The guest of honour was Padma Bhushan Dr.V.Shanta Chairman, Cancer
Institute W.I.A. The variety entertainment programme by the children was
enjoyed and well appreciated by the audience.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Variety Entertainment By children Was Excellent
Speedy Progress Of Metro Rail Underground Work
Chennai Metro Rail
tunnel work is going on in full speed. A tunnel boring machine that was
launched from Nehru Park towards Egmore and 50m of tunneling work has been
completed. Diaphragm wall construction has been fully completed in
Washermenpet, May Day Park, Nehru Park & Shenoy Nagar. Casting of precast
tunnel segments for all packages is in progress at casting yards.
About 65
diaphragm wall panels and 12 plunge columns is completed at KMC and about 63 diaphragm wall panels is also completed at
Pachaiyappas College station.
According to official Metro Rail sources, 52
diaphragm wall panels is completed at Anna Nagar Tower station and 54 Diaphragm wall panels is completed at
Thirumangalam station.
An Exhibition Of Chithrakarthi Paintings On Bharatha-k-Koothu
An exhibition of Chithrakarthi
paintings on Bharatha-k-Koothu titled “Inner Flow” by Indira Seshadri,
Meenakshi Madan, Rajasi Manikandan, V.Shanmughapriya, Shobha Rajagopalan,
S.Suresh, Vaishnavi Srikanth, with the Tamil poems of Shankararamasubramanian is
on at the Lalit Kala Akademi, Greams Road, Chennai till 16th September
2012 from 11 am to 7 pm.
A informative and detailed inaugural
address was rendered by Dr.M.D.Muthukumaraswamy, Director, National Folklore
Support Center, Chennai.Passing on stories can be done in different ways.
But
when it is done with pictorial illustrations or enacted to stage they register
in the mind easily and firmly, Oral transmission of Mahabharata was
artistically channelized through the forms of Chithrakathi and shadow Puppet
Theater in the border areas between Maharashtra and Karnataka and pockets of
Andhra Pradesh. Chithrakathi is one of those traditions practiced in Pinguli, a
small village near Kudal in the Sindhudurg District of Maharashtra, dating back
to the 17th century. The exhibition ‘Inner Flow’ experiments to
infuse both these folk arts by merging the two.
The ‘Bharatha-k-koothu’ scenes
are depicted in Chithrakathi style of painting by using more modern materials;
seven different artists have painted the different episodes of
Bharatha-k-koothu in the visual idiom of Chithrakathi making the flow of light
and life illuminate both the arts, one dying and another vibrant.
Damaged And Dangerous
The photograph taken shows a damage
drain cover on Arcot Road, Kodambakkam near Corporation Complex which is posing
a hindrance to the road users.Surya Katari Sword For The Prestigious Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple
Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers (VBJ) has
unveiled its exclusively designed sword for the Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji)
Temple.Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers (VBJ) has been bestowed with an opportunity to
design the Surya Katari sword for the very prestigious Sri Venkateswara Swami
(Balaji) Temple of Greater Chicago.
Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple was
set up as an institution in Chicago with the idea of building a shrine to serve
the religious and cultural needs of the increasing number of immigrant families
from India.
The Mission Statement of the temple is to Continue and promote the
highest values of Hindu culture, philosophy, religion, spirituality and
tradition in the adopted Homeland with benevolence, compassion and tolerance.
The Surya Katari sword is a masterpiece specially crafted from
the house of Vummidi
Bangaru Jewellers (VBJ) for the Sri Venkateswara Swami
(Balaji) Temple. Speaking of the majestic Surya Katari sword Mr. Jithendra
Vummidi, Managing Partner of Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers (VBJ) stated” Vummidi
Bangaru Jewellers (VBJ) is honored to be associated with the Sri Venkateswara
Swami (Balaji) Temple of Chicago.
Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers (VBJ) was
established in Chennai, India in 1900. Since then VBJ the name has established
itself as a one standing for a blend of outstanding designs, master
craftsmanship and purity of the highest order.
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