Samashti Upanayanam held on 20th May 2011

Gramajana Samooham, Ernakulam organised Samashti Upanayanam on 20^th of May 2010 for our children.

Sasthapreethi at Gramajana Samooham, Ernakulam

The Gramajana Samooham, Ernakulam celebrated Sasthapreethi on Saturday, the 9^th of April 2010 in a grand manner. Bhajana was organized on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 6^th, 7^th and 8^th respectively from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. at Samooham Hall. Gouri Sankara Bhajanamandali led by N. S. Venkitaraman on 6^th; Kalaivani, Ernakulam on 7^th and Ernakulam Samooham Bhajanamandali lead by T. S. Rajaraman on 8^th performed and large number of devotees participated with great enthusiasm.

On the day of Sasthapreethi, Chakkamkulangara Bhajana Samithi, Thripunithura performed Bhajans in the evening, followed by Sasthampattu lead by Kutty Mama of Alappuzha. Also Vanchipattu was held in the leadership of Pammechu Mama from 8 p.m. onwards.

Bhajan Classes commenced at Gramajana Samooham

Gramajana Samooham of Ernakulam has organized a Bhajan class for those who are interested. The classes are on all Wednesdays at 6.30 p.m. and the classes will be handled by Thripunithura T. S. Rajaraman. For more details, contact Ananthakrishnan in 9846444220, Convener of Bhajan Classes.

Green Golden Feather Environment Puraskar & Paristhithi Rathna Award for Prof. Dr. S. Sitaraman

Prof. Dr. S. Sitaraman

Prof. Dr. S. Sitaraman, renowned environmental activist and Secretary of Association of Environmental Protection have been selected for the 'Green Golden Feather Environment Puraskar' instituted by Global Management of Team Solar, a leading renewable energy group. Besides Dr. Sitaraman, other awardees for Green Golden Feather Environment Puraskar are Fr. Johnson J. Palakkappillil, Principal, Sacred Heart College and Dr. Georgekutty Karianappalli, CEO, Lifeway Solar. Malayalam film star Mammooty is among six persons chosen for the ‘Virgin Earth Golden Feather Environment Awards 2011’ and 'Green Golden Feather Environment Puraskar' award for their work in the field of environmental protection. The 'Virgin Earth Golden Feather Environment Award will be also presented to Tony Chamminy, Mayor of Kochi Corporation and K. K. Krishnadas, CEO of Vallarpadam Transhipment Terminal-DP World.

The award will be presented by K. P. Mohanan, Minister for Agriculture on 11th June 2011, said K. Liju, Regional Manager of Team Solar announcing the names of Award winners. It is as part of the global environmental initiatives, the Team Solar announced Golden Feather Awards all over the world for the outstanding performance in different areas of environmental protection. While the Virgin Earth Golden Feather Environment Award carries a prize of Rs.25,000 each along with mementos, the Green Golden Feather Environment Puraskar carries a prize of Rs.15,000 each along with mementos.

The Paristhithi Rathna Award instituted by the School News was also won by Prof. Dr. S. Sitaraman. He was chosen for this title, considering the various environmental awareness programmes demonstrated, said School News co-ordinator, Mytheen Shah Master.

Prof. Dr. Sitaraman has authored two books, The Periyar Action Plan and  Periyar-the life line of Kerala. Presently he is the President of Aluva Paristhithi Sangham, Secretary of Kerala Nadi Samrakshana Samithi and District Co-ordinator of Deseeya Haritha Sena. The Award will be presented by K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Minister for Forests & Enviornment on 28th August 2011 in a function at Mar Athanasious High School, Kakkanad.

Recently he was again elected the President of Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Aluva Upasabha. Congratulations to Dr. S. Sitaraman in his achievements.

Edappalli Brahmana Samooham elects Office Bearers for 2011-13

The following were elected as Office Bearers of Edappalli Brahmana Samooham for the period 2011-13 in the recently held Annual General Body. It is an affiliated unit of Kerala Brahmana Sabha. Congratulation to the new team!

President: C. S. Venkiteswaran
Vice Presidents: V. Sreenivasan, Dr. Venkitakrishnan
Secretary: V. Navaneetha Krishnan
Joint Secretaries: Prof. K. S. Narayanan, Ananthakrishnan
Treasurer: N. J. Sreenivasan
Committe Members: P. Sivasubramaniam, P. Ananthasubramaniam, G. Sivaramakrishnan, V. Subramaniam, E. S. Vasudevan, T. S. Krishnamani, Babu Hariharan, N. Sivaramakrishna Iyer, T. V. Venkiteswaran, H. Ramanathan, P. Venkitakrishnan, S. V. Harharasubramaniam, Dr. H. S. Ram Mohan, Prof. T. S. Ramamoorthy, P. Venkiteswaran, K. R. Krishnamani, T. S. Subramaniam, R. P. Iyer

Thripunithura Upasabha elects Office Bearers for 2011-13

The Annual General Body of Thripunithura Upasabha held on 29th May 2011 elected the following as Office Bearers and Committee Members for the period 2011-13. Congratulations!

President: Dr. P. S. Raman

Vice President: R. Hariharan

Secretary: K. Venugopal

Joint Secretary: N. V. Krishnan

Treasurer: K. S. Hariharan

Committee Members: S. Naganathan, S. Ramakrishnan, S. Vaidyanathan, M. Hariharasubramanian, V. R. Venugopal, B. Rangasubramoni, S. Gopalakrishnan, R. Rajagopal, R. Parasuram, V. Hariharan, R. Krishnan, N. S. Narayanaswami, V. R. Ganeshan, T. S. Narayanan, Krishnaswami, K. S. Mahadevan

Kalady Upasabha elects office bearers for 2011-12

The Annual General Body held on 29th May 2011 at Sringeri Madhom Yathri Nivas, Kalady elected the following as office bearers for the year 2011-12. Also a Committee was elected on the day. Congratulations to the newly elected office bearers and Committee.

President: Prof. H. Padmanabhan

Vice President: Adv. V. R. V. Iyer

Secretary: V. J. Neelakandhan

Joint Secretary: K. S. Sivaramakrishnan

Treasurer: S. Raghavan

Committee Members: K. S. Viswanathan, K. N. Sivaramakrishnan, S. Hariharan, S. Ramaswami, S. Harish, M. R. Ramachandran