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Udavum Karangal
Verified · checked 13 September 2026
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- Headquarters
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Founded
- 1983
- Registration type
- Registered society
- Registered
- 1983
- Reach
- 1 state
What they do
Udavum Karangal ('Helping Hands') is a Chennai-based social service organisation founded in 1983 by Pappa Vidyaakar after he took in an abandoned infant. It provides residential care, education and rehabilitation for abandoned and orphaned children, destitute elderly people, and people with mental illness or disability, and runs an associated hospital and community college. It is registered as a society under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act and is based in Arumbakkam, Chennai, with a further centre in Coimbatore.
ChildrenElderly careDisabilityMental health
Where they work
Tamil Nadu: Chennai, Coimbatore
People
- Pappa VidyaakarFounder
Links
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