Dorai Chomesh and his family in Virugambakkam celebrate Gokulashtami in their special way. They create a kolu on themes related to Lord Krishna. The more common theme has been Krishna Leela. Dorai says that his family has been creating the kolu for the past 15 years and they invite friends and neighbours to drop by, [...]
The hosts of the Madras Day celebrations for 2010 planned in Vadapalani may not have wanted the rains that Sunday but they went back home happy that a sizable crowd from Arcot Road areas attended the variety of events. Held on August 22 (Sunday) at Hotel Green Park, Vadapalani, ‘Spring into Reading’ of K K [...]
The shathabhishegam of S Ramanathan and Mohambal Ramanathan was celebrated on the 8th of August, 2010. Ramanathan is a retired senior officer from Tata Steel, (TISCO) Jamshedpur and a resident of K K Nagar for over two decades. The senior couple is well known and are familiar faces especially in the cultural and religious circles [...]
Maitri Cultural Association based at Chinmaya Nagar, Virugambakkam, will celebrates Independence Day on August 15 and also host its annual Pre Onam Carnival. The carnival is a day long programme from 9 am. There is a grand pookalam contest, the highlight of the day. The carnival gives women and men a chance to display their [...]
Indian Overseas Bank, Virugambakkam branch, donated Rs 60,000 worth of equipment to the workshop of the Virugambakkam-based DS Special Children Welfare Association. The equipment are for weaving, making areca plate and cup, and a furniture set. The facility was inaugurated on July 29, by R. Vaidyanathan, GM, IOB. Ganesh, RM, Chennai Region II, Tamil Marai, [...]
A workshop on Book Making and Creative Writing was organisd by Creative Brain last Sunday for 7- to 11-year-olds in K K Nagar. This was the first in the series of workshops planned by Binita Sashi of Spring into Reading and Gargi Advaithi of Zoom Kids. They believe that exposure to story books and experiences [...]
Loka Dharma Seva Foundation Trust organized the monthly ‘uzhavara pani event at Sri Nagaththamman Temple, ( on P. T. Rajan Salai, Kamarajar Salai junction, K K Nagar) in Ashok Nagar. It was held on July 11. The temple priest took an active part in supporting this act. Walls and floors were scrubbed and washed, so [...]
Reported by V. Ravichandran Citizens Guardians, a NGO group based in Ashok Nagar that looks at local issues met recently to critique the performance of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board from the consumers point of view and make suggestions. The meeting was attended by 125 socially conscious members from Ashok Nagar, K.K.Nagar, M.G.R.Nagar, West Mambalam, Kodambakkam, [...]
By V. Soundararani Kasi Raman, a volunteer of Nizhal, a NGO which promotes tress and planting of trees coordinated a ‘Free the Tree Campaign’ in late June in Ashok Nagar. The members met at a point near Blue Water Tank on 11th Avenue, and removed the large number of advertising boards that were found nailed [...]
Mahathi Academy of Music and Dance shifted to its own building. The new address is - “Mahathi” No-5, Syed Khader Avenue, near Balalok School, Venkatesh Nagar Main Road, Virugambakkam, Chennai 600 092. Well known poet, writer and lyricist Vairamuthu inaugurated the building on June 20 (Sunday). Playback singer S Janaki and Carnatic maestro ‘Mandolin’ Srinivas [...]
