Namaskarams to God befor going to school?
Do they do namaskaram to elders?
Have you named your kids after your father,grand-father?
Are they aware of their forefathers? (HH Sri Periya stressed this point)
Do you speak in mother tongue with your kids? (HH Sri Periya stressed this point)
Any Special incident about your Family?
Current Generation and Next Generation
Do you agree that parenting the present generation boys & girls is full of challenges? If you say “yes” then
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what are the challenges for your sons and daughters to upbringing their kids? And what you suggest to meet those challenges so that kids are brought well within the tenets of our Tradition and culture?
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If any of your son or daughter or both work / reside / settled abroad and how do they meet the challenges in rearing their kids in schools and colleges to make them do follow our tradition and culture
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Are these kids/boys/girls in schools and colleges are taking special interest in learning mother tongue/ Sanskrit/ learning Carnatic music / Indian arts and crafts
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How frequent do the visit motherland/ visiting kuladeivam / native town or villages
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Native Village
Any historic events happened in your village?
Any religious heads or gurus lived in your village?
Have you visited the village recently?
How often you visit your village?
Are there temples there?
If they(temples) are not well maintain, did you take any steps to restore?
HH Sri periyava's Advice : it is our duty -ask ur kids to send money for this taskHH Sri Periyava's Vision on this : Once in a year all family members must gather there
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Festivals
Do your family follows varalakshmi pooja?
Any other special pooja(peculiar) to you family?
You and your family's connection with sri matam
Any Specal Dhaanam?
Any experience with mahaperiyava, present acharyas?
Your View PointYour message to the present day generation.
What is your suggestion to preserve our culture?
Any other information you wish to share?