An island of hope

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. . . . . Some of the fisherfolk had come to attend a congregation at which the saint from Kerala, Mata Amritanandamayi, handed over the keys of 400 houses her trust had built for the fishermen of Keelapattinamcherry village.

In a symbolic gesture, she gave 10 keys to chief minister M. Karunanidhi, who presided over the function.

The 324-sq ft houses cost Rs 1.80 lakh each. The trust has pledged to build about 6,200 of them for tsunami victims in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and the Andaman and Nicobar islands, earmarking 650 for Nagapattinam.
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5 Feb 2007, Nagapattanam

M R Venkitesh, The Telgraph

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070206/asp/nation/story_7355372.asp