God willing, if the disease does not eat away the remainder of my fingers, I am eager to carve out many such pieces." Noticing my interest, Veerachari said in a low tone, "I have travelled thus far. What a superb workmanship! What great skills God had endowed him with! As I keenly watched the Lord on wood, I forgot myself. A carving depicting Lord Srinivasaa was one of them. He ran into his room and fetched four or five beautiful pieces, which he carved after the disease had struck him. He was supremely happy that I showed interest in his work. "Have you stopped carving pictures?", I asked him unable to restrain my curiosity as I saw his fingers. I was sad to notice that leprosy was slowly consuming and eclipsing a talented craftsman. On introduction, Veerachari, a benign man of few words, saluted me and stood aside. The TTD doctors had treated him to the best of their abilities and could do no better. But, the disease, had already eaten away his fingertips that carved masterpieces. Narayana, who spotted the artist in Veerachari, took the initiative and started the treatment and later sent him to the Tirupati TTD Leprosy Eradication Centre.Īfter four years of treatment, the doctors could prevent leprosy from spreading to other parts of his body. He cried uncontrollably for days and nights over the social boycott and prayed to the Lord. The moment he was branded as a leprosy patient, all the villagers began to keep a distance from him.
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Fearing that it could be a skin disease, he consulted doctors in the city. The white patches on his fingers and nose began to grow in size. Gradually, they spread to his entire body. One day he noticed some white patches here and there on his body.
By his teens, he had earned recognition as an expert craftsman. Veerachari used to turn out masterpieces even as a child. His family, belonging to Bomanahalli near Bellary, was adept at carving pictures on wooden planks, their traditional occupation. As he introduced me to a young man called Veerachari, I felt like knowing more about him. Bhaskara Rao, the Centre's in- charge, introduced the leprosy patients one by one to me.
It was reminiscent of an event I had witnessed a few months earlier.Ī few months after I had taken over as TTD Executive Officer in 1978, I visited the TTD Leprosy Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre. What an ecstasy she experienced! Her face, radiant with continuous practice of devotional music, seemed to mirror her deep and unflagging belief that "Perumal alone will liberate" her.
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