[7] Giri is located on a hill in a village of Keezhumadu, near Thottumugham, about 5 km from Aluva, an industrial town in central Kerala.

This hill has close association with the saint and social reformer, Sree Narayana Guru, and his follower, Sahodaran Ayyappan.

At that time Thottummugham was a backward area inhabited by the weakest sections living in poverty and misery.

The children had to be catalyst for social change and reformation, giving the poorest in society a sense of dignity and hope of betterment.

Although not directly related to the Nursery School, a balanced and nutritious meal is given to pregnant women, nursing mothers and children below 3 years.

This programme, which is funded by the Kerala State Social Welfare Board, has been of a great benefit to women and children of this still relatively poor area.

The idea of starting an orphanage took when a two-year-old boy was brought to Sahodharan Ayyappan with sore covering his body.

Sahodaran Ayyappan named the boy Jawahar and wished that he too could become the Prime Minister of India, believing that someone who had undergone such trauma in childhood would be motivated to use the machinery of State of good.

They have successfully created the atmosphere of a family where children feel secure and go through all the usual childhood experience of pranks, fights, sulks and reconciliation.