Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Republic Day Celebrations at Perumbavoor Upasabha

N. Ramachandran hoisting the National Flag. (from left to right) H. Vanchiswaran, Lakshmi H. Iyer, N. Ranganathan, K. Hari, V. Krishnan
The 63rd Republic Day was celebrated in a grand manner at Perumbavoor Upasabha on 26th of January 2012. Programmes commenced with the flag hoisting ceremony held at Samooham Mandapam in the morning. N. Ramachandran, President of Upasabha and Vice President, Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Ernakulam District hoisted the flag in presence of Sabha members. Children sung patriotic songs on the occasion.
Memory Test for Seniors in progress
Various competitions for members in different age groups were held at Samooham Mandapam. Competitions were held in Pallamkuzhi, Carroms, Musical Chair, Slokam Chanting and Manthram Chanting. Memory Test was another interesting competition conducted for members in the age group of 60 to 80,  drew much attraction of members. The programmes came to an end in the afternoon and a delicious lunch was arranged. The competitions were conducted under the leadership of R. Natesan (Vice President, Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Perumbavoor Upasabha), V. Krishnan (Joint Secretary Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Perumbavoor Upasabha), H. Balakrishnan (Treasurer, Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Perumbavoor Upasabha), Lakshmi H. Iyer (Secretary, Vanitha Vibhagam, Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Perumbavoor Upasabha) S. R. Parvathy (District Committee Member, Vanitha Vibhagam, Kerala Brahmana Sabha), Rajalakshmi (Joint Secretary, Vanitha Vibhagam, Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Perumbavoor Upasabha) and Mahadevan (Secretary, Yuvajana Vibhagam, Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Perumbavoor Upasabha).
Youngsters with Carroms
In the closing ceremony held thereafter was chaired by N. Ramachandran, President of Perumbavoor Upasabha. H. Ramanathan (President, Vadarkutti Brahmana Samooham), K. Krishna Iyer (Secretary, Vadarkutti Brahmana Samooham), J. Lalitha (President, Vanitha Vibhagam, Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Perumbavoor Upasabha), Kamala Hariharan (Secretary, Narayaneeyam Seva Samithy) distributed prizes for the winners. K. Hari (Secretary, Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Perumbavoor Upasabha) welcomed the audience and H. Vanchiswwaran (President, Yuvajana Vibhagam, Perumbavoor Upasabha) said the vote of thanks.

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