TCVD
What this is
The scheme aims to conduct training classes in Veda, Devaram, and Nalayira Divya Prabantham for divine worship/Poojas. It benefits eligible candidates by providing religious training in Saivaite and Vainavaite temples, and provides an honorarium of ₹1,000/- per month to the instructing pandits.
In detail
The scheme "Training Classes in Veda/Devaram" was launched by the Hindu Religious Institutions and Wakf Department, Union Territory of Puducherry. The scheme offers specialized training classes in Veda, Devaram, and Nalayira Divya Prabantham. These subjects are required for divine worship/Poojas. The classes are conducted in various Saivaite and Vainavaite temples in the Puducherry region to provide instruction to eligible candidates. The instructing pandits (teachers) are provided an honorarium of ₹1,000/- per month. Applications are collected by receiving them from some of the important temples of the Puducherry region.
Who qualifies
- The applicant must be an eligible candidate to receive the training.
- The applicant must be a resident of Puducherry.
- The applicant must know how to read, write, and speak Tamil fluently.
- The applicant must be interested in receiving specialized training classes in Veda, Devaram, and Nalayira Divya Prabantham.
What you get
- Provision of training classes in Veda, Devaram, and Nalayira Divya Prabantham, which are required for divine worship/Poojas.
- Instructing pandits are provided an honorarium of ₹1,000/- per month.
- The honorarium is given once every three months.
- The honorarium is disbursed upon the pandits furnishing attendance particulars of the students who attended the Veda classes.
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Provenance
| schemeName | Training Classes In Veda/Devaram | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | ... | not published at source |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | ... | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |