Tamil Nadu: Idli Amma Gifted With A Dream Home On Mother’s Day
May 10: Idli Amma of Tamil Nadu, she’s not just a kind-hearted woman but an institution on her own. In spite of her limited resources she has never compromised with her commitment towards the poor and the unprivileged, serving them with fresh, healthy and home cooked-food. Industrialist and Philanthropist Anand Mahindra has fulfilled his promise by gifting K. Kamalthal aka ‘Idli Patti’ with the new house on International Mother’s Day(May 8).
Mahindra shared a tweet back in April, 2021 where he indicated that Idli Amma will soon have her own house to serve people her famous home-cooked food.
Immense gratitude to our team for completing the construction of the house in time to gift it to Idli Amma on #MothersDay She’s the embodiment of a Mother’s virtues: nurturing, caring & selfless. A privilege to be able to support her & her work. Happy Mother’s Day to you all! pic.twitter.com/LgfR2UIfnm
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) May 8, 2022
Her story went viral back in 2019 and Mahindra extended his support and wrote that he would be happy to ‘invest’ in K. Kamalthal aka ‘Idli Patti’ of Coimbatore’s business.
Mahindra group had promised to build a home for her when story of her selling idlis at only Rs. 1 even during the Covid -19 crisis.
The Mahindra Group has reportedly bought 1.75 cents of land at Vadivelampalayam in April 2021 and commenced construction in February 2022. The group has handed over a 300 square feet house with a single bath attached bedroom, a living room, and a dining hall at Vadivelampalayam in the outskirts of Coimbatore on Mothers Day to the octogenarian.The company had registered the land in Kamalthal’s name.
Netizens lauded the industrialist for his philanthropic work.
