Venugopal R. wins in Kannankulangara Ward at Thripunithura

Venugopal R. of Thripunithura has been elected to represent Kannankulangara Ward in the Thripunithura Municipality in the recently held elections to the local bodies. He was the opposition leader of Thripunithura Municipality for more than 25 years. Venugopal is son of Ramaswami Iyer and Gokulambal and married to Radhamony H. He is blessed with two children – Rajeev and Rekha, both students.

Reception to K. Hari and Ezhikode Sasi Namboothiri at Perumbavoor

The Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Perumbavoor Upasabha has decided to give a warm reception to K. Hari, who has been recently elected as Councilor of Perumbavoor Municipality, representing Temple Ward. Ezhikkode Sasi Namboothiri, the newly chosen Melsanthi of Sabarimala Temple, will be offered a ceremonial welcome with ‘Poornakumbham’ on the occasion. The meeting will be held at 4.00 p. m. on Sunday, the 31st October 2010, at the Samooham Mandapam, Perumbavoor.

The meeting will be presided by N. Ramachandran, President of Perumbavoor Upasabha and V. Krishnaswami, District President of Kerala Brahmana Sabha, will be the Chief Guest. Eminent social/cultural personalities will grace the occasion with their presense.

Subhalakshmi wins in Thripunithura

Subhalakshmi, known as Radha teacher marked her victory in Chakkamkulangara Ward in Thripunithura Municipality in the election held on 25th October 2010. She did her 'Ganabhushanam' from R. L. V. College of Music, Thripunithura and has a large set of disciples now. Radha teacher is married to Mahadevan and has one child K. M. Subramaniam, a 7th standard student who also a singer. Congrats to Radha teacher!

Glittering victory for K. Hari, Perumbavoor

K. Hari, Secretary of Perumbavoor Upasabha wins in the elections held on 25th October 2010 to the local bodies in Kerala. He won with a lead of 50 votes and elected as Councillor of Ward 7 in Perumbavoor Municipality. Congrats to Hari and his team!

Care for the Aged – a model project by YES

YES – Youth of Edappally Samooham is visiting Karunalayam at Thrikkakkara - an old age home for poor - with an aim of helping the aged in the society on Sunday, the 24^th of October 2010. Food and Dress for the inmates around 30 will be distributed and for this noble cause, YES accepts donations and dress materials like nighty, bed sheets, pillow covers and old veshti or cotton sarees. Priya Sekhar, President of YES requested all to contribute liberally and make this project a success.

Meritorious students and Senior Citizen couples honoured at Edappally

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Young Talents under one roof at Thripunithura

The Mahanavami eve witnessed an assembly of young talents at Sivapoorna a/c auditorium at Thripunithura. Nearly 30 students were hounered in the Merit Evening organized by Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Thripunithura Upasabha. Dr. K. S. Radhakrishnan, Ex-Vice Chancellor of Sree Sankara Sanskrit University inaugurated the Merit Evening held on Saturday, the 16th of October 2010. P. S. Raman (State Vice President and President, Thripunithura Upasabha) presided over the meeting. Gold Medals were presented to the students who scored highest marks in 10th and 12th examinations in both SSLC and CBSE streams. Rank holders from Thripunithura Upasabha in various University examinations and top scorers in other examinations were also honoured by presenting certificates and mementoes by the Chief Guest.

In his inaugural address Dr. Radhakrishnan said that the discrimination expressed by many to Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer who wrote Malayala Sahithya Charithram and Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer who is the creator of modern Kerala cannot be justified. Ulloor was a real humanist and Sir C. P. was an excellent administrator. Both of them were then attacked by some special interest groups – he said. The definition of Education has changed from “cultural activity guided by moral values” to “economic activity determined by market forces”. So no student of the community should step back in education only because of poor financial back ground. Kerala Brahmana Sabha should fund all the poor students for their education who have caliber to prove themselves – Dr. Radhakrishnan said addressing the parents and students.

P. S. Raman in his presidential address requested all the members to join together to make Thripunithura Upasabha a model upasabha in the state of Kerala. The acceptance of office by the newly elected office bearers of Youth Wing of Thripunithura Upasabha was also held in the meeting. B. Lakshmi (President), Rajagopal H. (Vice President), Sreeram R. (Secretary), H. Neelakandan (Joint Secretary) and Padmanabhan (Treasurer) took charge as office bearers of Youth Wing. Addressing the audience, E. V. Lakshmi (District President, Youth Wing) urged the youth to channelize the thoughts and actions with help of elders.

The certificates and prizes for the winners of the cultural competitions in Upasabha level were also given away in the meeting by P. Ananthasubramaniam (State General Secretary) and V. Krishnaswami (District President).

M. R. Anantharaman (Head of the Department of Physics, CUSAT), K. Annalakshmi (District President, Vanitha Vibhagam) and Harinath D. (Secretary, Youth Wing, Ernakulam District) addressed the gathering. R. Venugopal (Secretary, Thripunithura Upasabha), Balu Narayanan (State Joint Secretary), Revathy Krishnan (President, Vanitha Vibhagam, Thripunithura Upasabha), Meenakshi Varadarajan (Secretary, Vanitha Vibhagam, Thripunithura Upasabha) were also present on the occasion. Harinath D. was honoured by draping a ponnada by P. S. Raman and Mohandas S. (District Joint Secretary, Kerala Brahmana Sabha & Moderator, www.kbsekm.blogspot.com) was honoured by draping a ponnada by Dr. K. S. Radhakrishnan. The prize winners in their speech conveyed their gratitude to the parents, teachers, the almighty God and Sabha for their support. S. Ramakrishnan delivered the welcome address and N. V. Krishnan (Joint Secretary, Thripunithura Upasabha) said vote of thanks.

The following were honoured in the Merit Evening 2010 for academic achievements.

Reshma R., V. C. Keerthana, Vishnu K., Gokul P. Ram, Anish K., Gayathri R., Sandhya R., Aswath R., Shilpa S. Kavasseri, Vikhyath Kumar, S. Ajay Ganesh, Anjali V. Gopal, Sangeetha G., S. Shruthi, Lakshmi Priya K., Navaneeth Krishnan, Aswathi Krishnan, Santhosh K., Sreevidhya H., Gayathri R., Sowmya V. Ganesh, Karthik S., Gopika Jayaram, Priyanka Subramanian, Sarada Sethuraman, Sharmila Sivakumar, Anish K.

Dr. K. S. Radhakrishnan to inaugurate Merit Evening at Thripunithura

The Merit Evening of Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Thripunithura Upasabha will be held on the day of Mahanavami, the 16^th of October 2010 at Sivapoorna a/c Auditorium in the Seethalakshmi Rama Iyer Memorial Building at Chakkamkulangara. The toppers in 10th and 12^th standard examinations – both State and CBSE – will be honoured in the meeting. Achievers in other academic segments and winners in the cultural competitions held at Palakkad from Thripunithura Upasabha will also be honoured on the day. Those who stand in the first position in 10th standard examinations will be presented Gold Medals. Thripunithura is the only Upasabha to distribute Gold medals in the entire state of Kerala, said K. Venugopal, Secretary. P. S. Raman (State Vice President and President of Thripunithura Upasabha) will preside over the meeting and Dr. K. S. Radhakrishnan (Ex-Vice Chancellor, Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kalady) will inaugurate the Merit Evening. M. R. Anantharaman (Head of the Department, Physics, CUSAT) will the guest of the day. State/District leaders of Kerala Brahmana Sabha will attend the function.

Navarathri celebrations begins in various parts of Ernakulam District

Navarathri Mahotsavam occupies a much honoured place in the Saiva, Saktha and Vaishnava schools of worship. Worshipping the devine mother in her three magnified forms – Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Maha Saraswathi – is the main significance of Navarathri. It is age old custom to celebrate the Navarathri with great passion and piousness by Tamil Brahmins in Kerala. Many Brahmin houses and Samooha Madoms will be busy with Bomma Kolu in these nine days. Cultural programmes are held on all the days in front of Kolu. The Bommai decorated in Kolu is taken home and it is believed that the idol brings prosperity to home with the nine day poojas. Almost all the Samoohams have made arrangements to make the idols available to the general public.

K. Annalakshmi, District President of Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Ernakulam District inaugurated the celebrations at Ernakulam City Unit. Mattancherry, Aluva and Muvattupuzha are the main centers where the Bomma Kolu is prepared.

Children in Navarathri Celebrations at Aluva

The Vanitha Vibhagam volunteers in front of Bomma Kolu at Aluva

K. Annalakshmi inaugurating the Navarathri Celebrations at Ernakulam

Performance by Shanmughapriya at Ernakulam

Bhajana by Subramaniam & Party of Thripunithura at Muvattupuzha

Bomma Kolu at Muvattupuzha




Navarathri Mahotsavam at Adi Sankara Keerthi Sthambha Mandapam, Kalady

Adi Sankara Keerthi Sthambha Mandapam is celebrating the festival of Navarathri from 8th to 16th of October 2010 with various poojas and programmes. K. S. Venkiteswaran, Manager requested all the devotees to participate in all the programmes with their families and friends to obtain the blessings of the Devine Mother. Chandika Homam will be held on 14th of October 2010 at 7.00 a.m. The programme as follows.

The beginning of Sakthi worship can be tracd from back to the Vedic period itself. Devathas and Rishis from time immemorial worshiped the Vag - Godess of Speech and Saraswathi, the Godess of knowledge for attainng the supreme wisdom for the welfare of the entire humanity.

8th October 2010 – Friday

Vocal – Kalady Vasudevan

Violin – Biju Udayamperur

Mridangam – Sachidananda Pai

9th October 2010 – Saturday

Vocal – Usha Rajaram

Violin – Sanjith Cherthala

Mridangam – P. P. Balachandran

10th October 2010, Sunday

Vocal – G. Gopika

Violin – Biju Udayamperur

Mridangam – Babu Palluruthy

11th October 2010, Monday

Vocal – Nithya

Violin – Biju Udayamperur

Mridangam – Sachidananda Pai

12th October 2010, Tuesday

Vocal – Raju Narayanan

Violin – Anilkumar Edappally

Mridangam – Hari Paravoor

13th October 2010, Wednesday

Vocal – Dr. Preethi Satheesh

Violin – Edappally Jayamohan

Mridangam – Edappally Sunil

14th October 2010, Thursday

Vocal – Thripunithura S. Ramaswami

Violin – Thripunithura Mahesh

Mridangam – Edappally Sunil

15th October 2010, Friday

Student’s Concert

(Department of Music, Sri Sankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kalady)

16th October 2010, Saturday

Student’s Concert

(Sri Kanakadasar Memorial Sree Krishna Shruthi, Kalady)

Navarathri celebrations to begin at Muvattupuzha

Navarathri Celebrations at Mattancherry

Navarathri celebrations are organized at Thekkemadom, Mattancherry with various programmes. The schedule of programme as follows.

08/10/2010

Music by Local Students

(06.30 p. m. to 08.00 p. m.)

09-10-210

Music by Krishnan V., Perumbavoor

(06.30 p. m. to 08.00 p. m.)

10/10/2010

Bakthi Gana Sudha by Narayanan & Party

(06.30 p. m. to 08.00 p. m.)

11/10/2010

Bhajan by Natvar Krishna Bhajan Mandali

(06.30 p. m. to 08.00 p. m.)

12/10/2010

Music by Local Students

(06.30 p. m. to 08.00 p. m.)

13/10/2010

Thirkuppughal by Thekkemadom Ladies

(05.00 p. m. to 06.00 p. m.)

Carnatic Vocal by Kumari. Deepthi

(06.30 p. m. to 08.00 p. m.)

14/10/2010

Carnatic Vocal by Kumari. Sumana S. Pai

(06.30 p.m. to 08.00 p. m.)

Vanitha Vibhagam and Youth Wing AGM held at Palakkad

Vanitha Vibhagam

The Annual general Meeting of Vanitha Vibhagam was held on Sunday, the 3rd of October 2010 at at Sarada Sankara Kalyana Mandapam, Nurani, Palakkad. The meeting was presided by Dr. Latha Ramakrishnan, State President of Vanitha Vibhagam. P. Vijayambika, Retired Deputy Collector inaugurated the meeting. She was presented a memento by V. Ramalingam, State President on the occasion.

The presidential address was assisted by a big screen presentation by Dr. Latha Ramakrishnan which described the activities, programmes, district wise analysis, mangalya nidhi, pension schemes etc. of Vanitha Vibhagam. The Annual Report and Annual Accounts were passed in the meeting afer discussions and clarifications. Annual Report was presented by Sreemathy Ramaswami, State General Secretary and Annual Accounts was presented by Meena Sankaranarayanan, State Treasurer. Vanitha Vibhagam handed over an amount of Rupees 1 lakh as donation and 2 lakh as loan for the state building fund. V. Ramalingam received the cheques from Dr. Latha Ramakrishnan in the meeting.

Saraswathy Subramaniam (District President, Vanitha Vibhagam, Palakkad) welcomed the delegates and Sreemathy Ramaswami delivered the vote of thanks.

Youth Wing State Meeting

The first State General Body of Youth Wing of Kerala Brahmana Sabha was held here at Palakkad on Saturday, the 3rd of October 2010 at 3.00 p. m. Youngsters between the age group of 18 to 35 participated in the meeting from different parts of the state. An ad-hoc committee was constituted in the meeting with Harinath D. from Ernakulam as General Convener, Arun, Venkitesh and Madhusoodanan as Zonal Conveners. N. R. Parameswaran (State Joint Secretary) introduced the members of the ad-hoc committee and V. Ramalingam (State President) described the guidelines for the functioning of Youth Wing. V. Navaneeth Krishnan (State Joint Secretary – Head Quarters) said the vote of thanks.

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40th AGB held at Palakkad

40th Annual General Meeting of Kerala Brahmana Sabha was held at Sarada Sankara Kalyana Mandapam, Nurani, Palakkad on Sunday, the 3rd of October 2010. The inaugural meeting was presided over by V. Ramalingam. N. R. Krishnamoorthy (District President, Palakkad) welcomed the gathering and P. Ananthasubramaniam (State General Secretary) delivered the vote of thanks. Industrialist and Managing Trustee of Pallatheri Veda Samrakshana Trust, S. N. Varadarajan inaugurated the meeting. The Annual Report and Annual Accounts were read and passed in the business meet. Annual Report was presented by P. Ananthasubramaniam, State General Secretary and the Annual Accounts was presented by K. G. V. Pathy, State Treasurer.

The closing ceremony was inaugurated by K. K. Divakaran, M. L. A. Honourable Justice M. N. Krishnan was Chief Guest in the meeting presided over by V. Ramalingam. Prominent personalities and Academic achievers were honoured in the meeting by presenting Certificates, Mementos and Shall. Cash awards for the winners in the cultural competitions were also distributed in the meeting by Honourable Justice M. N. Krishnan.

Sivaramakrishnan (District Secretary, Palakkad), P. Ananthasubramaniam (State General Secretary), Kesava Dev Puthumana (State Committee Member, Yoga Kshema Sabha), N. N. Ramachandran (Palakkad) addressed the audience.

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Ernakulam City Unit honoured Justice P. R. Raman

Justice P. R. Raman, Retired Judge, High Court of Kerala has been appointed as Judicial Member in the Mumbai Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). He will take charge on Saturday, the 9^th of October 2010. Justice P. R. Raman was honoured by the office bearers of Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Ernakulam City Unit at his residence on Sunday, the 26^th September 2010. T. V. Krishnamani, Vice President of Ernakulam City Unit honoured him by draping a Ponnada. R. Ramakrishnan (President, Ernakulam City Unit), T. R. Ganeshan, A. G. Ganesh Venkitachalam, S. Narayanan and R. Ananthanarayanan (Treasurer, Ernakulam City Unit) were present on the occasion.

The Central Administrative Tribunal has been established for adjudication of disputes with respect to recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to public services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or other local authorities within the territory of India or under the control of Government of India and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Glittering performance by Ernakulam District in State Cultural competitions held at Palakkad

To sustain the brahmanic culture among youth, the state committee of Kerala Brahmana Sabha conducted a state level competition for the children between the age group of 8 to 15 at Sarada Sankara Kalyana Mandapam, Nurani, Palakkad on Saturday, the 2nd of October 2010. The winners from various districts participated in the day long competitions with great enthusiasm. Earlier in the morning, Guinness Book of World Records fame Mridanga Vidwan Kuzhalmandam Ramakrishnan lighted the Bhadradeepam marking the beginning of the Competitions. V. Ramalingam, State President presided over the inaugural meeting. “The efforts put by the organization to propagate our traditions and culture has to be highly appreciated and in my childhood days, we hadn’t an opportunity like this” – said Ramakrishnan.

Pushpa (Secretary, Vanitha Vibhagam, Palakkad District) delivered the welcome speech and P. Ananthasubramaniam (State General Secretary) said the vote of thanks. Slokam Chanting, Manthra Chanting, Kolamidal, Bhajana and Role Play competitions were held, which had prize money of more than rupees one and half lakhs. V. Ramalingam appreciated event co-ordinator Balu Narayanan, State Joint Secretary for the smooth conduct of the programmes. The results were announced on the same day and the cash prize with certificates for the winners were distributed by Honourable Justice M. N. Krishnan in the closing ceremony of the state general body held in the same venue on Sunday, the 3rd of October 2010. V. Krishnaswami, District President congratulated the winners especially from Ernakulam District. Ernakulam District bagged the following prizes. (Detailed results available in www.kbskerala.blogspot.com)

1. SLOKAM CHANTING (Individual)
Boys Group A (Age: from 8 upto 11 years)
1st – VENGADHANATHAN (ERNAKULAM)

Boys Group B (Age: from 11 upto 15 years)
3rd – ARUN VARADARAJAN (ERNAKULAM)

Girls Group B (Age: from 11 upto 15 years)
1st – PAVITHRA C. V. (ERNAKULAM)

2. MANTHRAM CHANTING (Individual)
Boys Group A (Age: from 8 upto 11 years)
1st – V. N. R. SUBRAMANIAM (ERNAKULAM)

Boys Group B (Age: from 11 upto 15 years)
1st – V. RAMAKRISHNAN (ERNAKULAM)

3. KOLAMIDAL (Individual)
Girls Group A (Age: from 8 upto 11 years)
2nd – SWATHI R. (ERNAKULAM)

Girls Group B (Age: from 11 upto 15 years)
2nd – PAVITHRA C. V. (ERNAKULAM)

4. BHAJANA (Group)
Group A (Age: from 8 upto 11 years)
2nd – SWATHI VISWANATH & PARTY (ERNAKULAM)

Group B (Age: from 11 upto 15 years)
1st – K. M. SUBRAMANIAM & PARTY (ERNAKULAM)

5. ROLE PLAY (Group)
2nd – SWATHI & PARTY (ERNAKULAM)

Sree Vinayaka Chathurthy celebrated at Aluva Brahmana Samooham Temple

Sree Vinayaka Chathurthy was conducted at Aluva Brahmana Samooham Temple with Ganesa Purana Yagnam and other rituals.  After the 7-day Ganesa Puranam by Yagnacharyan Puranasree Alappatt Ramachandran, Padmaja recited the Ganesa Purana slokas. On last day, 11.09.2010, Ashtadravya Mahaganapathy Homam with 1008 coconuts and Kumara Ganapathy Pooja were conducted. 

Samooham Vadyar T. A. Seetharaman lead the Homam. The Ganapathy idol at Yagnavedhi was immersed in the river Poorna at Aluva Manappuram. There was also Annadanamm on all the days.

Kollam based Sankar enters Limca Book of World Records

Sankar M., Senior Business Officer of Cadila Health Care Limited has recognisied in the Limca Book of World Records for achieving 100 per cent rupee wise monthly primary sales performance consistently for 150 months. He is continuing his record braking performance and as of now he has crossed 165 months. Sankar is born to S. Mahadeva Iyer and Chellammal who belongs to Kundara. His wife Vidhya is a singer and he is blessed with 2 children Pavithra and Gokul. Congrats to Sankar.

District Level Cultural Competitions held at Perumbavoor

Various competitions to encourage youngsters in the age group of 8 to 15 were held at Perumbavoor on Sunday, the 26th September 2010. Nearly 60 children from 11 Upasabhas in Ernakulam District participated in the competitions. Slokam Chanting, Manthra Chanting, Kolamidal Bhajana and Role Play were the items and the winner represented the Ernakulam District in State level competitions held at Palakkad on Saturday, the 2nd of October 2010. V. Krishnaswami (District President) appreciated the efforts of the Competition Co-ordination Team for the smooth conduct of the same. Balu Narayanan, Muralidas S., N. Hariharasubramania Iyer, A. Mahadevan, S. R. Parvathy Ammal and H. Vanchiswaran were among the Co-ordination Team. The following won the competitions.

Bhajana - Group A Winner: Swathi & Party (Mattancherry)

Bhajana - Group B Winner: K. M. Subramaniam & Party (Thripunithura)

Bhajana - Group B Runner Up: Rohit Krishna & Party (Perumbavoor)

1. SLOKAM CHANTING (Individual)

Boys Group A (Age: from 8 upto 11 years)

1st – VENGADHANATHAN (MATTANHERRY)

2nd – V. N. R. SUBRAMANIAM (THRIPUNITHURA)

3rd – KALYAN R. (THRIPUNITHURA)

Girls Group A (Age: from 8 upto 11 years)

1st – SAIKRIPA S. (MATTANCHERRY)

2nd – KAVYA V. (EDAPPALLY)

3rd – RENJITHA (PERUMBAVOOR)

Boys Group B (Age: from 11 upto 15 years)

1st – ARUN VARADARAJAN (THRIPUNITHURA)

2nd – RAMAKRISHNAN V. (ERNAKULAM)

3rd – K. M. SUBRAMANIA IYER (THRIPUNITHURA)

Girls Group B (Age: from 11 upto 15 years)

1st – PAVITHRA C. V. (THRIPUNITHURA)

2nd – K. J. ANURADHA (MATTANCHERRY)

3rd – REKHA R. (THRIPUNITHURA)

2. MANTHRAM CHANTING (Individual)

Boys Group A (Age: from 8 upto 11 years)

1st – V. N. R. SUBRAMANIAM (THRIPUNITHURA)

2nd – KALYAN R. (THRIPUNITHURA)

3rd – V. VENKITARAMAN (MATTANCHERRY)

Boys Group B (Age: from 11 upto 15 years)

1st – V. RAMAKRISHNAN (THRIPUNITHURA)

3. KOLAMIDAL (Individual)

Girls Group A (Age: from 8 upto 11 years)

1st – SWATHY R. (THRIPUNITHURA)

2nd – G. SARASWATHY (MATTANCHERRY)

3rd – LAKSHMI VISWANATH (THRIPUNITHURA)

Girls Group B (Age: from 11 upto 15 years)

1st – PAVITHRA C. V. (THRIPUNITHURA)

2nd – APARNA (MATTANCHERRY)

3rd – SOUPARNIKA LAKSHMI (PERUMBAVOOR)

4. BHAJANA (Group)

Group A (Age: from 8 upto 11 years)

1st – SWATHY & PARTY (MATTANCHERRY)

Group B (Age: from 11 upto 15 years)

1st – K. M. SUBRAMANIAM & PARTY (THRIPUNITHURA)

2nd – ROHIT KRISHNA & PARTY (PERUMBAVOOR)

5. ROLE PLAY (Group)

1st – SWATHY & PARTY (MATTANCHERRY)

2nd – SUCHITHRA & PARTY (PERUMBAVOOR)

Brahmin youth should be the Cultural Ambassidors - Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer

Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer urged the Tamil Brahmin youth to work towards wiping off the tears of the poor. He was addressing the District Youth Convention held at Perumbavoor on 26th of September 2010. He exhorted the youngsters to uphold the principle "Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu", and to work for the well being of the World community. Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer was given a ceremonial welcome by offering "Poorna Kumbha".

V. Krishnaswami, District President presided over the meeting. V. Ramalingam, State President inaugurated the Youth Wing of Kerala Brahmana Sabha in Ernakulam District. In his inaugural address V. Ramalingam said that from the ancient days, our community was well known for the act of giving without expecting anything back; what you call 'daanam'. As the followers of that rich tradition, every youth should serve the society as they can. He requested the youth to prepare blood donor's forum in Upsabha/Unit and District levels by conducting blood group identification camps and donate blood when needed. P. R. Kalyanaraman (Executive Director, Federal Bank Ltd.), Prof. T. K. Kaveri Ramanathan, P. Ananthasubramaniam (State General Secretary), P. S. Raman (State Vice President), N. R. Parameswaran (Secretary, Central Zone), K. Annalakshmi (District President, Vanitha Vibhagam) and H. Ramanathan (President, Vadarkutti Samooham, Perumbavoor) addressed the gathering.

C. Y. Gangadharan, recipient of Sree Sankara Award was presented a memento by V. Ramalingam, State President in the meeting. N. Ramachandran (District Vice President) delivered the welcome speech and R. Ramakrishnan (District Secretary) said the vote of thanks. The following were elected as office bearers of Ernakulam District in the meeting. E. V. Lakshmi (President), H. Vancheeswaran (Vice President), Harinath D. (Secretary), Sankar Chinnaswami (Joint Secretary) and N. Bharath (Treasurer).

V. Krishnaswami presenting memento to Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer