Chandrahas who served meals for Rs 10 dies after four decades of service

Mangalore, Jun 20: Chandrahas Devadiga, who turned hotel business into service and provided meals for Rs 10 and Rs 5 in Mangalore, is no more.

The hero of poor and starving people breathed his last after a massive heart attack on Thursday morning at the age of 58.

Hundreds of people and students are mourning in front of his hotel near Mahalasa Narayani Temple in Padavinangady in Mangalore, where he used to serve sumptuous vegetarian meals for a meager amount for last four decades.

Chandrahas, who believed in the philosophy of earning for need not for greed, used to say that by providing meals at lower rate he had earned enough decent living. For students he used to provide meals for Rs 5.

“I do not want to amass more money, neither do I want to commercialize my venture. I have earned enough of blessing from the poor for whom entering a hotel is a scary venture. The prices are fixed by me according to my expenses and the main aim of this kind of pricing is to keep my hotel open even for the poorest of the poor,” Chandrahas had told Coastaldigest.com a year ago.

Interestingly, he was also an activist of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, and sometimes he used to conduct rituals like Raksha Bandhan and Guru Vandane at his residence.

He is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.

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