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By Our Staff ReporterThere was a long queue outside the fair price shop on Munusamy Salai, K.K. Nagar to collect

the special Pongal gift pack containing 1 kg rice, 1 kg sugar and Rs. 100 in cash offered byTamilnadu Govt. to ration card holders. Police personnel were deputed to control the crowds.

Long queue outside fair price shops tocollect Pongal freebies

Youth Choir toconduct choralmusic contestfor students

By Our Staff ReporterThe Madras Youth Choir will

conduct a choral music con-test for school students from9.30 a.m onwards on Satur-day, Jan. 19, in Bala MandirGerman Hall (T. Nagar).

The songs can be based onnational integration, environ-ment, patriotism, nature orsocial awareness.

Religious or film music is notpermitted. The winners will bagthe M. B. Srinivasan RollingShield. Registrations can bedone at the venue.

After the contest, a work-shop will be conducted on sing-ing Indian choral music.

For further details, pleasecall 94449 30517/94440 49492or email mbsmyc1971@gmail.com.

Talk on ‘Findingauspicious days’today at 3 p.m

Nannilam Vai RajagopalaGanapadigal (Publisher andEditor of Vaithikasri, a Tamilmagazine) will give a talk inTamil on ‘How to select auspi-cious days for marriage andother functions’ from 3 p.m to5 p.m on Sunday, Jan. 13, inAyodhya Mandapam (AryaGowda Road, West Mamba-lam, Ph: 2489 3077).

It will be followed by a doubtclearing session on spiritualmatters. All are welcome.

Free classeson Bhagavatham

By Our Staff ReporterFree class on ‘Srimad Bha-

gavatham’ is conducted at 11a.m on Tuesdays at 2, 50thStreet, Ashok Nagar.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phone 98406 03064.

The Editor and Staff ofMambalam Times wish you

a Happy Pongal!

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SITUATIONVACANT

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January 13 - 19, 2013 Page 3MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar Edition

By Our Staff ReporterThe 36th annual Chennai

book fair is being held this timeat Y.M.C.A Physical Educa-tion Ground (Nandanam) tillWednesday, Jan. 23.

It is one of the biggest plat-forms for Tamil publishers todisplay and sell their publica-tions.

It has been shifted this yearfrom St. George Anglo IndianSchool (Shenoy Nagar) to thenew venue owing to the ongo-ing Metro Rail work in the vi-cinity. This year there are 747stalls selling more than 10 lakhtitles spanning a wide genre,

More than 10 lakh titles for saleat Chennai book fair

including children’s titles, fic-tion, non-fiction, poetry books,religious, school and collegematerial and much more.

There will be a 10% discounton all books.

This fair is open on week-days from 2 p.m to 8.30 p.m.and on weekends and govern-ment holidays from 11 a.m. to9 p.m.

Entrance is free for childrenbelow 12 and Rs. 5 for others.

A police outpost, fire andambulance service and firstaid will be present on all days atthe venue.

Wheelchair service is avail-able for the elderly and handi-capped visitors.

There is sufficient parkingspace for both 2-wheelers and4-wheelers.

By Our Staff ReporterLions Club of Madras South

City donated books and spo-ken English CDs to the libraryin Corporation Girls School(Usman Road, T. Nagar) onJan. 8.

Kalyani Nagarajan (Pro-gram Organizer) toldMambalam Times that the li-brary was started by her inmemory of her late daughterby donating a number ofbooks.

She has over the period of

Lions Club donates books to CorporationGirls School

By Our Staff ReporterChennai Corporation workers were seen using a mini JCB machine to remove debris and

other construction material occupying the width of Lakeview Road (West Mambalam) for overa month. The collected debris was dumped at Kodungaiyur yard.

Debris cleared from Lakeview Roadafter a month

By Our Staff ReporterAs part of precautionary

measures to control crimeagainst women, Tamil NaduGovernment has made man-datory installation of ClosedCircuits Television units(CCTV) in all public buildings,commercial establishmentsand places where the publiccongregate.

All educational institutions,hospitals, cinema theatres,banks, ATM counters, shop-ping malls, petrol bunks andjewellery shops, among others,will be covered under the TamilNadu Urban Local Bodies (In-

State Government directive to installCCTV in public buildings

time, through donations, man-aged to collect more than 500books on various subjects forthe library.

She appealed to the readersof Mambalam Times to notthrow away any used schoolbooks, guides and other rel-evant study materials andinstead donate them to the li-brary as it will benefit thepoor students who studythere.

Kalyani’s contact number is98411 15984.

stallation of Closed Circuit TVUnits in Public Buildings)Rules, 2012.

CCTVs will also be installedin central and state govern-ment offices where more than100 people are employed orhaving a floor area of 500square metres and above andin closed-doors buses and busterminals.

In every public building,CCTV units will be installed atthe rate of one unit for every300 square metres, at suitablevantage points such as entry-exit points and corridors, insuch a manner that movement

of the public can be closelymonitored.

Every person who intends toconstruct or reconstruct apublic building shall make nec-essary provisions in the build-ing plan itself for the installa-tion of CCTVs units, while ap-plying for permission.

The Government directivesaid in all existing public build-ings CCTV units shall be in-stalled by the owner or occu-pier of the building within sixmonths from the date of com-ing into force of the rules, fail-ing which, the license will becancelled.

By Our Staff ReporterThe students of Sri RKM School were seen holding placards

depicting messages about ‘Hazards of Footboard Travel’ onbuses in a program organized by Tamilnadu Traffic WardenAssociation on Jan. 9 on Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar.

Students spread awareness abouthazards of footboard travel

By Our Staff ReporterSai bhajans are conducted

at 6.15 p.m on Saturdays in SriSathya Sai Organization,Ashok Nagar Samithi (143,101st Street, 15th Sector, K. K.Nagar).

All are welcome.More details can be had from

T. S. Mani (Convenor) in phones2489 7017 and 98843 92244.In Bharathidasan ColonyBharathidasan Colony Bha-

jan Mandali (18-D, Bhara-thidasan Colony, K. K. Nagar)conducts Sri Sathya Saibhajans from 6.30 p.m to 7.30

Sai bhajans on Saturdaysp.m on Saturdays in its pre-mises.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phone 94448 25183.

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NO HOLDS BARREDBy M.A. SADANAND

Time for Chastity Belts?

The sex-carnivores who preyed upon Miss Delhi are nowstate guests in Tihar Zoo. A couple of them have spilled thebeans to enable law to take its course fast and it seemsto have whetted the testosterone count of many suchanimals all over India, according to newspaper reports.

It reminds me of the cricket gear where speed demonslike Harold Larwood and such lethal bowlers wreakedhavoc on the batsmen that made survival kits such aschest guards, steel helmets and steel wool filled handgloves mandatory.

The next best thing to shooting all men above 18 is toprevent the sexy thought of these beasts in heat bymaking a universal law that girls above 14 should wearwhat our wise old people of England prescribed during theyears of the Crusade, when the men were all out killing thenon-Christians during the centuries between the 11th andthe 13th in Europe to recapture the Holy Land. The menbeing on the holy mission of killing the enemy, the womenat home had to be protected. A great thinker, who missedthe Nobel Prize for his magnificent thought by about 7centuries, devised, for want of any trade name, a protec-tive belt for girls and women known as the Chastity Beltthat would be impenetrable and probably that looked likethe modern ‘Bikini’. It must have been made of iron withpads for the comfort of the wearer and a lock with a keyfor toilet functions which was probably handed back to thecustodian after use.

The security bubble burst, it was reported in some funmagazine, when the home guard of a Crusader, who hadleft his young wife in England, was seen galloping to theEuropean war zone and the surprised warrior was told byhim that what he was given was the wrong key!

“Is nothing safe in this world?”, the Crusader explodedand, after killing the home guard, deserted the battle fieldand returned to his home in England. Anyway it would notbe a bad idea for the government to order half a billionChastity Belts to save our girls from the biped animals onthe prowl.

Sugarcane prices increase by30% for Pongal

By Our Staff ReporterS. Panneer (a resident of

Lakeview Road) was seen sell-ing sugarcane on Railway Bor-der Road (West Mambalam)for Pongal. A full sugarcanewas priced between Rs. 40 to

Rs. 55 depending on its size andthickness while the cut pieceswere sold between Rs. 10 to Rs.25 a piece.

He said that the prices werehigher by 30% than the othertimes of the year.

By Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of Goh

Samrakshana Sala (KasiViswanathar Koil Street, WestMambalam, Ph: 2470 0336),Thambal Ramakrishnan willbe give a talk on ‘ Cow protec-tion’ at 10.30 a.m on Tuesday,Jan 15, on the occasion ofMaatu Pongal.

‘Gho-pooja’ will be performedat 8 a.m by SankaranandhaSwamigal and there will be aprocession of cows through thenearby lanes.

There are more than 80 cowsin the goshala. It was started36 years ago and it also main-tains 120 cows in Iyengar-kulam village in Kancheepu-

Gho-pooja in Samrakshana Sala forMaatu Pongal

ram, 100 cows in Kalavai vil-lage in Soraivur and 60 cows inMapakkam village in Thiru-porur.

Some of the regular pro-grams at Goh SamrakshanaSala are as follows:

Every Friday: 6.30 p.m: Gho-pooja; Every Saturday: 6.30p.m: Vishnu Sahasranamampaarayanam followed by HareRama chanting; Every Sun-day: 8 a.m: Free distribution of‘Pachakaviyam’; Every 3rd

Saturday: 7 a.m: Gayathirijapam; Every Anusham(birthstar of Maha Periava):Avahanthi homam.

All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterMore than fifty players from

various parts of Tamilnaduparticipated in the 1st BVKTamilnadu Darts State Tour-nament conducted by Tamil-nadu Darts Association (Jes-triot Dart Lounge, Cafe 180,Chakrapani Street Extension,West Mambalam (Ph: 98400

More than 50 participate indarts tourney

30430/98404 75000) on Jan. 5and 6.

S. Saravanaraj (AssociationPresident) and Venu Pillai (Sec-retary), both national dartsplayers, told Mambalam Timesthat the winners of the tourna-ment in each category havebeen selected to participate inthe South Asia Darts Champi-

onship to be held in Jaipur onJan. 13. They said that theAssociation will be conductingASIA CUP Tournament in thesecond half of this year.

To promote the game, theAssociation gives special train-ing to school and college stu-dents and conducts sessions incorporate houses.

By Our StaffReporter

K. T. Narasi-mhan (Retd. Ar-chaeologist andmember of theSchool Commit-tee) and A. K.Saranathan andP. EswaraIyer(residents ofPadi) donatedpens to the stu-

Pens and dhoties donated tostudents of Ahobila Math School

dents of Ahobila Math Orien-tal School (West Mamb-alam)and dhoties to the students ad-ditionally pursuing Vedic stud-ies on Jan. 4.

According to S. Seshadri

AndalThirukalyanamin Balaji AvenuetodayBy Our Staff Reporter

Members of GayathriBhagwath Bhajana Mandaliwill perform ‘Andal Thirukal-yanam’ for Bhogi on Sun-day, Jan. 13, from 1.30 p.mto 4 p.m at Old No. 20, 1st

Street, Balaji Avenue, T. Na-gar, Ph: 2834 0761, 9597130161.

All are welcome.

Sewageoverflowing infront of MoothaSchoolBy Our Staff Reporter

Sewage has been overflow-ing from the manhole in frontof the main gate of B.S. MoothaSchool (Brindavan Street,West Mambalam) for over aweek.

According to one of theteachers, the school has al-ready complained to theconcerned authorities but noaction has been taken sofar.

Invitation to budding musiciansto partake in music programBy Our Staff Reporter

Rao’s Music Training Centre (West Mambalam) invitesbudding Carnatic musicians to partake in a musical programto be held from 5.30 p.m onwards on Sunday, Jan. 20, in KaliBari temple (West Mambalam) .

Interested music learners may contact Y. N. Nagaraja Raoin 98401 97914.

Discourses on‘Saisath Saritha’

Under the auspices of SriShirdi Sai Meditation Mandir(6, Sarojini Street, T. Nagar)there are discourses on ‘SriSaisath Saritha’ at 6.30 p.mon Sundays in its premises.

T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder)told Mambalam Times thatmass spiritual healing is con-ducted at 7.30 p.m on Thurs-days and Sundays.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phones 2643 2323, 4212 5118and 94444 53777.

Plants on centralmedian onG. N. Chetty Roadwell maintained

A Metrowater tanker wasused to water the plants on thecentral median of G.N ChettyRoad, T. Nagar, on the morn-ing of Jan. 8.

According to a Chennai Cor-poration worker, the plants onthe median are watered once aday and pruned once in a fort-night.

ALCOHOLICSANONYMOUS

meets at 7 p.m on Fridays & Sundays:

Kesari School,Dr. Giriappa Road

(near Teynampet Signal).

(He-admaster), the three goodSamaritans have been doingthis charity work for the stu-dents of the school year afteryear for a number of years.

He said that the school

was started in 1953 to pro-mote Vedic education alongwith secular education and hasbeen producing excellent re-sults in the board exams everyyear.

CM

YK

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sh and his wife Uma Mahe-shwari were away at work.

The fire was first noticed bya neighbour when he saw thicksmoke coming out of a window.

He immediately alerted thefire personnel who rushed tothe spot, broke open the doorand doused the fire.

According to one of the per-sonnel, the fire was caused by

Alert neighbour prevents majorfire incident

By Our Staff ReporterA fire which broke out in the

locked house at 30/44, BabuRajendra Prasad 1st Street,West Mambalam, at around10 a.m was put out by AshokNagar fire personnel within 30minutes. Two fire tenders wereused to fight the fire. At thetime of the incident, the occu-pants of the house V. T. Subha-

a short circuit in the refrigera-tor and it quickly spread acrossthe power line and damaged afew more appliances like theTV, computer, a couple of fansand a microwave oven. He saidthat the fire could have takena mammoth proportion had itlit up any cloth items or heatedthe LPG cylinder which wasjust a few feet away.

Varushabhiseka Mahotsavam inSankara Math next SaturdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Prathishta Dina Varusha-bhiseka Mahotsavam will becelebrated on Saturday, Jan.19 in Sringeri JagadguruSankara Math (KrupasankariStreet, West Mambalam).

The following are the high-

lights of the program:Saturday, Jan 19:7.45 a.m: Sri Ganapathi

Homam.8 a.m: Mahanyasa Ekadha-

sa Rudhra Japam.9 a.m: Abishegam to Sri

Rathnagarpa Ganapathy,

Goddess Sharadhambal &Lord Navaneetha Krishnanr.

12.30 p.m: Rudhra Homam,Poornahuthi.

12.45 p.m: Kalasabishegam,Deeparadhanai & prasadam.

6.30 p.m: “Veethi Urvalam-I” of Vinayakar in Mooshiga-vahanam, Ambal in Radhamand Navaneethakrishnan inAnjaneyar vahanam

Sunday, Jan. 20:6.30 p.m: “Veethi Urvalam-

II”.All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterR. P. Krishnamachari (Man-

aging Director, Textan Chemi-cals, 4th Avenue, Ashok Nagar)donated Rs. 10 lakhs to Na-tional Heart Foundation (12/

Industrialist donates Rs.10 lakhs toNational Heart Foundation

A huge laddu garland con-sisting of 5400 laddus ador-ned the 12-foot-high idol ofLord Anjaneya in Anjaneyar

5400 laddu alangaram toLord Anjaneyar

temple (53rd Street, AshokNagar) on Dec. 11 as part of SriHanumanth Jayanthi cel-ebrations.

6, T. S. Krishna Nagar Exten-sion, Moggapair East; Ph: 26560436, 94443 87036) on Jan. 6for the fifth consecutive year.

He told Mambalam Timesthat National Heart Founda-

tion has been provid-ing free cardiactreatment to poorpersons since 2005.

According to Dr. S.Rajan (Founder,National HeartFoundation and Di-rector, Cardiac Sur-gery, Institute ofCardiovascular Dis-ease, MMM Hospi-tal), more than 500heart patients havebenefited till date.

He said that a 25-member paramedi-

cal team including 10 doctorsregularly visit rural areas toscreen patients.

Those needing treatmentare then admitted in the hospi-tal.

Women Helpline1091

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 Mam-balam) in 99621 53644, L. S.V. Mahadevan (98411 76386),P. Sundaram (98417 26695)or D. Gopinath (94442 09751).

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 had inphone 98406 40705.

Womens’Association toconduct ‘PongalSandhai’ onWednesdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Ashok Nagar ProgressiveWomens’ Association willhold a ‘Pongal Sandhai’ from2.30 p.m on Wednesday, Jan.16,on 9th Avenue, AshokNagar.

Women from a number ofself-help groups will put upstalls to sell handicrafts,clothes, pottery items andmore.

There will be kolam competi-tion for women and a fancydress competition for childrenduring the event.

There will also be a numberof games and play activitiesfor both adults and childrenand a food court.

For details of participatingin the contests please call95661 41764 or 97898 07017.

By Our Staff ReporterExpecting a huge rush of

ration card holders to availPongal gifts next week, CivilSupplies Department haspostponed its plan to insertadditional sheets in ration cardsfor validity, to Jan. 17.

Talking to reporters, R.Kamaraj (Food Minister) saidthat the decision was taken ata review meeting held in Secre-tariat on Jan. 7.

He urged Civil Supplies staffto ensure distribution of Pongalgifts to all card holders smoo-thly.

CM Jayalalithaa has an-nounced a Pongal gift pack

Plan of adding sheets to rationcards postponed to Jan. 17

consisting of 1 kg raw rice worthRs.20 and 1 kg. sugar worthRs.40 and cash of Rs.100 forpurchase of essential items forPongal celebration to all cardholders across the state.

The scheme will cost the gov-ernment Rs.300 crores.

MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K. Nagar EditionPage 6 January 13 - 19, 2012

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MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K. Nagar Edition

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T.R. Subramanian (resident of No. 8, KasiViswanathar Koil Street, West Mambalam)passed away on Jan. 6.

He was 79, and had been a resident of WestMambalam since birth. He had retired as Ac-counts Officer (Treasury and Accounts De-partment, Govt. of Tamilnadu).

He was an ardent devotee of Ayyappa and

OBITUARYT.R. SUBRAMANIAN

had visited Sabarimala more than 60 times. He is survived by hissons T. S. Suresh and T. S. Vedapuri and daughter SasikalaChandrasekaran.

P.R. Kailasam (resident of ‘Kaushikam’, FlatNo. 9, Door No. 2/3, Unnmalai Ammal Street,T. Nagar, Ph: 98406 87882), passed away onJan. 3.

He was 77, and had been a resident of T.Nagar for more than 45 years.

He had retired from Fisheries Department(Govt. of Tamilnadu). He had a profound knowl-

P.R. KAILASAM

edge of Vedas and used to give regular lectures in both English andTamil. He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters.

S. Jayalakshmi (resident of Flat B2, ‘BALAJIHILLS’, New No.11, Manickam Street, WestMambalam, Ph: 94441 44018) passed awayon Jan. 3. She was 90, and had been a residentof Mambalam for more than 60 years.

She was the wife of late M. A. Seshan and issurvived by her son S. Subramanian, daughterSusheela Venkataraman, grandchildren andgreat grandchildren.

S. JAYALAKSHMI

Sir, After a number of reports published in youresteemed paper about the bad condition ofMambalam High Road (the last report was inyour issue No. 24 dated Nov. 10-17), there seemsto be some action taken by Chennai Corporationto repair the road last week.

An earth mover was used to clear the debris andother construction material dumped on the road-side during the construction of Rangarajapuramflyover. I hope that the work will be continued andthe road which is in a very bad condition will be re-laid. Encroachments which block the entirestretch of the road from Rangarajapuram rail-way gate to Duraiswamy subway too need to beremoved to make it fully motorable. Once the roadis re-laid and encroachments are removed, it cancarry a significant amount of traffic away fromUsman Road.

I request the authorities to continue the goodwork and rid Mambalam High Road of encroach-ments and re-lay it. –Sriram, 90, Bazullah Road,T.Nagar, Ph: 98407 73410.

LETTERS TO THE EDITORRepair work begins on Mambalam High Road

Speed breakers needed on Motilal StreetSir, We thank Chennai Corporation for re-

laying Motilal Street, T. Nagar after a long time.However 2-wheelers and autorickshaws, which

earlier used to avoid the road owing to its badcondition, have started to use it as a thorough-fare and drive on it at a high speed.

Since it is a safety hazard to both motoristsand pedestrians, we request the authorities toinstall multiple speed breakers on the road toslow down the drivers. - President, MotilalStreet Residents’ Welfare Association (31,Motilal Street, T. Nagar).

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By Our Staff ReporterK. Vasu (resident of 84/74,

Canal Bank Road, CIT Nagar)and K. Subramani (also a resi-dent of Canal Bank Road) havebeen selling painted pots for anumber of years for Pongal,from their homes.

Vasu told Mambalam Timesthat he has a regular base ofcustomers who buy his paintedpots every year for preparingpongal.

But this year, he said, a num-ber of companies and shopowners had made advancepayment to buy his pots todecorate their outlets.

He said that prices of thepots vary from Rs. 30 to Rs.250 depending on the size andcomplexity of painting.

Both of them also sell regu-lar pots, flower pots, mugur-tham pots and clay lamps.

They procure the wares from

Entrepreneurs sell colourful pots for PongalEntrepreneurs sell colourful pots for Pongal

potters in Chengalpattu,Nellore and Periyapalayam

and do the painting themselves.Their contact numbers are

97103 88220 (Vasu) and98408 25781 (Subramani).

By Our Staff ReporterRotary Club of Madras (T.

Nagar) conferred a ‘Life TimeAchievement Award’ onformer Indian cricketer V.V.SLaksh-man on Jan. 7 in RajanEye Care Hospital (VidyodayaStreet, T. Nagar).

Vijay Amritraj (former in-ternational tennis player andEye Bank Amba-ssador forRotary Rajan Eye Bank)gave away the award in thepresence of Dr. MohanRajan (Chariman and MedicalDirector, Rajan Eye Care Hos-pital), Sujatha Mohan (Asso-ciate Medical Director) andRaja Seenivasan (President,Rotary Club of Madras, T.Nagar).

T. Nagar Rotary Club honoursV. V. S. Lakshman

Thiruvilakkupooja in AachiAmman Templeon tomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

A special Thiruvilakku poojawill take place at 8.30 a.m onMonday, Jan. 14, in Devi SriAachi Amman Temple (6/48,Siddhi Vinayagar Street, T.Nagar) to celebrate Pongal.

Devotees wishing to partici-pate in the Thiruvilakku poojamust register by Sunday, Jan.13.

The following are the otherprograms:

7.30 a.m: Maha abhishekamand special alangaaram to thepresiding deity followed byNathaswaram concert by SriM.K.S. Natarajan and Lalithasahasranaama parayanamby Sumangalis and Suvasi-nis.

9.00 a.m: Talk on ‘Spiritual-ity’ by R. Srinivasan (Member,TTDC) and pongal prasadamdistribution.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phones 92831 03990 and90949 99094.

Free yoga classes for womenfrom Jan. 21By Our Staff Reporter

Free yoga classes will be con-ducted for women from Mon-day, Jan. 21 in Koviloor Mada-layam (Basement), 52, Kup-piah Street, West Mambalam.

The classes will be conducted

at 10 a.m on Tuesdays, Thurs-days and Saturdays and at6.30 p.m on Mondays, Wednes-days and Fridays. For regis-tration please contact NaliniVishva-nathan in 24718249or 94449 29801.

ISKCONprograms inneighbourhood

International Society forKrishna Consciousness (ISKCON) conducts pro-grams inthe following venues:

Residence of Priya (1075,Munuswamy Naidu Salai, K.K. Nagar, Ph: 94440 63643): 7p.m to 9 p.m on Mondays:‘Bhakti Vriksha’; 8.30 a.m to9.30 a.m from Monday to Sat-urday: Srimad Bhagavadhamclasses.

Residence of S. Sowjanya (A-6, Ashok Vihar Apartments,21/20, 11th Avenue, AshokNagar, Ph: 94452 12281): 7p.m to 9 p.m on Tuesdays:‘Bhakti Vriksha’.

Residence of Venkataraman(D-1, Mangala Flats, 1st Floor,5, 43rd Street, Ashok Nagar,Ph: 96770 97338): 7 p.m to 9p.m on Thursdays: ‘BhaktiVriksha’. All are welcome.

Security guard harvests sugarcanein roadside garden

By Our Staff ReporterV. S. Rathnamurthy (55), a

security guard of the apart-ment complex at 12,Ramasamy Street, T. Nagar,will harvest sugarcane grownby him in the roadside gardenadjacent to the apartment forthis Pongal.

He said that he had formedthe pavement garden morethan 3 years ago to stop peoplefrom dumping garbage andother debris on the roadside.

Rathnamurthy said that thisyear, along with other plants,he had also planted sugarcanesaplings and 18 of them had

grown well and are ready forharvest on the eve of Pongal.

He said that he tends to thesmall garden everyday and theplants therein are like his chil-dren.

He is quite popular amongthe residents of the colony,especially the children.