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FREE859th Issue : December 3 - 9, 2011Vol. 17, No. 27

By Our Staff ReporterA majority of the shops in T.

Nagar and West Mambalamremained closed on Dec. 1 inresponse to the call given bythe Confederation of All IndiaTraders to protest against theUnion Government’s decisionto allow 51% foreign direct in-vestment (FDI) in multi-brandretail trade. Most of the shopsopened after 6 p.m.

Pondy Bazaar, Usman Roadand Ranganathan Street worea deserted look with no shop-pers in sight. There were hardlyany cars parked on Theyaga-

Most shops close in response tobandh call

raya Road in Pondy Bazaar.Though pavement hawkers

in Pondy Bazaar also joinedthe bandh, those on Rangana-than Street turned up and at-tracted shoppers. The hawk-ers told Mambalam Times thatthey did not want shoppers toreturn home disappointed. Fur-ther, they had to earn theirdaily bread, they added.

With the wholesale vegetablemarket in Koyambedu alsoobserving the strike, shops onRailway Border Road, T. Nagarremained closed. Some tea shopsand eateries were found open.

Shops closed in Pondy Bazaar

Ranganathan Street

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MAMBALAM TIMES Page 3December 3 - 9, 2011

By Our Staff ReporterI. Pandurangan, Judge, 3rd

Additional City Civil Court, onNov. 29 sentenced 11 personsto life imprisonment on thecharge of murdering Anandan

11 sentenced to life for 1993 murderand his brother Murugesan onApril 26, 1993.

The brothers were runningArasu Hardware Corporationon North Usman Road, T.Nagar in a building owned bySaleem, a film choreographer.

Trouble started when Sal-eem sent a legal notice in 1990asking them to vacate thebuilding. They contested thenotice and continued to occupythe building.

On April 4, 1993, Saleem andsome hirelings demolished a

wall of the shop. Three weekslater on April 26, when Ana-ndan and Murugesan had leftthe store to attend a wedding,Saleem and his men threw outthe goods from the shop. Thebrothers rushed back onhearing the news and sawSaleem and his men in the shop.In the clash that followed thebrothers were hacked by thearmed group. They died on wayto hospital.

Of the 16 persons accused inthe case, 5 including Saleemdied during the course of thetrial.

The Judge ruled that thecharge of murder had beenproved beyond doubt andsentenced the remaining

accused - Narayanasamy ofSaligramam, Suresh Babu ofWashermanpet, Murali andPalani of Triplicane, SureshKumar, Sundaram, Sukumar,Muniyendran, Palaniappanand Viji of Royapettah, andArumugam of Fort St. George- to two life terms for eachmurder, the sentences to runconcurrently.

According to condolencemessages posted by the Mad-ras Artistes Association (MAA)after Saleem’s death lastmonth, he became a fullfled-ged dance master with theMGR-starrer ‘Porsilai’ in 1965.He had worked with MGR, N.T. Rama Rao, Chiranjeevi,Jayalalithaa and Jayaprada.

By Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of M.S.S.

Sabha Committee lakshar-chanai mahotsavam will becelebrated from Dec. 6 to 11 inSri Siva-Vishnu Temple,Usman Road, T. Nagar for the55th year.

The following is the program:Dec. 6: 7 p.m: Angurarpa-

nam.Dec. 7-12: 7 p.m onwards

Laksharchanai.

Laksharchanai mahotsavam inSiva-Vishnu Temple

Dec. 11:12 noon: Thirupava-dai utsavam.

All are welcome.

Free Veda classesduring weekends

Free Veda classes are beingconducted from 6.30 a.m to7.30 a.m on Saturdays andSundays in Krishna Gana Sa-bha, Maharajapuram Santha-nam Salai, T. Nagar.

More details can be had inphone 98843 05676.

Keep your neighbourhoodclean and green.

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By Our Staff ReporterMore than 20 varieties of

earthen lamps for use duringKaarthigai Deepam celebra-tions are available in C.Nagalakshmi’s pavementshop on Raja Street, T. Nagar.

She told Mambalam Timesthat they include ‘tulasimaadam’, ‘panchamuham’, ‘7muham’, lotus, ‘aishwarya’ andVinayaga lamps. Prices rangefrom Rs. 2 to 200.

Nagalakshmi said that sheprocures the lamps fromPuducherry, Coimabatore andnearby districts.

She can be contacted inphone 98413 48825.

Lamps for Kaarthigai Deepam soldon pavement

Poompuhar’s‘Kaarthigai LampsFestival’ tillDec. 17By Our Staff Reporter

Poompuhar’s ‘KaarthigaiLamps & Spiritual Festival’ inits sales showroom at 108,Anna Salai will conclude on Dec.17.

The exhibition is open from10 a.m to 8 p.m on all daysincluding Sunday.

Rudraksha, ValampuriSangu, Navarathna Mala andpooja articles are on display.

All credit cards are accepted.

By Our Staff ReporterRevathy Kumar (resident of

45/21, Krupa Sankari Street,West Mambalam) was pre-sented ‘Yuva Kala BharathiAward’ during BharatKalachar’s silver jubilee cel-ebrations on Nov. 26.

The award was presented bySwami Dayanand Saraswathi.

Revathy is a disciple ofShobana (bharathanatyam)and Sulochana Pattabiraman(carnatic vocal).

She has given performancesin various venues includingMusic Academy, BharatKalachar, Indian Fine ArtsSociety and Thyaga BrahmaGana Sabha.

Revathy was presented‘Best Dancer Award’ by VDS

Presented ‘Yuva Kala BharathiAward’

Arts Academy in 2001. Shewas adjudged ‘Best female vo-calist’ in the ‘Spirit of YouthFestival, 2008’.

She is a qualified CompanySecretary.

She can be contacted inphones 98841 03404 and94440 14218.

Sitar concerton Thursday

By Our Staff ReporterPandit Janardan Mitta (resi-

dent of Habibullah Road, T.Nagar) will present a sitar con-cert (‘Vishwakala Sangam’) at6.30 p.m on Thursday, Dec. 8in Arkay Convention Center,146/3, Royapettah High Road,Mylapore.

He will be accompanied byRimpo Siva (tabla).

All are welcome.

50 persons attending free meditationclasses

By Our Staff ReporterAbout 50 persons are at-

tending the free meditation

classes being conducted inBramakumaris RajayogamMediation Center (Ashtalak-

shmi Apartments, 22/6,Mahalakshmi Street, T.Nagar), B. K. Priyalakshmi (In-charge) told Mambalam Times.

She said that the center wasopened two months back andattendance has increasedgradually.

Priyalakshmi said thatclasses on self awareness, mindcontrol, practice of divine vir-tues, inner peace, happiness,world history and geography,anger management and peaceof mind are conducted. There isalso a video session, she added

Anyone above 13 is welcometo join the classes.

She can be contacted inphones 2826 2627 and 9940038396.

Sangu abishekamon MondayBy Our Staff Reporter

108 Sangu abishekam wasperformed for the presidingdeity of Sri Kasi ViswanatharTemple, Kuppaiah Street,West Mambalam on Nov. 28(Somavaram day).

A similar abishekam will beperformed at 6 p.m on Monday,Nov. 5.

All are welcome.

Chosen for R-Dayparade in Delhi

By Our Staff ReporterNCC Cadet S. Ram Sharan

(Std. 9 student of JaigopalGarodia Hindu Vidyalaya,West Mambalam) has beenselected to participate in theRepublic Day parade in NewDelhi on Jan. 26.

He is among the 108 stu-dents chosen from all overTamilnadu and 600 selectedfrom all over India.

Ram told Mambalam Timesthat he received 8 certificatesin cultural events and ‘BestCadet’ medal in the annualtraining camp conducted re-cently.

Girija Seshadri (Senior Prin-cipal) said that there are 150NCC students in the schoolwho are also involved in socialservice activities.

Missing gate along temple tank a danger to kidsBy Our Staff Reporter

Half of the gate in the wall between KittuPark (Ellaiamman Koil Street, WestMambalam) and K. R. Koil Temple tank,which used to remain locked, is missing.

Visitors told Mambalam Times that chil-dren may go through the gap to play on thetank steps which can prove dangerous. Thelevel of the water in the tank has risen due tothe recent rains and the surface is coveredwith hyacinth.

If anything interesting is happen-ing in your neighbourhood

please inform Mambalam Times.

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December 3 - 9, 2011 Page 5

By Our Staff ReporterThe under-17 team of

Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidya-laya (West Mambalam) de-feated CSI School, Royapuramin the final of the divisional

Wins ball badminton tourney

ball badminton tournamenton Nov. 23. The team mem-bers are G. Jinendar, P. Arun-kumar, P. Yathish, M. Sairam-kumar, A. Vinodh, S. KaranRaj, R. Abishek and S. Jaga-

nesh Kumar.S. M. Ashok Kumar (Physi-

cal Trainer) told MambalamTimes that the team will takepart in the State-level tourna-ment starting on Dec. 7.

Devotional songs programon MondayBy Our Staff Reporter

Saraswara Group of Music(9/4, Chakrapani Street Extn.,West Mambalam) will presentdevotional songs at 4 p.m onMonday, Dec. 5 in Ayodhya Man-dapam, Arya Gowda Road,West Mambalam.

The members are K. Santhi,K. Archishma, M. S. Srinithi,P. Keerthana, G. KrishnaPreetha, G. Pavithra, N.Haritha, S. Nivedha, S. Sruthi,R. Nivedha, S. Jayasimha, S.Nikil, S. Gayathri, V. Akshaya,S. Aishwarya, V. Ananya, N.Padmasri, B. Shruthi, B.Meenakshi, A. Keerthana, R.J. Ajith Sowmya, R. Sindhu, R.Jayasree, G. Saraswathi and

K. Radharani.They will be accompanied by

Sivagami (violin) and P. B.Srinivasan (mridangam).

They are disciples of JanakiRajamani. All are welcome.

More details can be had inphone 2483 3706.

Sai bhajans thiseveningBy Our Staff Reporter

Sai bhajans will be con-ducted from 6.30 p.m to 7.30p.m on Saturday, Dec. 3 in AllIndia Naidu Sangam (1,Sarangapani Street, T. Nagar).

All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterToyota organized a program

on road safety in AnjugamSchool (West Mambalam) lastweek.

The program included trafficregulation, quiz on traffic, ani-mation films and distributionof booklets on road safety.

Usha Baskaran (Co-ordinator), Ramya Balakrish-nan (Trainer, Toyota) and S.M. Krupakaran (Headmaster)were present.

Program in school on road safety Hanumath Vrithamon ThursdayBy Our Staff Reporter

Sanjeevni Peetam (BRPStreet, West Mambalam) willobserve Hanumath Vrithamin Sundara Vanam, EarikathaAnjaneyar Temple, Dusi,Kancheepuram at 9 a.m onThursday, Dec. 8

Devotees have to bring poojaitems.

Transport will be arranged.The van will be start at 6 a.mon Dec. 8. The charge is Rs.400. Those interested shouldregister their names by Sun-day, Dec. 4.

More details can be had inphones 2471 2231, 9840364567 and 90435 68941 orwww.sanjeevinipeetam.com.

Now the T. Nagar - Mambalam edition ofMambalam Times

can be accessed in www.mambalamtimes.in

Lakshadeepam inKasi ViswanatharTemple on Dec. 12

Lakshadeepam will be cel-ebrated at 6 p.m on Monday,Dec. 12 in Sri Kasi ViswanatharTemple, Kuppaiah Street,West Mambalam. Devoteescan donate earthen lamps, oiland other pooja items.

All are welcome.More details can be had in

phone 98414 75566.

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NO HOLDS BARRED

  In 1962, when I was a case-file carrier in the many-lawyeredoffice of the redoubtable advocate from Thanjavur, G. Ramaswamy(whose presence and presentation of the weakest of cases wrappedin personalised GR-wit raised many a quake in the deities on theBench and the alleged doyens of the Madras Bar), I had a rethinkon strategies to meet the new rural grown ammunition.

My stock in the profession, based on a 7-letter word “HONESTY”,dinned into me from my toddlership, became more concretised anda millstone round my neck which, at the end of the day, gave me themost restful sleep that not even a Taliban-mosquito could depriveme of.

Where are the valiants and the villains of the noble profession of‘Saving the people!’? My friend Chandrashekar Hegde of Udipi, whowas my classmate in Madras Presidency College, used to tell methat the worst curse that the dishonest people used to receive in thatpart  of  the  country  then  was  “May  there  be  litigation  in  yourfamily!”. The cursing saint Dhurvasa came off as a distant second.The legal Dhurvasas became the beneficiaries of the noble curse!

The Madras High Court has grown fat in its 150 years of elephan-tine intake of the Udipi syndrome and the attendant constipationbrought on by the cascades of not legal submissions but “My Lord,Melud, Melud, Melud” at the rate of 20 per any common word, whichJustice K. Chandru banned in his court. The results show thatChandru created a disposal record that is unbreakable. That wasworthy of celebratory mention by the Supreme Court, but all thespeakers failed at it in the sesquicentennial function. As friendChrist petitioned God, I repeat it, “Lord, forgive them, for they knownot what they do”. 

Those of the learned profession sitting on the brink of eternityhad visions  of  Jayalalitha  granting  a  sesquicentinnial  goodbyepurse to the gowned gentry which, a friend told me, was going to bea mighty ten lakh rupees each. Having never again entered themighty premises which was overrun by stone-age people who, fortarget practice, had chosen the  intellectual giant SubramanianSwamy for the egg-ablution while he was arguing in the mighty HighCourt, I had hoped that Amma, the doer, would become a dear to theold retired brigade to which I belong.    

Free yoga classes from tomorrowBy Our Staff Reporter

Sannyasi Krishnayogam will conduct free yoga classes for adults for3 weeks from 6 a.m to 7 a.m from Sunday, Dec. 4 in Bala Vidya HigherSecondary School, 30, Vasudevapuram (between Chakrapani Streetand Janakiraman Street, near Doraiswamy Road subway).

The classes are conducted according to the curriculum of the BiharSchool of Yoga. Asanas, praanayama pratyahara (sense withdrawaltechniques), dharana (concentration), meditation, mantra, value edu-cation, food habits, shat kriyas (internal pathways cleaning for man-aging diseases) etc. are taught.

Doctors give lectures on alternative medicines.Classes on stress management for corporate executives are also

conducted.Those interested can register their names in phones 94442 40383/

94450 51015 or www.satyamyogatrust.netSwamiji offers counselling to his students.

S. Mahalakshmamma (resident of Moosa Street,T. Nagar) passed away on Nov. 25.

She was 96 and had been a resident of T. Nagarsince 1950.

Mahalakshmamma  was  the  wife  of  late  S.Parvateesam.

She is survived by 4 sons, daughter and grand-children.

OBITUARYS. MAHALAKSHMAMMA

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WEST MAMBALAM, KothandaramarKoil Street, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 690sq.ft, 1st floor flat, 2-wheeler parking,rent Rs. 12000, advance 10 months. Ph:944447 36830, 93616 09215.

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WEST MAMBALAM, MahadevanStreet, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 900sq.ft, 2nd floor, fully furnished, geyser,2 number covered & glass panelledbalcony, rent Rs. 15000, brokers excuse,Brahmins only, inspection from 05.12.11between 10 a.m and 1 p,m, 4 p.m and 6p.m. Ph: 99401 53081.

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EKKATTUTHANGAL, Cart Track Road,behind Jaya TV, 1 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 450sq.ft, 1st floor, 24 hours water, 2-wheeler parking,rent Rs. 6000, family only. Ph: 94452 21397,

RAMAPURAM, next to K. K. Nagar, BajanaiKoil Street, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen, 1150 sq.ft, 1st

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WEST MAMBALAM, Reddy Kuppam Road,near Srinivasa Theater, 2 bedroom, hall, kitchen,870 sq.ft, 1st floor apartment, 2-wheeler parkingonly, rent Rs. 12500 (negotiable), vegetarians /non-vegetarians welcome. Contact: Agent. Ph:90427 72352, 81489 59362.

WEST MAMBALAM, Srividya Apartments,B-13, Balakrishna Mudali Street, spacious singlebedroom, 1st floor, no lift, rent Rs. 8K. Ph: 9952960574.

WEST MAMBALAM, Govindan Road, 780sq.ft, 1st floor flat, rent Rs. 13000, car parking,vegetarians / Brahmins only. Contact: Dinesh.Ph: 98843 26761.

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By RANDOR GUY

TAMIL CINEMA 75 -A LOOK BACK

THE AVM STORY - 91

“Alli Arjuna”, “Ratnavali”, “Bhoo Kailas”, “Sabapathi”, “Vasan-thasena”, ”Harishchandra”, “Naam Iruvar”, “Vethala Ulagam”,“Oar Iravu”, “Parasakthi”, “Bhai Bhai” and “Sadarame”, the hits ofAVM, all had their genesis in the theater.

With such conviction it is not surprising that Meiyappan was anavid playgoer and watched plays whenever he had the time andopportunity. In the 1960’s, he found a major talent in Tamil theaterand gave his find the well-deserved break. He was a successfulplaywright with his own drama troupe which was making waves inChennai. His name was K. Balachandar, and he would later emergeas a major force in Tamil Cnema, giving it a new direction andmomentum when it was lacking in both.

Kailasam Balachandar (born 1930), a native of Thanjavur district,joined the Accountant-General’s Office in Madras after taking hisBachelor of Science degree from Annamalai University. Drawn tothe theater even in his school days, he had a flair and interest forwriting and directing plays besides acting. While working for thegovernment, he attempted to do plays in English and one ofthem was “Major Chandrakanth”. Finding that the scope forEnglish plays was limited in Madras, he rewrote the play in Tamiland it proved a sensation, especially among the educated theateraudiences of Madras. Its hero was a new character for Tamiltheater, a middle-aged, blind, retired army officer, Major Chandrakanth.An amateur stage actor, also a government servant, played the rolewith much depth and conviction, and became a stage and later screenstar. The role became so synonymous with his name that he came tobe known as ”Major” Sundararajan! With this hit, Balachandar andhis troupe won fame and found solid following among the Tamilmiddle class.

Hailing from a similar background, Balachandar knew his milieuwell and portrayed it with depth, understanding, impact andempathy. Not surprisingly, all his subsequent plays proved to be hitsand he created Indian theater history.

Tamil theater put on new colors and hues, thanks to him. Indeedhis plays were a watershed in Tamil theater history and became aturning point, witnessed decades after the historic Boys’ CompanyMovement initiated by the founding father of the Renaissance ofTamil theater, Sankaradas Swamigal. It is all the more astonishingthat when he achieved it all, Balachandar was not yet a full-time professional.

Balachandar had a talented team of actors like “Major” Sundararajan,comedy film star C. K. Nagesh and Srikanth, who too became a filmstar soon. The movie star “Sowcar ‘Janaki was also part of thetroupe. It was no wonder that film producers like Meiyappan focusedtheir telescopes on him and he wrote dialogues for films like “DeivaThaai” (1964, a MGR-starrer), and “Poojaikku Vandha Malar”(1965).

One of his biggest stage hits was ”Server Sundaram”, a melodra-matic play about a poor restaurant waiter (called ’server’ in SouthIndia) who becomes a movie star and his relationship with hismother. Nagesh played the role with great feeling, drawing from theexperiences of his own early life of struggle. Meiyappan acquired themovie rights of the play and engaged Balachandar as his writer.

“Server Sundaram” (1964), a Meiyappan production, was di-rected by Krishnan-Panju and had Nagesh in the lead, with up- and-coming multi-lingual star K. R. Vijaya, Muthuraman and S. N.Lakshmi as the hero’s mother. Balachandar’s dialogues had punchand power and attracted attention. The film was a success and alsowon the Indian Government Certificate of Merit in 1964 and theFilmfare Award. It was also dubbed in Telugu.

Later, in 1971, Meiyappan produced it in Hindi as ”Mein SundarHoon” with the Hindi comedy star Mehmood in the lead role,supported by Biswajeet and Leena Chandavarkar. Krishnan-Panjudirected the Hindi version also. (To be continued)

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By Our Staff ReporterFollowing the report ‘Water

stagnates in Madley Roadsubway’ published in Mamba-lam Times last week, V. P.Kalairajan (T. Nagar MLA)inspected the subway onDec.1.

He told Mambalam Timesthat he had asked Corporationworkers to remove the waterthat had stagnated and wouldcarry out another inspectionwith officials to find the causefor water leaking into the sub-way.

He appealed to residents tocontact him for assistance inphone 94440 13892.

MLA inspects subway after report inMambalam Times

Postal agents campaign againstdenial of commission

By Our Staff ReporterMembers of Tamilnadu

Postal Agents Welfare Asso-ciation attached to T. NagarHead Post-office, SivagnanamRoad have launched a signa-ture campaign against theabolition of commission forPublic Provident Fund and se-nior citizen saving schemes,and 50% reduction in commis-sion for other schemes by thePostal Department with effectfrom Dec.1.

C. B. Prabhakar (President)told Mambalam Times that 1lakh signatures will be collectedsent to the Minister concerned.

He said that there are morethan 5000 agents in the city60% of whom are women. Oth-

ers include physically chal-lenged and unemployed per-sons.

Prabhakar said that demon-strations were organized a fewweeks back.

By Our Staff ReporterM. Babu (resident of 5,

Sampangi Street, West Mam-balam) was presented ‘Appre-ciation’ Award by Tamil NaduState Blood Transfusion Coun-cil and Tamil Nadu State AidsControl Society during Na-tional Voluntary Blood Dona-tion Day celebrations on Nov.29.

Dr. V. S. Vijay (Health Min-ister) presented the awardgiven in appreciation of orga-nizing blood donation campsfor several years.

Saidai Duraisamy (Mayor)and Dr. V. Kanagasabai (Pri-ncipal, Madras Medical Col-lege and Rajiv Gandhi Govern-ment Hospital) were alsopresent.

Babu told Mambalam Timesthat he has conducted morethan 100 blood donationcamps in colleges, villages, cor-porate offices and residentialareas in which a total of nearly5000 units of blood were col-lected.

He said that most of thecamps were conducted in as-sociation with Government

Presented award for conductingblood donation camps

hospitals, Lions Blood Bankand other blood banks, andVoluntary Health Service.

Babu said that he also orga-nizes free medical camps andeye screening camps.

Cataract surgery is also donefree for needy persons, headded.

Babu has received severalawards for social service ac-

tivities including Dr. MGRAward from National Integ-rity Cultural Academy (2010),Lions Club of Perambur (2008)and Indian Science MonitorResearch Center (2007).

He is a member of Lions Clubof South Central and a Sena-tor of Exnora International.

Babu can be contacted inphone 98414 75566.

Sai bhajanson 3 days a weekBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri 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, 5.10 p.m.

Ayurvedhaasramam, 155,G. N. Chetty Road (nearPanagal Park), Mondays, 6p.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).

By Our Staff ReporterSri Annai Ashram (45th

Street, 9th Avenue, Ashok Na-gar) has organized a specialprogram on Monday, Dec. 5 onthe occasion of Sri Aurobindo’sMaha Samadhi day.

The following are details:6 a.m: Mass prayer.6.30 a.m: Sri Annai Balcony

darshan.6 p.m: Talk by R. Subbaiah

(Secretary, Sri Annai Ashram).7 p.m: Mass prayer.All are welcome.Annai Adigal (Founder) told

Mambalam Times that devo-tees can collect blessing cardson the day.

They will also be distributed

Aurobindo Samadhi Dayon Monday

in the center at 14, JaishankarStreet, West Mambalam, andcenters in Mylapore, Nanga-nallur, Ambattur and Chrome-pet.

More details can be had inphone 98414 25456.

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