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Art and cultural practice help communities preserve identity, tradition, and shared memory across generations.
Who we are.
When traditional art forms slip from active practice,they gradually lose opportunities for practice, teaching, and continuity, they stop being lived, stop being taught,making it harder for future generations to remain connected to them. When the temples that hold a neighbourhood together fall into disrepair,the impact extends beyond the physical structure itself; it is loss of gathering space, of ritual continuity, of the shared spaces and traditions that strengthen community life.
Our work in arts and culture sits in both of these spaces. We support individual artists working in traditional forms, helping traditional practices remain active and sustainable over time. We restore the temples and gathering places that anchor older neighbourhoods. Not as monuments, but as places still in use, still alive, still part of daily community life.
Lotus Feet is the foundation’s support for individual artists, practitioners
working in traditional and classical art forms. The programme provides
funding, resources, and platforms for these artists to perform, exhibit,
and continue their practice.
Lotus Feet is the foundation’s support for individual artists, practitioners
working in traditional and classical art forms. The programme provides
funding, resources, and platforms for these artists to perform, exhibit,
and continue their practice.
Lotus Feet is the foundation’s support for individual artists, practitioners
working in traditional and classical art forms. The programme provides
funding, resources, and platforms for these artists to perform, exhibit,
and continue their practice.
Temples across older neighbourhoods in Hyderabad continue to play an important role in community life as spaces for ritual, connection, and the visible continuity of a place.
Many of these temples were built generations ago and have served their communities continuously. But like any building, they require regular maintenance, repair, and care. In many cases, that care has fallen away.
The SRESHTH Foundation works to restore these temples as living community spaces, places that remain active, cared for, and connected to the neighbourhoods they have served for generations.
The SRESHTH Foundation has worked across four temples in Hyderabad:
Each temple is supported by a community committee or local caretakers who understand its history, needs, and role in the neighbourhood.
The Foundation works in coordination with these existing community teams, supporting restoration while respecting those who have cared for the temple over the years.
Our commitment extends beyond physical restoration through continued involvement after the restoration, supporting the temple as an active part of neighbourhood life.
Restoration is not the end of the work, it is a point in an ongoing presence.
