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Gandhibhavan: The largest joint family in Asia
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Sun, Jan 31 2021 8:57 IST |
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Thiruvanathapuram, Jan 31 : Gandhibhavan situated on the banks of Kallada river in Pathanapuram, Kollam district of Kerala, can be considered as the largest joint family in Asia with destitute, orphans, cancer patients, HIV patients, TB patients, mentally deranged and terminal ill paraplegics living together in this serene ambience and atmosphere. Presently Gandhibhavan houses around 1,200 people - men, women and children from one year old toddlers to a 100-year-old grandmother.
Punalur Somarajan, the moving force behind this institution which is named after Mahatma Gandhi, was a college teacher and had strived for the love and care of his mother whom he had lost when he was very young. Somarajan while speaking to IANS said, I got this trait of helping others and supporting those under distress from my father, wh