Where old age is a blessing, not a burden.
Why are you here?
Choose what speaks to you — each path tells its own story.
His children are alive. He lives here.
He raised a family. Paid for their studies, their weddings. Built a house with his own name on the door. Then one day, he was no longer wanted.
He is one of 51 elders who live at Vanaprastam today. Since 2012, more than 500 such elders have found a home here, when no one else would take them in.
See the home we’re building.
Cared for today in a cramped rented house with no room for more, the elders will move into a purpose-built home on land the founder bought himself. Estimated at about Rs 5 crore — construction plus furnishing, medical equipment, an ambulance and landscaping. Press play for a tour over the new building.
A glimpse of the home we're building
Cinematic impressions of the planned facilities, drawn from the building design.
Ways to give
Their stories
Found, and brought home
Rescued from a roadside, frail and unwell, and slowly nursed back to strength and dignity. (Sample — real stories to be added.)
A first flight at 70
Many residents experience joys their own years never allowed — a temple trip, a festival, a first flight. (Sample.)
Family to the very end
When an elder's time comes, the home stays their family to the last — caring for them and giving a dignified farewell. 463 elders cared for to the end. (Sample story — real stories to be added.)
Fourteen years of care, in pictures
