MAMBALAM TIMES The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalam www.mambalamtimes.in C M Y K FREE 897th Issue : August 25 - 31, 2012 Vol. 18, No. 13 More than 50 huts were de- stroyed in a fire that broke out in a slum on encroached land on Thomas Road in T. Nagar along Mambalam canal at 12.30 p.m on Aug. 20. As the affected residents demanded alternative accom- modation, Chennai Corpora- Fire destroys 50 huts in slum tion has planned to recom- mence biometric identification in the area. Residents of slums on the banks of Mambalam canal were among the first to oppose the biometric identifi- cation of slum dwellers a few months ago, alleging bogus Continued on page 3
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MAMBALAMTIMES
The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalamwww.mambalamtimes.in
More than 50 huts were de-stroyed in a fire that broke outin a slum on encroached landon Thomas Road in T. Nagaralong Mambalam canal at12.30 p.m on Aug. 20.
As the affected residentsdemanded alternative accom-modation, Chennai Corpora-
Fire destroys 50 huts in slum
tion has planned to recom-mence biometric identificationin the area. Residents of slumson the banks of Mambalamcanal were among the first tooppose the biometric identifi-cation of slum dwellers a fewmonths ago, alleging bogus
Continued on page 3
MAMBALAM TIMES August 25 - 31, 2012Page 2
T. NAGAR BAZAARBy RANDOR GUY
Tamil Cinema and Music - 27
TAMIL CINEMA 75 -A LOOK BACK
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A man of much charm, wit and humour, MaharajapuramViswanatha Iyer faced the wrath of his orthodox, rigidly tradition-bound Brahmin community, especially in his hometown of temples,Kumbakonam, for acting in a movie, particularly with K. B.Sundarambal. But he was one who never batted an eyelid inbreaking rules and taboos and kicking at sacred cows and bulls!
(This writer had the pleasure and privilege of knowing the greatman well in spite of the vast difference in age between them, andenjoyed his love and affection. He had an inexhaustible fund of ‘blue’jokes, risqué anecdotes and tales about men and women of histimes and chimes. Sadly most of them are unprintable even in thispermissive age!)
Kalki described him as ‘ Maharagapuram’ (because he sang allragas so brilliantly) and ‘Sangeetha Bhoop-pathi’. (One of Iyer’stitles was ‘Sangeetha Bhoopathi’ and his penchant for mixing theHindustani raga ‘Bhoop’ with the Carnatic raga ‘Mohanam’ in-spired Kalki to give him the amended title!)
During the making of ‘Nandanar’, the director M. L. Tandon faceda delicate and embarrassing situation. In a scene, the Brahminlandowner Vedhiyar realizes that his low-born farmhand, Nandan(KBS), is indeed a Lord Nataraja-blessed soul. By way of makingamends for the past ill-treatment of his farmhand, he has to fall athis feet in obeisance and apology. Now Iyer was a Brahmin andKBS hailed from a lowborn obscure background. KBS felt upsetand did not want Iyer to fall at her feet. But it was necessary forthe story and there seemed no way out. Though he had never heardof Alfred Hitchcock at that time, Iyer felt like his famous line, ‘It’sonly a movie, Ingrid [Bergman]!’ And he agreed to do the scene. Helooked at KBS as a great fellow musician and the incarnation ofGoddess Saraswathi! Tandon was a happy man when the two fellat each other’s feet by turn!
Regretfully, ‘Nandanar’ failed at the box office. Kalki, in a famousreview in ‘Ananda Vikatan’, tore it to bits and pieces. He wrote thata buffalo which appeared in the movie acted better than everyoneelse!
For some uncomplimentary reasons, the film’s negative wasdestroyed in a mysterious fire. Today there is no trace of thishistoric film except a few stills, a few 78-rpm gramophone recordsof songs by Maharajapuram which are preserved by his descen-dents and some collectors. What remain still are fond but fast-fading memories of old-timers still around after seventy-plus longyears.
(His son Maharajapuram Santhanam told this writer that hisfather invested his income of Rs. 3000 from this movie in thepurchase of a house in Kumbakonam. Over the years, its valuegrew by leaps and bounds and more. “One of the few wise things myfather did in his life!”, Santhanam wisecracked with glee.)
The story of Nandanar, as immortalised by GopalakrishnaBharathi, was filmed thrice, each time with a few Carnatic musicgreats. Of all the silent and talking film versions of the GopalakrishnaBharathiar’s immortal musical ‘Nandan Charitram,’ the mostsuccessful one was the S. S. Vasan-Gemini Studios production of1943, ‘Nandanar’. The well-known classical Carnatic musicianand one of the pillars of the Thamizh Isai Movement, and sometimeTamil movie star, M. M. Dhandapani Desikar, played the lead roleof the ‘Lord Nataraja- devotee’. (All about the colourful DhandapaniDesikar, whom this writer knew well, later in a separate article!)
‘Murugadasa’ (Muthuswami Iyer), one of the pioneers of TamilCinema, directed ‘Nandanar’. He had begun his life as reporter inthe now defunct Madras city eveninger ‘ The Mail’, for which hewrote film reviews. Drawn to the medium of cinema, he gave up hisjob and promoted a short-lived monthly ‘Sound And Shadow’ in theearly 1930s. It was one of the early movie magazines in English inMadras and created much impact in those days.
Fire destroys 50 huts in slumContinued from page 1
entries in the list of beneficia-ries of the resettlement initia-tive.
Though biometric identifica-tion of residents nearMambalam canal was sus-pended, the Corporation hascompleted over 80% of the workin other areas. “We will com-plete the work in 6 weeks,” saidD. Karthikeyan (CorporationCommissioner).
Karthikeyan said that thecivic body has taken measurestowards relief and rehabilita-tion of the residents.
The fire accident occurred inthe limits of Ward 117 of theCorporation where the largestnumber of encroachments onmicro drains has been identi-fied. Of the 1186 beneficiarieswho were part of the old list inthe ward, at least 222 benefi-ciaries have been found to beineligible by the civic body.However, the CorporationCouncil has not taken any de-cision on removing the namesfrom the list of eligible benefi-ciaries.
P. Arumugam (Ward Coun-cillor) said that the residentshad started demanding alter-native accommodation. Tem-porary shelters will be built
soon, he added.The affected families were
given Rs. 5,000 each on Aug.21. However, residents will beable to receive alternative ac-
commodation from the TamilNadu Slum Clearance Boardonly after completion of bio-metric identification. Reportcourtesy The Times of India
By Our Staff ReporterThe number of railings along the pavement of G. N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar in front of Jeeva
Park are missing. One has been used to cover an opening in the stormwater drain nearby.
Railings in front of Jeeva Park missing
By Our Staff ReporterSri Thyaga Brahma Gana
Sabha has organized 3rd
Srijayanthi Music Festivalfrom Sept.1 to 15 in Vani Mahal,G. N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar.
The program will be inaugu-rated by Justice V. Ramasub-ramanian (Madras HighCourt) at 6 p.m on Saturday,Sept. 1. N. Gopalaswamy(Former Chief Election Officer)and Suneeta Reddy (JointManaging Director, ApolloHospitals Enterprises Ltd.)will be present.
The following is the program(programs commence at 7p.m):
Sept.1: Namasankeertha-nam by Papanasam RamaniBhagavathar.
Sept. 2: Namasankeertha-nam by Ravi SwaminathanBhagavathar.
Sept. 6: Namasankeertha-nam by Melarcode SistersRanjani & Madhuvanthi.
Sept. 7: Namasankeertha-nam by Sukvasini Arunacha-lam.
Sept. 8: Prasana Venkata-raman (vocal), H. N. Bhaskar(violin), K. Arun Prakash(mridangam), Nanaganallur S.Swaminathan (ghatam).
Sept. 9: Chinmaya SistersUma & Radhika (vocal), UshaRajagopalan (violin), B. Siva-raman (mridangam), Madi-pakkam A. Murali (ghatam).
Sept. 10: Trichur BrothersSrikrishna Mohan & Ramku-mar Mohan (vocal), V. Sanjeev(violin), Trichur R. Mohan(mridangam), D. V. Venkata-subramaniyam (ghatam).
Sept. 11: Vinaya & Sain-
Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha musicfestival from next Saturdy
dhavi (vocal), K. J. Dileep (vio-lin), Guru Raghavendran(mridangam), Sainath (gha-tam).
Sept. 12: Nisha Rajagopal(vocal), Dr. Hemalatha (vio-lin), Cherthalai R. Anantha-krishnan (mridangam), Chan-drasekara Sharma (ghatam).
Sept. 13: Maharajapuram S.Ganesh Viswanathan (vocal),M. A. Sundareswaran (violin),Thanjavur Kumar (mridan-gam), Papanasam S. Sethura-man (ganjira).
Sept. 14: Amrutha Venka-tesh (vocal), Padma Shankar(violin), R. Sanakaranara-yanan (mridangam), G. Ravi-chandran (ghatam).
Sept. 15: S. Saketharaman(vocal), Akkarai Subhalak-shmi (violin), Mannargudi A.Eswaran (mridangam), Dr. S.
Karthick (ghatam).All are welcome.More details can be had in
phone 2815 2166.
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Madras Day celebrationswere inaugurated in Govern-ment Museum, Egmore on Aug.22.
Apart from historical andanthropological enthusiasts, anumber of school studentswere present.
S. S. Jawahar (Commis-sioner of Museum Theater),said, “The articles on displayhere give a three dimensionaleffect of yesteryears of Ma-dras. Other exhibitions offerphotographs, but we have theactual articles or models ofobjects.”
Apart from a wide variety ofsketches and photographsdocumenting moments of Ma-dras’ history, the exhibition hason display the first radio trans-mitting set, models of gun car-riages, mortar cart, along withunexploded as well as frag-ments of Emden shells used asartillery.
The exhibition was inaugu-rated by D. Jayakumar (As-sembly Speaker) and N. R.Sivapathy (Minister for SchoolEducation, Sports and YouthWelfare). It is open to the pub-lic till the end of the week.
Madras Day celebrations in museum
Imperial measure of volume, known as Bushel, in differentsizes on display. The measure, first introduced by King
Edgar of Winchester city in 10th century AD, was made inEngland in 1824 and used to measure salt, grains and
other dry goods in England.
A typical colonial ‘Coach Cart’.
Young students display their talent during a culturalfestival.
By Our Staff ReporterSri Sathya Sai Samiti, T.
Nagar conducts Sai bhajansevery week in the followingvenues in T. Nagar:
Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N.Chetty Road (near PanagalPark, Vijaya Bank building):
Saturdays, 5 p.m.Ayurvedasramam, 155, G.
N. Chetty Road (near PanagalPark), Mondays, 6 p.m.
50/38, Motilal Street (oppo-site Ranganathan Street),Wednesdays, 6 p.m.
All are welcome.More details can be had from
D. Srinivasa Rao (9840050875) or C. Ramamurthy(94440 54819).
Sai bhajans on 3 days a weekFree Veda classesduring weekends
Free Veda classes are con-ducted from 6.30 a.m to 7.30a.m on Saturdays and Sun-days in Krishna Gana Sabha,Maharajapuram SanthanamSalai, T. Nagar.
More details can be had inphone 98843 05676.
41,000 copies of this edition aredelivered FREE every Saturday!
‘Thirupavithrautsavam’By Our Staff Reporter
‘Thirupavithra utsavam’will be celebrated from Aug. 31to Sept. 3 in Sri Alarmel MangaiSametha Sri PrasannaVenkatesa Perumal Temple(Perumal Koil Street, WestMambalam).
There will be special homam,thirumanjanam and alangaa-ram. All are welcome.
Poornima Health Hospital(44/2, New Boag Road, T.Nagar) will conduct a free acu-puncture treatment camp for‘Headache’ from 9 a.m to 1 p.mon Sunday, Aug. 26
ECG, sugar test for diabetesand blood pressure check willbe done free.
Dr. S. Murugamani (MedicalDirector) will offer consulta-tion and counselling.
More details can be had inphone 98409 74967.
Calling volunteersfor free service inTirumalaBy Our Staff Reporter
Sevas (50, Dharga Road,Rajaji Nagar, Pallavaram)sends volunteers for week-longservice to pilgrims in Tirumalastarting on Sundays and end-ing on Saturdays.
Men and women who arephysically fit and are willing tostay in Tirumala for a week arewelcome to offer their servicesfor 6 hours everyday.
The work will be of supervi-sory nature.
Accommodation, lunch anddinner will be provided free ofcost. They can have specialdarshan of Lord Venkates-wara.
Travelling expense and thecost of breakfast must be borneby the volunteers.
Those interested can con-tact Nalini Ravikumar (18/43,Jubilee Road, West Mamba-lam) in 99621 53644, L. S. V.Mahadevan (98411 76386), P.Sundaram (98417 26695) orD. Gopinath (94442 09751).
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Crackdown on multiple LPG connections
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Even Cassandras would not say that Captain Lakshmi escaped betimes toavoid seeing the quinquennial change of tenancy at the Raisina Hill palaceresort when she called it a day before Pranab’s coronation.
At the age of 26, armed with a medical degree from our good old MMC,she took off to Singapore and then, (what the British government thought wastreason because Macaulay had, while drunk, included that Section in theI.P.C) joined the Indian National Army founded by Nethaji Subhas ChandraBose, to drive the whites into the Bay of Bengal or the Arabian Sea, the thirdchoice being the Indian Ocean.
Thanks to the ocean of love engulfing the globe through kindheartedPresident Truman, who presided over the liquidation of three hundredthousand citizens of Japan with the minimal use of two LITTLE BOYS (his petname for the inaugural atom bombs), the Second World War came to an endand the victors, including our British overlords, flexed their muscles, and ourgreat INA was erased. Bose allegedly died in a plane crash. Lakshmi dedicatedher life to her chosen line: medicine.
In 1946, when my mother decided that her sons should get better educationin Madras than the piffle that was available in Kannur, we became Madrasis.Captain Lakshmi seems to have divined my admiration for her as was provedwhen, one evening, a motorcade passed through Pycrofts Road and thisbeautiful lady, standing in an open truck, waved to all. But I chose to believethat she bestowed one special wave to me. She was so beautiful and brave andfresh from her own army and the war experience. Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi,the heroine of Indian history, might have fought on the bloodied battle fieldswith swords, but this beautiful Doctor saved hundreds of lives from the war-front.
Violence was not the credo of the Swaminathan family. Lakshmi’s brotherGovind Swaminathan was one of the giants of the Madras Bar who, havingstudied law in England, spoke English better than Englishmen. He wasappointed Public Prosecutor even during the British rule, but he never soughtor got death sentence for the killers. He kept this record unblemished even inRepublic India when he was appointed Advocate General of Madras. To sucha family did Lakshmi belong and she led an innings of life full of service tohumanity and love for all.
After seeing her in the motorcade on Pycrofts Road in 1946, my youngerbrother Chandrakant (who art in heaven now) and I turned nationalistsand bought khadar kurtas, shorts and Gandhi caps and recorded it forposterity by getting a photo shoot at a Triplicane studio. It looks beautiful,thanks to Lakshmi, and still adorns the mantelpiece in my study room.
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WEST MAMBALAM, Naickamar Street, 3bedroom, hall, kitchen, 1250 sq.ft, 1st floor flat, 10years old, woodwork done, marble flooring,covered car parking, lift, price Rs. 7500 per sq.ft.Contact: Viswanathan. Ph: 76670 34488.
T. NAGAR, New Boag Road, near busterminus, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 2 toilets, 700sq.ft, 1st floor flat, no car park, rent Rs. 12000,brokers excuse. Ph: 86084 67966.
WEST MAMBALAM, RamaApartments, NaickamarStreet, 2 bedroom, hall,kitchen, renovated, closedcupboards, Brahmins only,ready to occupy, no brokers,visit on 26.08.2012 from 10a.m to 4 p.m. Ph: 94422 54964,94430 39699.WEST K. K. NAGAR, Old No. 31/3, New No.
VADAPALANI, AP Koil Street, behind Kamala/ Vijaya Hospital, 3 bedroom, hall, kitchen, groundfloor, rent Rs. 12500. If only 2 bedroom, hall,kitchen are taken rent RS. 9500 only. SmallBrahmin / vegetarian family, no car park / pets.Contact: Giri. Ph: 94449 35650.
WEST MAMBALAM, Arya Gowda Road, nearShobana Kalyana Mandapam, 300 sq.ft,commercial space, ideal for all your businessneeds. Contact: Shankar. Ph: 99400 13587.
WEST MAMBALAM, Kuppaiah Street, 2bedroom, hall, kitchen, 1000 sq.ft, ground floor, 1A/c, rent Rs. 15000, no car park, suitable for 4bachelors / small family, visit on 25-08-2012 from10 a.m to 12 noon. Contact: Arkan Estates. Ph:94441 67851.
ASHOK NAGAR, 11th Avenue, 2 bedroom,hall, kitchen, A/c, car parking, rent Rs. 14000,Brahmins/vegetarians only, no brokers. Ph: 9884539974.
V. Mani (resident of 48,Rukmani Street, West Mambalam)passed away on Aug. 17.
He was 77 and had been aresident of West Mambalam for 60years.
Mani retired as Senior Foremanfrom Vidhesh Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
He is survived by his wifeAmirthavalli, sons Raja and Venkat,daughters Ramdevi and Padmini,and grandchildren.
OBITUARYV. MANI
Aadi celebrations in AachiAmman Temple
There will be Aadi celebrations in Devi Sri Aachi Amman Temple(48, Siddhi Vinayagar Koil Street, T. Nagar) on Aug. 25 and 26. Thefollowing is the program:
Aug. 25: 6 p.m: Sandhanakaappu Alangaaram.Aug. 26: 8 a.m: Nadaswaram concert by Mambalam M. K. S.
Natarajan & Party; Maha abhishekham & special alangaaram; 10.30a.m: Deeparathanai and Prasadam distribution; 1.30 p.m: Grueldistribution; 6 p.m: Procession. More details can be had in phone92831 03990.
Ground Floor & 1st Floor, Old No.19, Arya Gowda Road,Near Ayodhya Mandapam, West Mambalam, Chennai 33.
Toor Dhall Per kg. 86/84.00 82/80.00Idly Rice Gundu Spl. 1 kg. 34.00 30.00Sona Masoori Raw Rice 1 kg 36.00 34.00Diamond Brand Sona Raw Rice 10 kg bag 400.00 370.00Soverign Silky Raw Rice 10 kg bag 440.00 410.00Agmark Ging. Oil 1ltr. (Lotus) 160.00 149.00Dodla Ghee 500 ml. 173.00 153.00Cardia Life Cooking Oil 1ltr. 130.00 113.50Aiswaryam 5 in 1 Pooja Oil 1ltr. 165.00 145.00Nirapara Red Rice (Kerala) 5 kg. bag 259.00 229.00Kissan Squash 700 ml. 99.00 75.00Diarice (for diabetics) 1 kg. 59.00 56.00UMS Mosquito Bat (1 yr. warranty) 325.00 295.00Vanish Elec. Mosquito Killer ( 1yr. warranty) 895.00 750.00(No smoke, No Odour, No Refilling)Appalam Spl. Kallidaikurichi (50 no’s) 300 gm. 63.00 55.00Madurai Spl. P.C. Perungayam Pdr. 100 gm. 93.00 69.00Sunrise 200 gm. 257.00 237.00Dettol Soap 3’s Pack 51.00 45.00Lizol 2 ltr. + Offer 215.00 203.00Ozone Phenoil + Scrubber Offer 60.00 53.00Whisper Ultra XL Wings 30’s Pack 245.00 225.00Stay Ultra Advance 8’s 70.00 55.00Whisper Ultra 7’s/8’s 70.00 64.00
Alive Pure Filter Coffee Buy 500 gm. Get 250 gm. Parry Sugar FreePears Blue 125 gm. Buy 3 Get 1 FreeSaffola Masala Oats Buy 4 Get 1 FreeKellogs Oats 1 kg. Buy 1 Get 1 Bowl worth Rs. 60 FreeSurf XL Quick Wash 1 kg. Buy 1 Get 1 Libouy Handwash worth Rs.50 Free
Lizol 975 ml. Buy 1 Get 200 ml. Harpic Free
Ph: 6515 5265, 6587 4044, 2489 5332, 2474 0386Home delivery orders for monthly provisions accepted in
All Major Credit Cards accepted. (Above Rs. 1,000, no service charge) T. Nagar/ K.K.Nagar home delivery - Min. Rs. 1,500. Purchase Offer valid till stocks last
Organic Atta & Wheat Dalia AvailableCothas Coffee Available
BABY CAREKindly visit our newly opened Baby Care Section
Baby - Bed, Mosquito Net, Soft Toys, Diapers, Gift Set,Sippers, Rattles, Johnson Products etc. available
Saffola Oats 1 kg. Rs. 105 onlySaffola Tasty 1 ltr. Rs. 99.50 only
MEGA OFFERS HURRY!Limited
stocks only
STATIONERYKindly visit our Stationery Shop (Next to our shop)
(All your stationery needs under one roof)Gift items also available. Contact: 6541 1768, 94454 24952
Vandhana’s dance program onThursdayBy Our Staff Reporter
Under the auspices of KartikFine Arts, J. Vandhana (residentof 10/23, Rajagopalan Street, WestMambalam and Std. 8 student ofJawahar Vidyalaya, Ashok Nagar)will present a bharathanatyam pro-gram at 7.15 p.m on Thursday,Aug. 30 in Narada Gana SabhaMini Hall, T. T. K. Road,Alwarpet.
She is a disciple of J. Suryanara-yana Moorthy.
All are welcome.More details can be had in phone
89390 59543.
Wear helmetwhile riding a
2-wheeler
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Edited & Published by K.S. Ramakrishnan. Office: 7/3, Madley Road, T. Nagar, Chennai 17. Ph: 2434 9236, 2431 39 37. Printed by Ramesh Adityan at Powerfull Printers, 74, Kannappan Street, Aminijikarai, Chennai 29.
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By Our Staff ReporterMore than 25 members of
Vatasalaayam cleaned thepremises of Sri PrasannaVenkatesa Perumal Temple,Perumal Koil Street, WestMambalam on Aug. 19.
P. Raman (President) toldMambalam Times that stu-dents from Government HigherSecondary School, MGR Nagaralso participated.
He said that a cleaning pro-gram will also be conducted inthe same temple at 7 a.m onSunday, Aug. 26.
Japan-India Students Con-ference (JISC) was organizedin Sri Shankarlal SundarbaiShasun Jain College forWomen, T. Nagar on Aug. 22by ABK-AOTS DOSOKAITamil Nadu Center, Chennai.
Japanese students attend conferencein college
15 students from ShasunCollege and 8 Japanese stu-dents participated in the con-ference.
There were discussions ondiversities and similarities inboth the countries in various
fields like education, economy,society and culture. This wasfollowed by an interactive ses-sion.
Toyohara Chie (President,JISC) and Poorna (Principal)were present.
By Our Staff ReporterSri Suprabhata Sabha (10/
6, Baroda 2nd Street, WestMambalam) has organizedspecial programs during its
Special programs in Suprabhata Sabha43rd anniversary celebrationsfrom Aug. 30 to Sept. 2.
The following is the schedule:Aug. 30: 4 p.m: Veda
paarayanam; 6.30 p.m: Dance
by Sabha students;7 p.m: ‘PattiManram’.
Aug. 31: 6 p.m: Final round ofquiz on Ramayana; 7 p.m:‘Anthakshari’ on Slokas forSabha students; 8.15 p.m:Prize distribution.
Sept. 1: 6.15 p.m: Bhajansby students of PSBB SeniorSecondary School, K. K. Nagar;7.15 p.m: Discourse on‘Srinivasa Kalyanam’ byVidwan Villur Nadathur andV. S. KarunakarachariarSwamy.
Sept. 2: 7 a.m to 11 a.m:Laksharchanai for Lord SriVenkateswara; 6.30 p.m: An-niversary prize distribution.
All are welcome.
Free Veda classesthrice a week
Kurichi Lakshminarasim-hachariar (resident of 8, 2nd
Main Road, CIT Nagar East,Nandanam) conducts freeVeda and Suktham classesfrom 9 a.m to 10 a.m on Mon-days, Wednesdays and Fri-days. More details can be hadin phone 98406 40705.
Public Health Center (174,Lake View Road, West Mam-balam) will conduct a free car-diac medical camp from 9 a.mto 1 p.m on Sunday, Aug. 26.
ECG will be done, blood testconducted and blood pressurechecked. Doctors will offer con-sultation.
Those interested should reg-ister their names between 9a.m and 1 p.m on Saturday,Aug. 25 in phones 2489 3101/3172.
By Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of Sri
Anusham.com (G-1, KalaFlats, 63rd Street, Ashok Na-gar), there will be ‘Avahanthihomam’ at 10.30 a.m on Sat-urday, Aug. 25 in Goh Sam-rakshana Sala, Kasi Viswa-nathar Koil Street, West Mam-balam on the occasion of SriMaha Periyaval AnushaJayanthi.
‘Avahanthi homam’ todayShymala Subramaniam
(Co-ordinator) appealed todevotees who have collected‘oru pidi arsi’ (one handful ofrice) and one rupee daily (asdirected by Maha Periyaval)to hand over the collections tothe organization for ‘annadha-nam’. There will be ‘anna-dhanam’ at 12 noon.
Lions Club of South Centralwill conduct a free diabetescheck-up camp from 7.30 a.mon Sunday, Aug. 26 in SrividyaMedicals, 10/3, Easwaran KoilStreet, West Mambalam, nearMadley Subway.
