senior members <strong>of</strong> Shirali - Raghavendra Sthalekarand Taramati Kalbag, distributed prizes to winners<strong>of</strong> the competitions, and blessed the gathering withan Aashivachan.As per tradition, CYMA (Chitrapur Young Men’sAssociation) Day on January 26, began with flaghoisting, followed by bhajans by Parijnan BhajanMandali and other devotees. Later, pens and notebookswere presented to children <strong>of</strong> AnandashramBalak Mandir.Later, at the Sabha’s special General Body Meeting,on request, President, Standing Committee, VinodYennemady, who was present on the occasion,informed the gathering about the happenings inKarla. He also agreed to the Sabha President’srequest, supported unanimously by the audience,for participating in Sannikarsha in Karla and saidthat the date would be informed later.On the 27 th morning, after samuhik prarthana atthe new shrines and Guru Sannidhis, 25 membersparticipated in Gayatri Anushthan for an hour;25,000 japas were recited. Lady members recitedNavaratri Nityapath, Devi Anushthan and LalitaSahasranam.Reported by Subhash KoppikarThane: The activities carried out in January<strong>2010</strong> by the different centres <strong>of</strong> the Sabha follow.At Mulund, Navratri Nityapath/Devi Poojanwere performed on the 12 th , Shiv Poojan andchanting <strong>of</strong> the 12 th and 15 th Chapters <strong>of</strong> the Gita,and Shiv Manas Pooja on the 27 th . On January 18,the Punyatithi <strong>of</strong> HH Shankarashram Swamiji II wasreverently observed. Classes for shlokas and SanskritSambhashan continued to be held regularly.At Dombivli, Navaratri Nityapath/Anushthanwere undertaken on the 6 th , 13 th , 20 th and 27 th .Dasbodh Parayana was done from January 12-20.At Navi Mumbai, on the 21 st , SadhanaPanchakam, Guru Poojan, and recitation <strong>of</strong>Parijanan Trayodashi were conducted,At Powai, the Punyatithi <strong>of</strong> HH.ShankarashramSwamiji II was observed with Guru Poojan, bhajans,Shankarnarayan Geet, Deepanamaskar andMangalapad.The Thane Sabha also participated in theSannikarsha on January 31 at KarlaReported by Prakash HattangadiOUR INSTITUTIONSSaraswat Association, Chennai: Datta Jayanticelebrations commenced on December 2, 2009with sarvjanik prarthana in the morning, Nityanemabhajans in the evening and concluded on the 6 th withNagar Bhajan, Mangal Prarthana, poojas followed byprasad bhojan. From 3 rd to 6 th , Dharmapracharak V.Rajgopal Bhat gave a discourse on “Achaman and11 Names <strong>of</strong> the Lord”. On December 11 th , 12 thand 25 th , there was Devi Anusthan, Devi Poojanand chanting <strong>of</strong> Lalita Sahasranam, the Gita andNavratri Nityapath; on 14 th December and 9 thJanuary, Shiv Poojan (Sadhana Panchakam), andon 24 th December and 28 th January, Guru Poojan(Sadhana Panchakam). The year <strong>2010</strong> was begunwith Satyanarayana Mahapooja.January 8 was a red letter day for our laity as HHShrimat Sadyajat Shankarashram Swamiji gracedour premises and camped here till the 16 th . Duringthe camp, a two-day shibir was organized on 11 th -12 th at Samvit Ashram by the seaside and a beautifulPalki Utsav was held on 13 th . On the 16th afterNirop geet, Swamiji left for Bengaluru. On the 18 th ,the Punyatithi <strong>of</strong> HH Shrimat ShankarasharamSwamiji II was duly observed with Guru Poojan andbhajans.Reported by Arun HoskoteSaraswat Cultural Forum, Pune: The Forumplaces on record its grief on the very sad andsudden demise <strong>of</strong> Shri Shivadas Chandavarkar onthe January 25, <strong>2010</strong>. Shivadasmaam had takenthe initiative to organize a number <strong>of</strong> musicalprogrammes not only for the Forum but for manyother organizations as well. He had painstakinglycollected a record number <strong>of</strong> live recordings <strong>of</strong> thegreat masters <strong>of</strong> Hindustani classical music.Ever enthusiastic in encouraging budding artists,the latest one Shivdasmaam was instrumental – fromconcept to organizing – was for a Hindustani classicalmusic programme by Anand Bhate on February 20,for which he had made all the arrangements andwas trying to secure sponsorships virtually till hislast breath. His passing away has caused a deep voidwhich will not be easy to fill up. The Forum hassuffered an irreparable loss.Reported by Ramesh Nadkarni78Vol. 91, No.3, <strong>March</strong> <strong>2010</strong>Kanara Saraswat
Saraswat Mahila Samaj, Gamdevi, Mumbai: Ata cooking competition on parathas/stuffed parathason January 12, Geeta Balse welcomed the judges,Sandhya Kulkarni and Savita Savnal, from thecatering field, who run the restaurant, “Taste OfIndia”. While the 12 entries, each with its recipegiven alongside, were being judged, NirmalaNadkarni, Nalini Sanzgiri and Geeta Balse regaledthe audience with anecdotes and poems. The prizewinners, Geeta Balse (1 st and 3 rd prizes respectively,for hara-bhara alu and paneer.methi parathas), andNirmala Baindur (2 nd prize for poushtik stuffedparathas) read out their prize-winning recipes. SmitaMavinkurve proposed the vote <strong>of</strong> thanks.On the 22 nd , at the Sankranti Sammelan,Parijananand Bhajan Mandal, Goregaon, presenteda highly enjoyable programme <strong>of</strong> different types<strong>of</strong> devotional songs, ably guided by ChandavarkarMadhukar and Anjali and Pranav’s tablaaccompaniment. Haldi-kumkum was <strong>of</strong>fered andsnacks served in memory <strong>of</strong> Smt. Suman Yederi, Smt.Vijaya Yederi and Smt. Ahilya Ugrankar, sponsoredby Neeta Yaderi. Pedas were distributed in memory<strong>of</strong> Smt. Muktabai Mangalore by Chandrama BijurForthcoming programmes:Mar. 8 th : 3.30 pm – Women’s Day - Renownedartists Chetana Kadle, Asha Bhatkal and ShilpaNadkarni share their experiences.Mar. 21 st : 12 noon - Puraskar Samarambh –Lekhan Puraskar to Smt. Indu Nagarkatti andSmt. Shaila Khambadkone, Sugam SangeetPuraskar (name to be announced later) followedby contributory lunch at Rs. 110/- per person. Lastdate <strong>of</strong> registration: 10 <strong>March</strong>, <strong>2010</strong>. Venue: Smt.Indirabai Kalyanpurkar Hall.April 10: 5 pm - Vasantik Sammelan - Sitarrecital by Anjali Gangolli and sugam sangeet byDr. Leena Gangolli.Reported by Smita MavinkurveSaraswat Senior Citizens’ Association, Virar,Mumbai: The monthly meetings in October andDecember 2009 saw lively discussions on varioustopics while November saw some sad events withdeaths in the families <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> our membersand our seniormost yet most enthusiastic memberTaranath Kalbag undergoing a major surgery.January <strong>2010</strong> was ushered in with the traditionalAnnual Day celebrations on the 24 th , combining theAGM, Sankranti haldi-kumkum and lunch hostedby the Association. Chairman Mangesh Kagalwelcomed the audience and gave a summary <strong>of</strong> theevents during the year 2009. The main attractionwas the specially arranged music programme; KundaKagal introduced the artistes: Chaitra Balwally <strong>of</strong>Pune gave a light music programme with HemantHemmady and Nilesh Gadekar accompanyingher on the harmonium and tabla, respectively.Chaitra has an impressive bio-data; she has givenmany public performances, and is one <strong>of</strong> the 2500artistes from all over India, including great singers,who participated in the recently held “Antarnad”festival. Her performance comprising bhakti geet,bhav geet and some Hindi songs, was spell-binding.Hon. Secretary Shobha Kalbag presented gifts tothe artistes.Reported by Kunda KagalClassifiedsMatrimonialsAlliance invited from csb boys for csb girl, 24, 5’4”,graduate, working in mnc at bangalore. contact –09741725840. (email).Alliance invited for Chitrapur Saraswat boy, age 28 Yrs,5’8", B.E (Telecommunications) currently working inthe U.S.A. Girl should be well educated,from ChitrapurSaraswat family. Reply to Box No. CL 3286, KanaraSwaraswat, Mumbai 400007.EngagementSTallur-Hattangady: Gayatri, daughter <strong>of</strong> Smt Shanthaand late Shri Ananth Tallur with Sandeep, son <strong>of</strong> SmtRadhika and Shri Krishnanand Hattangady at Bangaloreon 27 th July, 2009.Nagarkatty-Ullal: Dnyanesh, son <strong>of</strong> Smt. Vrinda andShri Shrikant Nagarkatty with Shibani, daughter <strong>of</strong> Smt.Shobha and Shri Gurunandan Ullal on 24 th January, <strong>2010</strong>at Mumbai.Engagement on 7 th February, <strong>2010</strong> <strong>of</strong> Sunayna (Pooja)daughter <strong>of</strong> Shashi and Aarti Balsekar with Rohan son <strong>of</strong>Niranjan and Kausalya Ullal in Mumbai.Hattikudur- Bijoor : Ambarish, son <strong>of</strong> late Sandhya andNarendra Hattikudur <strong>of</strong> Santacruz with Neha, daughter <strong>of</strong>Deepa and Ramesh Bijoor <strong>of</strong> Saraswat Colony, Santacruzon 13 th December, 2009 at Khar, Mumbai.Kanara Saraswat Vol. 91, No.3, <strong>March</strong> <strong>2010</strong>79
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