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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