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By Our Staff ReporterJeeva Park Walkers & Jog-

gers Association (G. N. ChettyRoad, T. Nagar) has appealedto Sadai S. Duraisamy (Mayor)to set up a facility to convertwaste available in the parkinto manure.

The suggestion was madeduring the Mayor’s visit to thepark on Dec. 25.

He was accompanied by P.Kalairajan (T. Nagar MLA),‘Video’ Saravanan (Councillor,Ward 141) and B. Sathyanar-ayanan (member, CorporationAppointments Committee).

G. Ravikumar (AssociationSecretary) told MambalamTimes that members sug-gested a number of steps toimprove facilities including in-

Mayor given suggestions to improveJeeva Park

stallation of a radio and foun-tains, renovation of play area,placement of dustbins, repair-ing of damaged fence, nameb-oard and lamps, and laying of‘acupressure path’.

He said that the Mayor gavean assurance that he would do

the needful.Ravikumar said that a num-

ber of persons visit the park inthe morning and evening forwalking, practising yoga andexercising.

He can be contacted in98410 16555.

By Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of

Sanjeevini Peetam (16/45,B.R.P 1st Street, WestMambalam), there will be aspecial pooja for Lord Hanum-an at 10 p.m on Saturday, Dec.31 as part of Lord HanumanNakshatra pooja and NewYear celebrations

The following is the program:10 p.m: ‘Vennai kaappu’ and

‘vadamalai’ ‘alangaaram’.11 p.m: Bhajans, Bhagavad

Gita paarayanam.12 midnight: Akanda deepa

arathi (beginning of New Year).There will be a special pooja

for school students appearingfor board exams.

Those who are interestedmay register their names

Special pooja for Hanumanthis morning

in sanjeevini.peetam@gmail.comAllarewelcome

More details can be had inphone 90435 68941 orwww.sanjeevinipeetam.com.

Group danceprogram tomorroweveningBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of JaiSrividya Devi Music and DanceCultural Trust, West CITNagar, J. Surya Narayana-murthy (Lecturer, Kalaks-hetra) and 40 of his studentswill present a bharatha-natyam program at 5.30 p.mon Sunday, Jan. 1 in Sri SidhhiKamala Vinayagar Koil, 14,South Street, West CIT Nagar.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phone 72995 88904.

By Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of Sri

Hayagreevar Trust, Muralidh-ara Sharma will give discourseson ‘Srimad Valmiki Rama-yanam’ at 7 p.m daily fromJan. 3 to 9 in Sri AyodhyaMandapam, Arya GowdaRoad, West Mambalam as partof 6th year Sri HayagreevarSakitha Sri PoovarahaMahayagnam Mahotsavamand annual examination forschool and college students.

There will be Sri Hayag-

Discourses on ValmikiRamayanam from Tuesday

reevar ‘moola manthiramjapam’ and ‘mahasankalpam’at 8 a.m from Jan. 3 to 8, and‘sahasranaama archanai’ onall days.

There will be kuthuvillakupooja at 9.30 a.m and specialhomam at 10.30 a.m on Jan. 8,and Thirumanjanam for SriRama, ‘moola manthiramhomam’ and annadhanamfrom 8 a.m to 11.30 a.m onJan. 9. All are welcome.

More details can be had inphones 98410 18879/65559.

Sastha PreethicelebrationsBy Our Staff Reporter

Bhakthanjali BhajanMandali Trust, Karamba-kkam has organized 15th yearSastha Preethi celebrations onDec. 31 and Jan. 1 in ShreenathKalyana Mandapam, 30/18,Thiruvengadam Street, WestMambalam.

The following is the program:Dec. 31: 6.30 p.m: Achi-

drashwamedha paarayanam.Jan. 1: 6 a.m: Ganapathy

homam and Sastha Preethi; 9a.m: Namasankeerthanam byBhakthanjali Bhajan Mandali;12.30 p.m: Maha deepar-athanai; 1 p.m: Annadhanam.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phone 94444 18154.

Free homoeopathycamp tomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

Clinical Research Unit forHomeopathy will conduct a freehomoeopathy camp forwoman and children from 10a.m to 3 p.m on Sunday, Jan. 1in Sankara Mutt, EaswaranKoil Street, West Mambalam.

More details can be had inphone 99416 76795.

Free Veda classesduring weekends

Free Veda classes are beingconducted from 6.30 a.m to7.30 a.m on Saturdays andSundays in Krishna GanaSabha, MaharajapuramSanthanam Salai, T. Nagar.

More details can be had inphone 98843 05676.

Vaikunda Ekadesi,Radha KalyanaUtsavamBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri RamakrishnapuramBhajan Mandali, WestMambalam has organized 52nd

Sri Vaikunda Ekadesi and SriRadha Kalyana Utsavam onJan. 5 and 6 in Kotta Sriniv-asaiah Ramanuja Koodam,Duraisamy Road, T. Nagar.

The following is the program:Jan. 5: 6 a.m: Sri Ganapathi

pooja; 9 a.m: Sri VishnuSahasranaama paarayanam;2 p.m: Ashtapathi bhajans; 7p.m: Divyanaama bhajans.

Jan. 6: 8 a.m: Unjavrithibhajans; 10 a.m: Sri RadhaKalyanam by M. MuthuramBhagavathar and SriRadhakrishnan Trust mem-bers; 6 p.m: Anjaneyar utsav-am, Thirupugazh bhajans byK. Jayaraman, V. Subra-ma-nia Bhagavathar, RajuBhagavathar, V. Kalyan-araman (mridangam), Jambu(dholak and tabla).

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phone 98417 71835.

By Our Staff ReporterSree Sabarimalai Bhaktha

Educational & Social Trust (48/257, Alagirisamy Salai, K. K.Nagar) will be inaugurated in afunction on Saturday, Dec. 31in Vasantham KalyanaMandapam, Srinivasa Street,West Mambalam.

The following is the program:6 p.m: Sri Vishnu Sahasrana-

ama paarayanam by mem-bers of All India VishnuSahasranaamam CulturalFederation.

6.30 p.m: Discourse on‘Thirumana muraiam vazhkainerium’ by V. G. SubramaniaGanapadigal.

7 p.m: Distribution of educa-tional assistance by K.Ganesan (former Principal,

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Inauguration of educationaltrust this evening

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Page 4 December 31, 2011 - January 6, 2012

More than 100 students par-ticipated in the Srimad Bhag-avad Gita recitation competi-tion conducted by Lions Clubof Swagatham (Lakshmi

100 participate in Gita recitation contest

Narayanan Street, WestMambalam) on Dec. 18.

K. Nageswara Rao (Presi-dent) told Mambalam Timesthat prizes were distributed

by Swami PadmasthanandaMaharaj (Secretary, Ramak-rishna Mission Ashrama), N.Rajasekar (District Governor)and other members.

Spoken Englishcourse from Jan. 22By Our Staff Reporter

Ramakrishna MissionAshrama (3, MaharajapuramSanthanam Salai, T. Nagar)will conduct a spoken Englishcourse (basic and intermediatelevels) for college students,employees, job seekers andhousewives from Jan. 22 in itspremises.

The last date for submittingapplications is Jan. 18.

More details can be had fromthe Ashrama Library intelephone numbers 2814 3896/3514.

By Our Staff ReporterS. Sruuthi (resident of 44/21,

Bagirathi Ammal Street, T.Nagar and Std. 4 student ofPSBB, T. Nagar) won the ‘FunChamp’ award for the 3rdconsecutive year in thecompetition conducted by FunCity in City Center, Mylaporeon Dec. 22. She won 1st prize infancy dress and bhara-thanatyam, and 2nd prize infashion parade.

Sruuthi wins award for3rd consecutive year

By Our Staff ReporterV. G. Vigneswar (resident of

Thiruchendur Flats, 7, BRP 1st

Street, West Mambalam) willpresent a keyboard program(carnatic music and songs onAyyappan) at 6 p.m on Friday,Jan. 6 in Sri Ayyappan Temple,Ponnambalam Salai, K. K.Nagar.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phone 98409 68953.

Vigneswar’s keyboard programon Friday

Revathy’s vocal concert today

By Our Staff ReporterAishwarya Sundaram (resi-

dent of Abhirami Apartments,21/5, BRP 1st Street, WestMambalam) will present a vo-cal concert at 5 p.m on Satur-day, Dec. 31 in NKT MuthuHall, 4, Parthasarathy Temple2nd Lane, Triplicane duringVizha Vendan’s Music Festi-val.

Aishwarya’s vocal concertthis evening

She will be accompanied bySivagami Narayanan (violin)and N. Rajam (mridangam).

Aishwarya is a disciple of R.K. Sriramkumar and RukminiRamani.

All are welcome.

GAMBLERSANONYMOUS

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every Sundayfrom 11.30 a.m to 1 p.m.All compulsive gamblerswho wish to get rid of the

habit are welcome

By Our Staff ReporterRevathy Kumar (resident of

45/21, Krupa Sankari Street,West Mambalam) will presenta vocal concert at 12 noon onSaturday, Dec. 31 in MusicAcademy, Mylapore.

She is a disciple of P.Vasantha0kumar.

All are welcome.

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By Our Staff ReporterPersonnel of Ashok Nagar

Fire & Rescue Station hadgeared themselves up to tackleany situation that was ex-pected to be caused by cyclone‘Thane’ which crossed thenorth Tamilnadu coast be-tween Cuddalore and Puduc-herry between 6.30 a.m and7.30 a.m on Dec. 30 morning.

U. Chandrasekaran (Sta-tion Fire Officer, Ashok Nagar)told Mambalam Times that afibre boat, which can accom-modate 10 persons and is

Fire personnel on alert when cyclone crossed coastequipped with lifebuoys andlife jackets was kept ready forrescue work in flooded areas.Motors and other equipmentwere also on hand to drain outwater from flooded areas.

The crossing of the cyclonecaused heavy rains to the citythroughout the day on Dec.30.

Many roads and streets allover the city including T.Nagar and West Mambalamwere flooded with commutersbearing the brunt of the in-convenience.

A tree on Coats Road in T. Nagar, which was uprooted in strong winds on Dec. 29, fell on a parked car.

By Our Staff ReporterAiswarya Ramanan (resi-

dent of 21/7, Srinivasa Street,West Mambalam) will presenta bharathanatyam programat 5.45 p.m on Friday, Jan. 6at 45, Musiri SubramaniamSalai, Mylapore.

She is a disciple of S. Divya-sena.

Aiswarya is a Std. 6 stu-dent of PSBB School, K. K.Nagar.

All are welcome.

Aiswarya dance on Friday

B. Bhuvana (resident of 28/57, Kuppaiah Street, WestMambalam and Std. 7 stu-dent of PSBB, K. K. Nagar)will present a bharathana-tyam program at 6.30 p.m onSaturday, Dec. 31 in MOPVaishnav College for Women,20, 4th Lane, NungambakkamHigh Road, Nungambakkamunder the Talent RevealingOpportunity Program of VDSArts Academy.

She is a disciple of ChitraSubramani (Lecturer, Tamiln-adu Government Music Col-lege). All are welcome.

Bhuvana’s dance programthis evening

‘Standup comedy’show tomorrowmorningBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of JeevaPark Walkers and JoggersAssociation (G. N. ChettyRoad, T. Nagar), Prof. K. N.Chit Sabesan will present‘Standup comedy’ at 7 a.m onSunday, Jan. 1 in the park aspart of New Year celebrations.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phone 98410 16555.

Painting contest forschool studentsBy Our Staff Reporter

Suga Welfare Association (5Block, Bharathidasan Colony,K. K. Nagar) will conduct apainting competition on‘Bhogi’ for school students at 2p.m on Sunday, Jan. 8 in itspremises.

Uma Raj (President) saidthat participants should bringpainting materials. The entryfee is Rs.10. The last date forentries is

Jan. 6.More details can be had in

phone 94443 41194.

By Our Staff Reporter88 white canes (walking

sticks) were given to visuallychallenged persons by BJPworkers led by M. Sarala(President, Ladies Wing,South Chennai, BJP) on Dec.25 as part of 88th birthdaycelebrations of A. B. Vajpayee.

Vanathi Srinivasan (StateSecretary) was also present.

White canes distributed on Vajpayee birthday

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‘Hare Rama’ chantingtomorrow eveningBy Our Staff Reporter

Under the auspices of Global Organization for DivinityIndia Trust, there will be chanting of ‘Hare Rama’ at 5 p.m onSunday, Jan. 1 in Sri Vasudeva Sathsangam, 35,Vasudevapuram Street, West Mambalam. All are welcome.

More details can be had in phones 98417 82765 and 9677121079.

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While our law-making orators were lung-powering their mite to churn out a potion thatwould defang the ANNAcondas (who are ournew honoured guests but more deadly thanthe slithery ones in the zoos), the latter goadedthe shouters’ spleen in the absence of the heroof the event who was defying nature and hun-ger, a licence freely granted by our republic ofunlaws.

The two parliamentarians who stood out ofthe motley crowd in the Lok Sabha were thehandsome Sashi Tharoor, the best Englishspeaker in Parliament, and Pranab Mukherjeewho bore the brunt of the vacuous attack.

The good old man has weathered worsestorms created by worse people and he stoodlike the Valluvar statue off Kanyakumari inthe Indian Ocean and upped Anna Hazare’sbody temperature by a few degrees Fahren-heit so that he could, without hurting his pride,put his surrender to the frailty of man who is

but a body plus .... There is time yet, before the Republic Day,

to contrive a come back so that thevacancy created by Godse in 1948 could befilled by another Mahatma. We have not beentold yet what Mahatma 2 has to offer us, butit is presumed that he would preach what hepractises, namely wearing the whitest clothes.

Tinopal Company would take over Indiathat is Bharat. None shall enter the legisla-tures, including of course the Parliament, wear-ing any fancy clothes but only garments madein white khadhi. The new Gandhi will not bederisively called by any Emperor “the halfnaked Fakir” as Mohan Chand Karam ChandGandhi was called. So let us wind up the funin Parliament with the resolution that thereshall be a succession of Gandhis as the ‘Fatherof the Nation’ who has to pass the MohanChand Test.

By Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of Sri Shirdi Sai Medita-

tion Mandir (6, Sarojini Street, T. Nagar) thereare discourses on ‘Sri Saisath Saritha’ at 6.30p.m on Sundays in its premises.

T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder) told MambalamTimes that mass spiritual healing is conductedat 7.30 p.m on Thursdays and Sundays.

All are welcome.More details can be had in phones 2643 2323,

4212 5118 and 94444 53777.

Discourses on ‘SaisathSaritha’

The International Society for Krishna Con-sciousness (ISKCON), Injambakkam, con-ducts ‘Bakthi Vriksha’ programs from 7 p.m to9 p.m on Saturdays at 28, South K. R. KoilStreet, West Mambalam.

Sai bhajans on 3 days a weekBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Sathya Sai Samiti, T. Nagar conductsSai bhajans every week in the following venuesin T. Nagar:

Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N. Chetty Road(near Panagal Park, Vijaya Bank building):Saturdays, 5.10 p.m.

Ayurvedhaasramam, 155, G. N. Chetty Road(near Panagal Park), Mondays, 6 p.m.

50/38, Motilal Street (opposite RanganathanStreet), Wednesdays, 6 p.m. All are welcome.

More details can be had from D. SrinivasaRao (98400 50875) or C. Ramamurthy (9444o54819).

Calling volunteers for freeservice in TirumalaBy Our Staff Reporter

Sevas (50, Dharga Road, Rajaji Nagar,Pallavaram) is sending volunteers for week-long service to pilgrims in Tirumala starting onSundays and ending on Saturdays.

Men and women who are physically fit andare willing to stay in Tirumala for a week arewelcome to offer their services for 6 hourseveryday. The work will be of supervisory na-ture.

Accommodation, lunch and dinner will beprovided free of cost. They can have specialdarshan of Lord Venkateswara.

Travelling expense and the cost of breakfastmust be borne by the volunteers.

Those interested can contact NaliniRavikumar (18/43, Jubilee Road, WestMambalam) in 99621 53644, L. S. V.Mahadevan (98411 76386), P. Sundaram(98417 26695) or D. Gopinath (94442 09751).

Program in Ramana BhakthaSamajam on SundaysBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Ramana Baktha Samajam, WestMambalam (BVSN Moorthy School, ThambiahRoad, West Mambalam) conducts the follow-ing program on Sundays:

5 p.m: Veda paarayanam5.30 p.m: Ramana Maharishi’s Akshara-

manamalai.6 p.m: Discourse.All are welcome.More details can be had in phone 94441

72623.Special pooja is conducted and prasadam

distributed among special children at 11.30a.m on Ramana Maharishi’s birth star day(Punarpoosam).

ISKCON program in Mambalam on Saturdays The program includes bhajans, congrega-

tional chanting and Bhagwad Gita classes.More details can be had in phone 2371 3606

or from Ranga Krishna Das (2474 4900, 9840027800). All are welcome.

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By RANDOR GUY

TAMIL CINEMA 75 -A LOOK BACK

THE AVM STORY - 93“Kuzhandhaiyum Deivamum” was remade in Telugu as ¡°Letha

Manasulu” (1966) with Jamuna, Haranath and Kutty Padmini inlead roles. Directed by the same duo Krishnan-Panju, it did nothowever enjoy the same success as the Tamil original.

But Meiyappan hit the bull’s eye with the Hindi version ¡°DoKaliyan” (1967). It was directed by Krishnan-Panju and had notedstars Mala Sinha and Biswajeet as the couple. The role of the twinswas enacted by an impish girl Baby Sonia who made a splash. Later,as a young woman and known as Neetu Singh (her given name),she was a successful Hindi film star. She married the top star RishiKapoor and retired from films to lead a life of domesticity. ¡°DoKaliyan” was a silver jubilee-week hit and further brightened theradiant image of Meiyappan and AVM Studios.

After S. S. Vasan, Meiyappan was the most successful Hindi filmproducer from South India. Many others followed his footsteps butall did not achieve his success. During a certain period, almost everysuccessful South Indian producer trod into the Hindi film market butmany burnt their fingers. And some even beyond their wrists!

Another successful film that Seetharaman wrote for Meiyappanwas ¡°Ramu” (1966). A heavily-laden sentimental family melo-drama of a couple with a son who loses his speech and turnsdumb, it had Gemini Ganesh and K. R. Vijaya as the tragic coupleand a brilliant child actor ‘Master’ Rajkumar as the dumb boy. A.C.Thirulokachandar directed it with much feeling and insight. ”Ramu”was a fine success and won many awards. It won the IndianGovernment’s Silver Medal and ‘Master’ Rajkumar won the FilmFans’ Association Award. So did Pushpalatha for her supportingrole. Interestingly, a smart dog which played an important role toowon an award from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty toAnimals (SPCA).

¡°Ramu” was remade in Telugu in 1968 with N.T. Rama Rao andJamuna in lead roles with ‘Master’ Rajkumar as the dumb boy.Thirulokachandar directed it too with equal success.

A memorable movie made in 1966 by Meiyappan was the hit¡°Anbe Vaa” which had the superstar and phenomenon M. G.Ramachandran as hero. It was the first time that the mega star andthe movie mogul came together to work in a film. The legend ofTamil cinema, a legend that still survives, ‘MGR”, as he is known,had been in films since 1936, a contemporary of Meiyappanbut, rather surprisingly, the mega star and the movie mogul did notcome together in a film until 1966.

The film that brought them together was “Anbe Vaa”, adaptedfrom a Hollywood movie ¡°Come September” (1961). A run-of-the-mill Hollywood movie by noted filmmaker Robert Mulligan, ithad an impressive cast with Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida,Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee. The film had a long run in India and,in Madras (now Chennai), it was a big hit. The theme song renderedby Billy Vaughn and his orchestra, and the song sung by BobbyDarin ¡°Multiplication, that’s the name of the game!” were solid hitsin India. The gramophone discs by Billy Vaughn were bestseller inIndia.

Not surprisingly, the romantic film with a novel storyline wasadapted for the Indian screen and the outcome was ¡°Anbe Vaa”.The coming together of MGR and Meiyappan per se made news inthe Tamil film world and expectations ran high from the word‘go’.

Marudur Gopala Ramachandran (1917-1984), immortalized un-der his legendary initials “MGR”, is a phenomenon in the historyof Indian cinema and he occupies a unique place in world cinematoo. Never in the history of world cinema has so much adulation,admiration and all been bestowed on a single person. He was muchmore than a phenomenon, more than a cult figure: a man of themasses and for the masses. One of the most popular Indians of ourtimes and chimes, his following among Tamils is incredible. Hischarisma remains undiminished and undiluted even after nearly threedecades of his passing away.

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Avenue, Ashok Nagar) works forthe welfare of challenged persons.

K. Sujatha (Business Adminis-trator) told Mambalam Times thatit was started by Josyula S. Shekarin 2007. It is implementing severalprojects prominent among thembeing ‘Ablejob Visionary Services’which provides job opportunitiesfor challenged persons.

She herself had participated inthe job fair a few years back andwas absorbed by the Trust itself tomonitor its projects.

About 450 persons have beenfound jobs so far.

The Trust has profiles of 2,500

Trust finds jobs for challengedpersons

challenged persons on its register.Sujatha said that a team from the

Trust visits prospective employersto see if conditions and the workatmosphere in their establishmentswill suit challenged persons.

The Trust also provides assis-tance for terminally ill patients andold age homes, and educationalassistance to needy students, or-phans and differently abled chil-dren.

She said that the Trust conductsawareness and fund-raising pro-grams for the welfare of chal-lenged persons in association withNGOs, corporate houses and edu-cational institutions.The Trust canbe contacted in 4305 4853/36/37.

The Children’s Museum in theGovernment Museum, Egmore isgetting a new look. The basementand first floors are being reno-vated and expected to be ready bythe summer vacation with multi-media-based interactive exhibits.

According to sources, a pro-posal for setting up a 3D theaterwith a capacity of around 40 seatsat an estimated cost of Rs. 20lakhs has been sent to the StateGovernment for approval.

Also in the pipeline is a pro-posal to have a 5D theater whichcan seat small groups. “It wouldbe like a small kiosk. The differ-ence between 3D and 5D is that in5D you will be able to appease thefive senses also. If there is a snakeslithering on the screen you willfeel as if it is slithering on yourfoot. If there is a fire, you will feel

Children’s Museum to getnew look

the heat,” explained a source.S. S. Jawahar (Commissioner of

Museums) said that a proposal forthe renovation has been sent to theState Government for consider-ation.

“The Chief Minister is verymuch interested in renovating themuseums and also taking them tomore people. A proposal for amobile museum has also has beensent to the Government,” he said.

S. Soundarraj, a mathematicsteacher, said that he brings hissons, Jayaraj and Selvaraj, study-ing in class 2 and LKG respec-tively, to the museum at least oncein two months. “They are youngand at a very impressionable age.They are very interested in learn-ing about coins and the museumhas a good collection,” he said.Report: courtesy The Hindu

Free Veda classes thrice a weekBy Our Staff Reporter

Kurichi Lakshminarasimhachariar (resident of 8, 2nd Main Road,CIT Nagar East, Nandanam) conducts free Veda and Suktham classesfrom 9 a.m to 10 a.m on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

More details can be had in phone 98406 40705.

Free Veda classes on SundaysBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15, Bharathi Street, West Mambalam) conductsfree Veda classes from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 a.m on Sundays in Sri KrishnaGana Sabha, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar.

Veda classes are conducted from 3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m on Sundaysin Sai Seva Chakra’s premises.

All are welcome.More details can be had in phone 98843 05676.

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By Our Staff ReporterTirumala-Tirupathy Devas-

thanam (VenkatanarayanaRoad, T. Nagar) has made spe-cial arrangements for darshanof Lord Venkatachalapathy onNew Year Day.

Special arrangements forNew Year Day darshan

K. Anandh Kumar Reddy(President, Local AdvisoryCommittee, TTD, T. Nagar)told Mambalam Times thatdevotees can have darshanfrom 2.30 a.m on Jan. 1.

The following are details ofthe program:

5 a.m: Break for neiveydh-iam distribution; 6 a.m:Darshan resumes; 3 p.m:Break for alangaaram; 4 p.m:Darshan resumes.

Program for VaikundaEkadesi:

4 a.m: Darshan; 7 a.m:Break; 7.30 a.m: Darshan; 2p.m: Break; 4 p.m: Darshan; 7p.m: Break; 7.30 p.m to 10p.m: Darshan.

Special ‘alangaaram’for ‘Ayodhya’HanumanBy Our Staff Reporter

There will be special ‘alanga-aram’ for Sri AbayahasthaHanuman (idol brought fromAyodhya) at 7 a.m on Sunday,Jan. 1 in Pandian Hall, StationRoad, West Mambalam as partof New Year celebrations.

There will be special poojaand ‘alangaaram’ for Hanu-man at 7 a.m on Thursday,Jan. 5 on the occasion ofVaikunda Ekadesi.

All are welcome.Devotees interested in

participating in ‘dolotsavam’may register their names inphones 2471 1490, 9444332435 or 98415 02313.