MAMBALAM TIMES The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar ...

May 4 - 10, 2013 MAMBALAM TIMESPage 3Police address grievances of NorthBoag Road residentsBy Our Staff ReporterThe speed breakers on NorthBoag Road, T. Nagar, werepainted with yellow stripes tocaution motorists followinggrievances raised by residentsduring the face to face meetwith Rajendran (Inspector) andother staff of Teynampet PoliceStation on April 30As per the request of residents,‘No parking’ signboardswere erected at both ends ofNorth Boag Road and theburnt-out bulbs on street lightposts were changed.Residents have thankedRajendran for taking such swiftactions following their complaints.Dolotsavam ofSri Yagnamoorthyfrom May 11 to 27By Our Staff ReporterSwathi Narasimha MahaYagnam Trust (34/24, VenkatesanStreet, T. Nagar) willconduct dolatsavam of deitiesYagnamoorthy and SwamiMukkur Lakshmi Narasimhachariarfrom May 11 to27.According to the trustees,the idol of Yagnamoorthy willbe brought from Sri MattapallaiTemple (Vijayawada) onMay 11 and returned back tothe temple after NarasimhaJayanthi celebration in SriAhobila Mutt Oriental School(K. R. Koil Street, West Mambalam)on May 27.Devotees may have darshanof Sri Yagnamoorthy inSri Mukkur Lakshmi Narasimhachariartemple from 8a.m to 10 a.m from May 11 to27.All are welcome.Free classes onBhagavathamBy Our Staff ReporterFree classes on ‘SrimadBhagavatham’ are conductedat 11 a.m on Tuesdays at 2,50th Street, Ashok Nagar.All are welcome.More details can be had inphone 98406 03064.Ramakrishna Mission distributesfree buttermilkBy Our Staff ReporterRamakrishna Mission (DuraisamyRoad, T. Nagar) hasbeen distributing free buttermilkto the thirsty since May 1from 9 a.m to 12 noon outsideits premises.According to Swami Yethuanandha(Ashram member),buttermilk was prepared with100 liters of milk on the firstday which has since been increasedto 140 liters due toincreasing demand.He said that the Ashram hasbeen distributing free buttermilkfor the past 40 years.Anyone can donate milk forthe cause, he added.Clay pot vendor on Canal Bank RoadBy Our Staff ReporterK. Vasu (resident of 64/84,Canal Bank Road, CIT Nagar,Ph: 97103 88220) sells clayThiruvilakku poojain PanigrahaKalyanaMandapam todayBy Our Staff ReporterPalakkadu Guruji SivaramakrishnanNamboodri popularlyknown as ‘Tirumeni’ willconduct Thiruvilakku poojawith Lalitha Sahasranaamamon Saturday, May 4, at 6 p.m.in Panigraha Kalyana Mandapam(Arya Gowda Raod,West Mambalam).Devotees wishing to participatemust bring a vilakku.For more details please call94440 26655.All are welcome.pots, flower pots, clay lampsand other pottery items fromthe pavement near his residence.He said that clay pots affixedwith a plastic tap arepopular this summer.The pots are available inthe capacity of 5 to 30 liters,starting from Rs. 150 onwards.He buys his wares from pottersin Kancheepuram.Talk on ‘Visionof Strong Bharat’tomorrowBy Our Staff ReporterYoga Shanthi Gurukulam(West Mambalam) will celebrateits 18 th anniversary onSunday, May 5, in Sri KrishnaGana Sabha (MaharajapuramSanthanam Salai, T. Nagar).Swami Brahmayoganandha(Founder) will give a talkon ‘Vision of Strong Bharath’.Books and CDs based onRamayana and BhagavadGita will be released during thefunction.Ramagopalan (Founder,Hindu Munnani), S. Gurumurthy(noted columnist), D. R.Kaarthikeyan (Former Director,CBI), T. S. Krishnamurthy(Former Chief Election Commissioner)and other eminentspiritualists, yoga exponentsand scholars from Ayodhya,Mathura and Kasi will participatein the event.All are welcome.For more details please call98408 32624/97910 19514.‘Sidewalk Astronomy’ event todayBy Our Staff ReporterTamilnadu AstronomicalSociety (7 th Sector, K. K. Nagar,9382870662) and AshokNagar Friends Ball BadmintonClub will jointly conduct a‘Sidewalk Astronomy’ programon Saturday, May 4, from6.30 p.m to 9 p.m at ChennaiCorporation Playground (47 thStreet, 9 th Avenue, AshokNagar).D. Vijayakumar (President)told Mambalam Times thatduring the stargaze event, onecan view the moon and theplanets Jupiter and Saturnthrough telescopes. There willalso be a guided tour of starsand constellations.All are welcome.Sidewalk Astronomy was aconcept created by the wellknown amateur astronomerJohn Dobson. He is creditedwith making astronomyaccessible to the common man.He invented the famousDobsonian model telescopewhich is portable and cheap tomanufacture. He made astronomypopular by setting upDobsonian telescopes on sidewalksduring clear evenings andoffering to show and explainthe night sky to passersby.