Software professionals take up cleaning of temples

Chennai: After six days of working on the keyboard in air-conditioned glass-and-chrome buildings, a handful of software professionals rolled up their sleeves on Sundays to clean temples located near the city.

These IT firms employees have joined heritage experts, conservationists and archaeologists of the Rural Education and Conservation of Heritage Foundation to volunteer in identifying old temples, removing weeds and overgrown vegetation and protecting the structures.



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