Kugelberg particularly began believing in the Bible's verses regarding the blind being healed by Jesus Christ. Convinced of the mission, he opened a school for the blind in Tirupattur in the year 1929. Kugelberg not only performed surgery but taught the patients braille, music theory, and musical instruments. The blind were also trained in dancing, basket making, and handicrafts, which were then exported for profit. Kugelberg valued such economic incentivisation and the lasting effects it would have for the sustainability of the people.
