R Rajkumar, a social activist from Semmedu, approached his friends with a plan to arrange food for the monkeys, TOI has reported.

Coimbatore: A group of residents of Semmedu village near Velliangiri hills have come forward for a noble cause of feeding hungry monkeys at the Andavar temple in Poondi near the city.

Around 1,000 monkeys live around the temple, which is situated close to the forest. When the temple was open, devotees and visitors usually gave food and fruits to the monkeys. After the temple was closed for devotees due to the 21-day lockdown, there was nobody left to bring food for the monkeys.

Considering this situation, R Rajkumar, a social activist from Semmedu, approached his friends with a plan to arrange food for the monkeys.

“We heard that the monkeys were starving, so we decided to feed them. We made tomato rice and bought several packets of biscuits and fed them to the monkeys,” he said.

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