Tamil Nadu’s Idli Amma will soon have her own house, thanks to Anand Mahindra. Viral story

In a new post on Friday, Anand Mahindra revealed that Tamil Nadu’s Idli Amma will soon “have her own house cum workspace from where she will cook and sell idlis.”

Two years ago, an elderly woman named Kamalathal, known for cooking and selling idlis for just Re 1 each in Tamil Nadu, went viral after Anand Mahindra shared her video on Twitter. An LPG connection was issued to Kamalathal also after Anand Mahindra’s tweet in 2019. In a new post on Friday, the Mahindra Group Chairman revealed that she will soon “have her own house cum workspace from where she will cook and sell idlis.” to the @MahindraRise team for understanding from Kamalathal how we can ‘invest’ in her business. She said her priority was a new home/workspace. Grateful to the Registration Office at Thondamuthur for helping us achieve our 1st milestone by speedily registering the land (2/3) pic.twitter.com/F6qKdHHD4w The Mahindra @life_spaces team will soon start the construction as per Kamalathal’s requirement. Once again thanks to BharatGas Coimbatore for providing her a continued supply of LPG. (3/3) pic.twitter.com/NO6YtWr9b5 Thanks for being messaih of poor's sir Anand Mahindra... " " Anand sir your really a great human being. Your great sir god bless you and your family sir It's because of humans like you and businesses like yours, we are where we are today and the sky is limit for us ...And yes, because of people like you, umeed hai aur umeed pe duniya kayam hai! Congratulations to idlli Amma This is superb. Thank you Bharat Gas Coimbatore for giving this gift of health to Kamalathal.As I have already stated, I am happy to support her continuing costs of using LPG...And thank you @dpradhanbjp for your concern and thoughtfulness https://t.co/tpHEDxA0R3 Also known as ‘Idli Amma,’ Kamalathal lives in Vadivelampalayam, a village near Peru in Tamil Nadu, and has been selling idlis with sambhar and chutney for around 37 years. Her story had gone viral in 2019 after Anand Mahindra shared her video and said that he will be "happy to 'invest' in her business & buy her an LPG fuelled stove." On Friday, Anand Mahindra posted Kamalathal’s video again and said, “Only rarely does one get to play a small part in someone’s inspiring story, and I would like to thank Kamalathal, better known as Idli Amma, for letting us play a small part in hers. She will soon have her own house cum workspace from where she will cook & sell idlis.”