Sri  Mahalakshmi  Sharada  Educational  Trust

Sri A.N. Gangadhara Shastry thought of doing something good to society for the remembrance of his mother Smt. Mahalakshmamma and her inspiring personality. The lone asset he had was a house and some space associated with it. He decided to utilize the part of his asset to nourish blind and poor orphan children with food, shelter, clothes and education. He then founded Sri Mahalakshmi Sharada Educational Trust.

A Temple to Sri Siddhi Vinayaka

In 1982 the temple was constructed to Sri Siddhi Vinayaka within the premises of Sri Gangadhara Shastry's house. Even though in small scale, the work started and the trust gained its shape.

To create the awareness of moral and life values to the children of the current generation the trust began to teach "Vishnu Sahasranama", "Bhajans", "Sthotras" to children during morning hours in the temple.

Birth of Sri Vidhya Ganapathi Prakashana

The above mentioned welfare activities caught the attention of people around. Many got attracted towards Dharmic events held at temple. Their interest in these Dharmic events made them to search for books which could give them knowledge and comprehensive insight of Shlokas, Bhajans and Puranas.

Many of the books that were available in the market had spelling grammar and language mistakes. Devotees expressed their idea of publishing books from temple itself. As an approach to fulfill their desire, "Sri Vishnu Sahasranama" was published in 1991 and it became very famous. The overwhelming response towards this first publication showed a great need of such books at affordable prices for the general public.

To cater the needs of these kind of books, the Trust and Temple committee decided to start a pubilcation wing and publish the books under the banner "Sri Vidhya Ganapathi Prakashana".