Annadanam
The website, annadhanamspots.in, already has around 2,000 listings, with addresses and directions to help people reach the meal distribution points. Targeted at bachelors and those living in hostels and paying guest accommodations, the community-driven initiative aims to help people find meals during the 11-day festival. When I looked at it, I was surprised that free food distribution is happening at more than 15 places nearby, both during the morning and evening. At around 3.30am, we started building the website and made it live. We did not expect any traction, but got about 10 lakh visits in a day,” said M Vikas Reddy, who built the site with four friends — Lakshman G, Akshay K, Rithish R and Nikhilesh B.
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I feel this is really useful to bachelors like me,” said Vamsi S, a resident of Uppal. Another user, techie Harish Reddy K, said he was also finding the site useful. The developers said they built the website overnight as a fun project. He said they would keep the website active and use it to connect those who want to donate food with those in need.
Hyderabad: Technology is helping people find free meals during the Ganesh festival, with a website listing annadhanam or free meal distribution points at Ganesh pandals across Hyderabad and parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh . Some posts also carry organisers’ phone numbers. Users can search by location or day to find pandals serving free meals near them on a specific date. “I got to know about this site through a friend. “I am checking pandals on my way home from the office. Most of the posts are genuine,” he added. The site is open to all, with users able to post annadhanam details by logging in with their email ID. They can also report a post or indicate their interest in attending a free meal distribution. “Every Ganesh festival, we create a WhatsApp group with friends to keep track of annadhanam programmes in the city. This time, we thought, why not create a website so more people can contribute? Download the TOI App.