Raja Narsa Goud

Raja Narsa Goud (1866-1948) was a philanthropist known for his significant contributions to charities, especially those caring for people with leprosy.

He financed the construction of temples, mosques and dargahs, and facilities for the poor and for Brahmins in Kotagalli and Kanteshwar in Nizamabad.

[1] Goud paid for the construction of the first water tank in Nizamabad and for further plumbing works with Cheelam Janakibai, head of Sirnapalli.

In Dichpalle, Goud donated 30 acres of land, and supported Isabel Kerr and her husband to apply for funding from Mir Osman Ali Khan, to establish a leprosy centre.

Goud accepted the title of Raja, bestowed by Mir Osman Ali Khan.

Raja Narsa Goud is fifth from the right.
Sepia-toned photograph showing a room in a hospital with two seated patients being seen by medics.
Medics treating leprosy patients in one of the hospital wards of the leprosy hospital that Narsa Goud helped to found.