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Page 8 MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagar EditionSept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2012Plea for bus-stop shelterBy Our Staff ReporterCommuters who board MTC buses at MGR Nagar stop on Anna Main Road near its junctionwith K. K. Salai in K. K. Nagar have appealed to MTC officials to provide a shelter at the stop.The shelter that existed a few years back was damaged by a lorry after which the structurewas removed.Award for serving associationBy Our Staff ReporterM. S. Soundarajan (residentof 537, 20 th Street, 4 th Sector,K. K. Nagar) was presented‘Brahamana Seva BhusanAward’ by Tamil Nadu BrahminAssociation for serving theassociation for the past 15years. The award was presentedat its annual generalbody meeting on Sept. 23.Soundarajan was the Presidentof the K. K. Nagar unitfrom 2004 to 2010.He has organized religioustours, free upanayam for poorboys and undertaken severalsocial projects during his tenure.He can be contacted in phone99403 81969.Street light junction box tiedto treeBy Our Staff ReporterA street light junction box has been tied to a tree at Dr.Natesan Road-A. P. Patro Salai junction where constructionof a stormwater drain is in progress.Devotional musicconcertthis eveningBy Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of SarvaniSangeetha Sabha, BhamidipatiLalitha and VishnuPriya will present a concert ofdevotional songs written byPoetess Saint Tarigonda Vengamambaof Tirumala at 6 p.mon Sunday, Sept. 30 in PRCCCharities Hall, Lodi KhanStreet, off Raman Street, behindHoly Angels School.They will be accompanied byShyamali Venkat (flute), GRSMurthy (veena), KandadeviVijayaraghavan (violin), S.Vijendran (mridangam), H. P.Ramamurthy (tabla) and D.V.Venkatasubramanian(ghatam).V. L. V Sudarshan, who willconduct the program, has composedthe music for the songs.All are welcome.More details can be had inphone 2815 1417.Special programs in VallalarThondu NiruvanamBy Our Staff ReporterSpecial programs have beenorganized in Vallalar ThonduNiruvanam (8/165, 10 th Street,Annai Sathya Nagar, Nesapakkam)from Oct. 2 to 5 as partof 190 th year of incarnation ofSaint Vallalar.The following are details:Oct. 2: 9.30 a.m: Discourseon ‘Thiru Artupa- EzhuthariPeruman Maalai’ by Dr. M. K.Ramanan; 11 a.m: ‘Thiru Arutpa-GudisaiNuzhainthanaive’by Prof. A. M. Malathi; 5.30p.m: Music concert by MazhaiyurSadhasivam & party.Oct. 3: 9.30 a.m: Discourseon ‘Thiru Artupa-VallalarKanda Orumaippadu’ by Prof.R. Narayanan; 11 a.m: ‘ThiruArutpa-Anbenum Pidiyul’ byMozhiyarasi Asokan; 5.30 p.m:Music concert by ThiruvarurN. Rajagopalan & party.Oct. 4: 9.30 a.m: Discourseon ‘Thiru Arutpa-Azhai ThenathuKaiyil Onru Koduthay’Medical, blooddonation campon TuesdayBy Our Staff ReporterSri Thyaga Brahma GanaSabha (Vani Mahal, G. N.Chetty Road, T. Nagar) hasorganized a medical, eye andblood donation and diabetescheck-up camp from 9 a.m to1 p.m on Tuesday, Oct. 2(Gandhi Ja-yanthi Day) in VaniMahal.Jeevan Blood Bank and ResearchCentre will collect bloodfrom donors.Rajan Eye Care Hospital willconduct the eye screeningcamp.A team from Agada DiabetesCare will screen patientsfor diabetes.Random blood sugar testwill be done and counsellinggiven.Height, weight and blood pressurewill be checked and bodymass index calculated.Balamuralikrishna’svocal concertBy Our Staff ReporterUnder the auspices of SriSadguru Gana Nilayam (G-1,Janakam Apartments, 180,Lake View Road, WestMambalam) Kunnakudi M.Balamuralikrishna will presenta vocal concert at 6.30 p.m onFriday, Oct. 5 in ThyagarajaHall, SMR MatriculationSchool, Jothy RamalingamStreet, West Mambalam.He will be accompanied byNagerkoil Anandh (violin),Thiruvidamarudur S.Radhakrishnan (mridangam)and Nergunam Sankar(ganjira).All are welcome.More details can be had inphone 98408 70446.Now the Ashok Nagar - K.K.Nagaredition of Mambalam Timescan be accessed inwww.mambalamtimes.inby Prof. V. Sethuramalingam;11 a.m: Thiru Arutpa-KalanthuKondane Kalithey’ by J.Mahadevan; 5.30 p.m: ‘ThiruArutpa-Thiruvarutpaeru’ byAranga Ramalingam.Oct. 5: 9.30 a.m: Discourseon ‘Thiru Arutpa-KootramKuthithalam Kai Koodum’ byRamanan; 11 a.m: ‘VallalarThiruvullam’ by T. SankaraNarayanan; 12 noon: Distributionof walking sticks amongvisually challenged persons;5.30 p.m: Music concert ‘ManumuraiKanda Vaasagam’ byPattabiramanjadhasar &party.All are welcome.More details can be had inphone 94453 43706.Amateur musiciansinvited to performBy Our Staff ReporterTamil Nadu Brahmin Association,K. K. Nagar Unit (Dr.Ramasamy Salai, K. K. Nagar)has invited amateur vocalistsand instrumentalists to performduring Navarathri celebrationsfrom Oct. 15 to 24.Vedic Ravi (President) toldMambalam Times that thereis no age bar. The last date forregistration is Oct. 8.More details can be had inphone 98407 87957.Free classeson BhagavathamFree classes on ‘SrimadBhagavatham’ are conductedat 11 a.m on Tuesdays at 2,50th Street, Ashok Nagar.More details can be had inphone 98406 03064.Edited & Published by K.S. Ramakrishnan. Office: 7/3, Madley Road, T. Nagar, Chennai 17. Ph: 2434 9236, 2431 39 37. Printed by Ramesh Adityan at Powerfull Printers, 74, Kannappan Street, Aminijikarai, Chennai 29.C M Y K