Speaker 1  00:00
Yeah, so I'm just recording it Sure. What is the, what is the idea behind doing this?

Speaker 2  00:08
So at the end of the day, all our priests are staff, right? And then they do need an outlet to to let loose, to to enjoy themselves. And I thought this, this opportunity is that's why we sort of created this opportunity for them, right? And

Unknown Speaker  00:26
it was a case where we wanted them to

Speaker 2  00:30
also get outdoors, get out of their usual space, and do something totally different. So you, so you instead of seeing them right in front of temples, you now seeing them in the field, in their own selves, in their personal selves, and enjoying the game. So it's really to break away from the routine and have that joy at the end of the day. They are away from their families, and these common experiences that they've had in the past, I'm sure, bring back good memories for them. So that's largely why we're doing this. So why did

Unknown Speaker  00:59
you select cricket?

Speaker 2  01:02
Oh, it was a consensus. It was we asked, we asked, what would be good for them. And it was a consensus that Cricket was we all game for it. All game for it. It was a grown up initiative in many ways.

Speaker 3  01:13
So did you support them with like training?

Speaker 2  01:17
Yes, yes, yes. So we fully equipped them, and we gave them their tires and allowed them for to have some branding within the temples. So that is a nice, healthy competition going. On top of that, I think, training wise, they've been sneaking out for training quite often, actually, on their own, and we've of course, facilitated it. Yes, yes, yes. And

Speaker 3  01:41
so will they be getting any like prize money? Yeah, so we've

Speaker 2  01:46
so we've prepared prizes in the form of medals and trophies and stuff like that. Of course, there's simple tokens as well, right? Just to encourage them, I think what's more important is the opportunity to come together across temples, amongst their friends, and to share this moment,

Speaker 1  02:04
and you plan to make this like a continuous thing every year,

Speaker 2  02:10
so they are yes, yes. So this is a start, and I think based on the enthusiasm that they've shown, clearly this is something that we can do more often. It may take a different form as we go along, but yes, definitely we want to do something like this and continue the effort. And we, I mean, it will be great if other temples also pick this up and do something along the lines for their staff as well. And I'm sure a lot are already doing it to be fair. Yeah. So these are

Unknown Speaker  02:37
the four HB temples. Basically,

Unknown Speaker  02:40
yes, I mean, this

Speaker 2  02:43
is the start. Is the first event, so let's see how it plays out. I'm more than happy to have more people coming in. Yes, yes.

Unknown Speaker  02:50
Sure. Anything else you want

Speaker 2  02:53
to add or say, I think that's what else you think I should Is there any other angle you

Unknown Speaker  02:57
want to cover cricket coming together?

Speaker 2  03:02
Yeah. I think, essentially, the message is that we need to take care of our foreign staff, especially because they are away from their families, and the more opportunities we create for them, the better. Right. I think that's that's a key thing. Yeah. Okay, thank you.


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