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By Our Staff ReporterBrahmanandha Bhajan

Mandali (60/31, KuppaiahStreet, West Mambalam, Ph:99401 64565) will conduct‘Balanandha mela’ (a bhajanprogram for school students)from 8 a.m to 6 p.m on Satur-day, Dec. 29, in Sri ShobanaKalayana Mandapam (AryaGowda Road, West Mamba-lam).

Srikanth Bhagavatharalong with the students willsing Abang bhajan from 6 p.mto 8 p.m.

The following is the sche-

Day-long bhajan program byschool students todayBy Our Staff Reporter

Dr. Natesan Park (T. Nagar)received the ‘Best Park’ awardfrom Mylapore Academy onNov. 19.

The award was handed outby K. S. Sripathi (former IASOfficer) and received by P.Ponnurangam (President,South Madras Walker’s andJogger’s Association).

According to Ponnurangan,the park was selected on thebasis of its general mainte-nance, upkeep, greenery, fa-cilities and other social activi-ties conducted in the park.

He said that the Associationconducts free yoga classes,meditation classes and othersuch activities regularly in the

Natesan Park receives ‘Best Park’ award

park which is well received.Children’s play equipment

are regularly serviced and re-paired.

Gardening activities are con-

ducted on a daily basis.The Association also coordi-

nates with Chennai Corpora-tion for general upkeep of thepark.

Aradhanai forAnnamacharyaand Thyagarajanext Saturday

Sri Annamacharya Vam-seekula Sankeetha Seva Man-dali (West Mambalam) in as-sociation with Sree Lalitha Ka-lakshetra (West Mambalam)will conduct Aradhana Mahot-savam for Sathguru Annama-charya and Thyagaraja from 3p.m to 8 p.m on Saturday, Jan.5, in 9, K. R. Koil Street, WestMambalam, near Madley Sub-way.

Thalapakka V. Meenalo-chani and her team will per-form Annamayya aradhanaiand Sri Venkatesa Navarat-namala ghosti ganam.

Students and teachers ofLalitha Kalakshetra will pre-sent keyboard concerts andsing Pancharathna keertha-nas. All are welcome.

The Editor andStaff of

Mambalam Timeswish you a

Happy New Year!

dule:8 a.m: G. K. Shetty Viveka-

nandha Vidyalaya, Ambattur9.15 a.m: Sri Narayana

Mission School, West Mam-balam

10.30 a.m: GRT Vidyalaya,Ashok Nagar

11.45 a.m: M. A. Krishna-swami School, K. K. Nagar

1.15 p.m: Hariom Vidyala-ya, K. K. Nagar

2 p.m: B. S. Mootha School,West Mambalam

3.15 p.m: D. A. V. School,Adambakkam

4.30 p.m: Sri SankaraVidyalaya, Urapakkam

All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterR. Vedavalli received the

Rasika Fine Arts awards eminentvocalist Vedavalli

‘Rasika Kala Bharathi’ awardalong with Rs. 75,000 for her

contribution in the field ofCarnatic music on Dec. 22 inJGHV School (Mambalam).

The award, which is given toan eminent Carnatic musicianevery year, is constituted byRasika Fine Arts (T. Nagar)and JGHV School (WestMambalam).

Vedavalli had won theSangeetha Kalanidi award in2000.

She has given performancesin India and abroad.

She teaches music in Govt.College for Music (Adyar) andis also proficient in playing theveena.

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By Our Staff ReporterS. Sukumar (a professional

photographer and resident of39/3, Kannadasan Road, T.Nagar, Ph: 98402 08888), hasput up a photo exhibition of thephotos clicked by him duringLondon Olympics (2012) at ArtHouse (Kasturi Rangan Road,Alwarpet).

The exhibition, which startedon Dec. 23, will conclude today.

The exhibition is open from10 a.m to 7 p.m

He has in the past coverednumerous international eve-

Photo exhibition of London Olympics ends todaynts like the FIFA World Cup,the ICC Cricket World Cup,all 4 editions of the T20 WorldCup and IPL Cricket Lea-gue.

He has also covered theAsian Games in Qatar andGuangzhou, the 2010 DelhiCommonwealth Games as wellas the South Asian Games inSri Lanka.

He had conducted photo ex-hibition of Beijing Olympics inChennai and Pondicherrywhich were well received bysports lovers.

Vandhana’s bharathanatyamarangetram today

By Our Staff ReporterJ. Vandhana (resident at 10/

23, Rajagopalan Street, WestMambalam) will have herBharathanatyam aranget-ram at 6.30 p.m on Saturday,Dec. 26 in VDS Arts Academy(M.O.P Vaishnava College,Nungambakkam).

She is a disciple of J. Surya-narayana Murthy.

She is a Std. 8 student ofJawahar Vidyalaya (AshokNagar).

By Our Staff ReporterMultiple Sclerosis Society of

India, Chennai Chapter (30,North Boag Road, T. Nagar,2815 6623) arranged for anevening of entertainment forpersons suffering from multiplesclerosis n Dec. 23.

It included a humour sessionby Badava Gopi (well knownTV artiste and comedian).

According to Ann Gonsalvez(Secretary), multiple sclerosisis a disease of the centralnervous system affecting itsfunctionality and resulting insevere disabilities in afflicted

Badava Gopi entertains clerosis patientspersons.

She said that at presentthere is no cure for the diseaseand its progress can be sloweddown by an injection per weekcosting Rs.7,200 per vial.

She said that the Societyprovides assistance to 162patients by providing themwith medicines, counseling,physiotherapy, equipment likewheelchairs, canes, walkersand by conducting awarenessprograms.

She appealed to the readersof Mambalam Times fordonations.

DikshitaFoundationconducts freeVeda Parayanam

Members of Srimad Appa-yya Dikshita Foundation(Kottivakkam), on invitation,conduct free Krithika MandalaSama Ghana Veda Paraya-nam in residences and templesin Chennai.

The Parayanam is done byVedic scholars who will recite384 Sama hymns for over 3.5hours.

Interested patrons may con-tact Srinivasan in 9791019450.

A. Hindu (resident of 57,Vandikkaran Street, WestMambalam), who is differently-abled received the ‘Best Achie-ver Award’ from TamilnaduUdavikkaram Association forthe Welfare of DifferentlyAbled on Dec. 22 for her out-standing achievements in ath-letics.

She has won several medalsin national and internationalathletics events for the dis-abled. She has excelled in jav-elin throw, shot put, long jumpand wheelchair race.

She is a Std. 12 student inChennai Higher SecondarySchool, Saidapet.

Handicapped student awarded forexcelling in athletics

Thejaswini’ssalangai pooja

tomorrow

By Our Staff ReporterThejaswini (a resident of

NABARD Officers’ Quarters,73, Bazullah Road, T. Nagar)will have her salangai pooja at9.30 a.m on Sunday, Dec. 30 inBala Abirami Natya Academy(27/9, Raghavaiah Road, T.Nagar).

She is a disciple of Kalaima-mani Nalini Balakrishnan.

She is a Std. 4 student inDAV Girls’ School (Gopala-puram).

Sai bhajan programs in T. Nagar and MambalamBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Sathya Sai Samiti con-ducts Sai bhajans every weekin the following venues in T.Nagar and Mambalam.

T. Nagar:Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N.

Chetty Road (near PanagalPark, Vijaya Bank building):Saturdays, 5 p.m.

Ayurvedasramam, 155, G.N. Chetty Road (near PanagalPark): Mondays, 6 p.m.

50/38, Motilal Street (oppo-site Ranganathan Street):Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

Muthumaari Amman Tem-ple, South Boag Road: Mon-days, 6.30 p.m (contact no.94456 11333).

Mambalam:2A/27, Thambiah Road,

West Mambalam.Fridays, 6.30 p.m to 7.30 p.m:

Vallabha Ganapathy Tem-ple, Arya Gowda Road, WestMambalam: Sundays, 5.15p.m.

Murugashramam, Srini-vasa Pillai Street, West Mam-

balam: Sundays, 5.15 p.m.All are welcome.Samiti also sells books on

Sai literature and CDs of SaiBhajan songs.

More details can be had fromD. Srinivasa Rao (9840050875) or C. Ramamurthy(9444O 54819).

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By Our Staff ReporterDuring an eviction drive,

Chennai Corporation workersseized flower baskets, cartsand other materials frommobile roadside vendors onthe pavement of Arya GowdaRoad (West Mambalam) onDec. 24.

The flowers were dumped onthe pavement.

They also removed hoard-ings from the pavements andvinyl banners from lamp pos-ts.

The seized materials weretaken away in a Corporationvan.

Corporation evicts roadside vendors

Free medical check-upon Sunday

Sanjeevini Peetamconducts chantingof Bhagavad GitaBy Our Staff Reporter

Devotees of SanjeeviniPeetam (16/45, BRP 1stStreet, West Mambalam)chanted ‘Bhagavad Gita’ and‘Hanuman Chalisa’ under theguidance of Mathaji (Founder)on the occasion of BhagavadGita Jayanthi on Dec. 23.

Namasankeerthanamin Ram SamajBy Our Staff Reorter

Sri Ram Samaj (AyodhyaMandapam, Arya GowdaRoad, West Mambalam, Ph:2489 3077, 2371 8286) willperform Radha Kalyanam at8 a.m on Sunday, Dec. 30.

Devotees will sing ThodayaMangalam, Guru Dhyanamand Geetha Govindam from 8a.m on Saturday, Dec. 29.Divyana Sankeerthanam willtake place at 7 p.m followed byDolotsavam.

Vittaldas Maharaj will per-form a special New YearNamasankeerthanam at thesame premises from 10 p.m tomidnight on Monday, Dec. 31.

All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterUngalukkaga Charitable

Trust in association withTamilnadu Brahmins’ Asso-ciation will conduct a free megamedical check-up program onSunday, Dec. 30 from 8 a.m to8 p.m in Sri Sitaram Vidyalaya(First Lane, Ramakrishna Pu-ram, Arya Gowda Road, WestMambalam)

X-ray, ECG, echo, ultra-sound, bone marrow densitycheck, blood sugar tests, can-cer screening for breast, GItract and cervix, diabetesscreening, fat analysis and in-fertility consultation will beavailable during the program.

A senior physician, ortho-paedician, gastroenterologist,dermatologist, gynaecologist

and dermatologist will be avail-able for consultation.

Surgery or any further treat-ment advised for participantswill be done at a concessionalrate.

Patients with any chronicillness are advised to carry withthem their earlier medicalrecords for consultation.

For further details please call95513 45999 or 95512 96999.

By RANDOR GUY

TAMIL CINEMA 75 -A LOOK BACKTAMIL CINEMA AND MUSIC - 40

“Pizhaikkum Vazhi” had, besides T. S. Durairaj, T. S. Balaiah,and T.A. Jayalakshmi (the heroine of “Naam Iruvar”) in mainroles, but it was not a success and not many remember the filmor the song today!

Pattammal sang for more AVM films besides “Naam Iruvar”.They were Vethaala Ulagam (1948), Vaazhkai (1949) and“Rama Rajyam” (1948).

“Vethaala Ulagam” was based on a fantasy-play by thefounding father of the Renaissance of Tamil theater, PammalSambandam Mudaliar. It had in major roles T. R. Mahalingam,(Yogam) Mangalam, K. R. Chellam, K. Sarangapani andKulathu Mani. Pattammal sang two melodious songs bothwritten by Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar.

One song was “Thoondir Puzhvinaipol Sudar Vilakkinaippol”which had been popular for years before it was used in this film.It is in this song the following famous lines occur:

Paalum Kasanthathadi Sakhiyey Padukkai NonthathadiKolakili Mozhiuyum Seviyil Kutthal Eduthathadi!The other song was the more popular “Theeratha Vilayattu

Pillai”.The excellent and seemingly effortless singing style of

Pattammal and the bewitching dancing by ‘Baby’ Kamalaelevated the last scene in the film to great aesthetic heights.This scene was hand-tinted frame by frame and in manycinemas it was screened in colour!

(Before the advent of colour in Tamil cinema, some song ordance scenes in the positive print of the film were coloured byhand, frame by frame. The laborious, time-consuming andexpensive process was known as “Hand-tinting”. Murugesanof Newtone Studio was an expert in this process and came tobe known as “Colour” Murugesan! An advocate of Madras rana firm in George Town area for hand-tinting of films in thosedays.)

AV. Meiyappan then dubbed the superhit Hindi film “RamRajya” in Tamil. In an innovative move he added a prelude tothe film containing the popular song sung by Pattammaldescribing the main events of the epic “Ramayanam”,‘?Enakkun Iru Padham Ninaikka’. As she sang, the events inthe epic were shown on screen as ‘shadow play’ (silhouette ),a novelty in cinema of that day. Pattammal sang this song inragas Kedharagowla, Shanmughapriya, Bilahari, Dhanyasi,Mayamalavagowla and Mohanam.

Pattammal also sang in AVM’s “Vaazhkai” (1949) whichintroduced Vyjayanthimala to movies with a bang. The filmwas a major hit of 1949 and Meiyappan remade it in Telugu (as“Jeevitham”) and in Hindi (“Bahaar”). Vyjayanthimala at-tracted national attention and became a multi-lingual starovernight and never looked back thereafter. The talentedBharathanatyam dancer executed a scintillating song anddance number for “Bharatha Samudayam Vaazhvey.” writ-ten years earlier by Bharathiyar and rendered by Pattammal.The music composer was R. Sudarsanam.

Another film of significance but not popular, highlighting theIndian Freedom Struggle, was A. K. Chettiar’s compilationmovie on Mahatma Gandhi. One of the earliest Indian globe-trotters, Chettiar, a Gandhian, traveled to many countriescollecting footage on Gandhi and also shooting some freshscenes. Pattammal sang “Aadu Raattey” for it. Being adocumentary, the film was not popular and did not get theattention it richly deserved.

A forgotten film in which Pattammal sang was “Lavanya”(1951). This film with T. E. Varadan, Kumari Vanaja, Kumari(no longer ‘Baby!’) Kamala, Suryaprabha and PulimoottaiRamasami sank with no trace.

The Gemini Studio boss and Indian movie mogul S. S. Vasaninvited Pattammal to sing for his ‘intellectual film’ “MissMalini” (1947). Based on a story by R. K. Narayan and directedby Kothamangalam Subbu, the film had the noted bilingualstar and ‘oomph’ girl of her day, Pushpavalli, in the title role.(Hindi film star Rekha is her daughter). She plays the role ofa poor woman who is forced to go on stage to keep the home firesburning and look after her sick father. Thanks to a friend (M.S. Sundari Bai ) she is asked to take a singing test by the stagedirector (‘Javert’ Seetharaman in his first film). She sings asong for the audition in pure Classical Carnatic style, “SriSaraswathey Namosthuthey” in Aarabhi raga. Vasan had itsung by Pattammal and paid her a high fee never ever beforegiven to a singer. However Vasan did not use the song in thefilm! Why not? There by hangs a tale, an interesting one at that!

(To be continued)

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MAYAN GASOn the morning of December 21, I woke up earlier than the crow

on the tree next to my window and, after sending a mock ‘craw, craw’at it, went to the balcony to see if the Eiffel Tower in Paris had shiftedto 424, Second Avenue, Anna Nagar Western Extension whichhouses the potential Ruler Of The World, as allegedly predicted bysome drunken Mayan astrologer many thousands of years ago.

All that the Metrowater guys had dug up months ago and leftuglified with some vanishing cream was still there. The road wasnaked of Eiffel or Burg Dubai. Satisfied that the Mayan lie wasperhaps authored by some of our great globe trotting astrologers, Iwent in and woke up Lakshmi and told her that we are still alive andthe Mayan bloke was a liar. “Let us celebrate it with two cups ofstrong coffee, what?”

“Coffee is a better prophylactic against cancer than tea. So let uschuck the Mayan madness with three cups each”, she agreed.

“The Mayans were probably big boozers and some of thempracticed futurology, but the poor chaps could not predict that, insome years, they would themselves be wiped out. No human can playGod. Anaamika, the animalised girl of New Delhi, would not haveventured on her bus trip had she known that six sex-beasts weregoing to change her entire life pattern. Astrologers would haveprobably told her parents that she would be as famous as ‘MotherIndia’ soon. Well, that she is, now. But now she, I hope, will cause anamendment to the Penal Code that makes life sentence and chemicalcastration the just reward to the wayward human beast. A researchinto the Mayan thought on the subject may earn some the Nobelprize for 2013".

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Need Trust donates Rs. 1 lakh toRMD TrustBy Our Staff Reporter

Need Trust (33/14, 48th Street, Ashok Nagar) raised Rs. 1 lakhthrough a fund raising program and donated it to RMD Pain andPalliative Care Trust (Mambalam) on Dec. 23 for improving itsinfrastructure in its recently opened branch in Amarambedu,Kundrathur.

J. S. Shekar (Founder, Need Trust) said that the Trust will beorganizing more such fund raising programs to help RMD Trust in itsinitiatives and will also create awareness on palliative care.

Those interested in making contribution may call 93810 16588.

Prayer for world peace in Sai MandirBy Our Staff Reporter

Sri Shirdi Sai Meditation Mandir (6, Sarojini Street, T. Nagar, Ph:94444 53777) will conduct special prayer for world peace and prosper-ity from 5.30 a.m to 1 p.m on Tuesday, Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day).

There will be pushpanjali for the presiding deity at 4.30 p.m.All are welcome.

Calling volunteers forfree service in TirumalaBy Our Staff Reporter

Sevas (50, Dharga Road, Rajaji Nagar,Pallavaram) sends volunteers for week-longservice to pilgrims in Tirumala starting onSundays and ending on Saturdays.

Men and women who are physically fit andare willing to stay in Tirumala for a week arewelcome to offer their services for 6 hourseveryday. The work will be of supervisory na-ture.

Accommodation, lunch and dinner will beprovided free of cost.

They can have special darshan of LordVenkateswara.

Travelling expenseand the cost of break-fast must be borne bythe volunteers.

Those interestedcan contact NaliniRavikumar (18/43,Jubilee Road, WestMambalam) in 9962153644, L. S. V.Mahadevan (9841176386), P. Sundaram(98417 26695) or D.Gopinath (9444209751).

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By Our Staff ReporterThousands of devotees thronged

nearby and popular neighbourhoodtemples on Vaikunta Ekadesi day

Huge crowd in temples for Ekadesi

on Dec. 24.There were huge crowds from

as early as 3 a.m as devotees wan-ted to witness the swarga vasal

darhan organised early morning inmany temples.This photo was takenat Sathyanarayana temple (SrinivasaStreet, West Mambalam).

A large Christmas crib depicting the birth of Jesus Christ has been setup in Holy Cross Church (76,South Boag Road, T. Nagar) as part of Christmas and New Year celebrations. All are welcome.

Crib depicting birth of Christin Holy Cross Church

By Our Staff ReporterM. Murugan (resident of 13,

Easwaran Koil Street, WestMambalam, Ph: 98411 16123)received the ‘Best Social Worker’award on Dec. 22 from TamilnaduUdavikkaram Association for hiscontribution to the welfare of thedifferently-abled.

Murugan has been working to-wards the upliftment of differ-ently-abled and underprivilegedpersons for more than 20 years.

He has arranged for a numberfund raising campaigns, free eyeand other surgeries, donation of

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tricycles, donation of walking canesto the visually challenged and alsoworks closely with a number ofsocial service organizations.

He is a Founder-President ofLions Club of Wisdom.

Welcome New Yearin Sai Samithi bysinging bhajansBy Our Staff Reporter

There will be a devotional bhajansinging session on Monday, Dec.31 from 10 p.m to midnight in SriSathya Sai Seva Samithi (BVSNMoorthy School premises, 12A/27, Thambiah Road, WestMambalam) to welcome the NewYear.

All are welcome.

Debate contest forwomen collegestudentsBy Our Staff Reporter

Nandini Voice for the Deprived(an NGO) will conduct a debatecompetition for women collegestudents on the topic “Is the as-sault on women due to lack ofgovernance or lack of laws orfailure of justice system?” on Sat-urday, January 5 from 10 a.m to 4p.m in Kotturpuram, Chennai.

Students studying in both un-dergraduate and postgraduate lev-els may participate in the debate.

Each student would be given 10minutes to present her views andcan speak either in English or inTamil.

Awards will be given to the bestfive speakers.

He said that the objective of thedebate is to provide an opportunityto students to give their views onthe subject and evolve appropriaterecommendations.

The consensus view expressedduring the debate would be for-warded to the President and PrimeMinister of India.

Interested participants need toregister by Wednesday, Jan. 2 byemailing to nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com or by calling 2491 4137/2491 6037.

Namasankeerthancontest for schoolstudentsBy Our Staff Reporter

Radha Kalyana Mahotsava SevaCommittee (Lakshmi Nagar,Nanganallur) will conduct a groupcontest on Namasankeerthanam forstudents in the age group of 10 to18 years from 2 p.m on Sunday,January 13

The venue will be announcedlater.

Each group should have a mini-mum of 5 members and will singfor 15 minutes.

Participants will have to bringtheir own accompaniments.

The registration fee of Rs. 100should be paid on or before Satur-day, Jan. 5.

For registration and other de-tails, please call 2224 1226/9841543054 or email vittalapandurangan@rediffmail.com orvenkusub03@rediffmail.com.

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By Our Staff ReporterAn unidentified youth died on

the spot after being hit by aspeeding train while crossingthe railway track near the Y-shaped Rangarajapuram fly-over (Mambalam) at 5 p.m onDec. 26. Police said that, ac-

Youth dies while crossingrailway track

cording to witnesses on thescene, the victim was speakingon his mobile phone while cross-ing the track and failed to seethe oncoming train.

A huge crowd which had gath-ered around the body was dis-persed by the police.

Free Veda classeson Saturdays andSundaysBy Our Staff Reporter

Sai Seva Chakra (Ph: 9043562762) will conduct free Vedaclasses on Saturdays from 6.30a.m to 7.30 a.m in RKM school(Griffith Road, T. Nagar)

Similarly Sai Samithy (12A/27, Thambiah Road, WestMambalam) will conduct freeVeda classes on Sundays from7 a.m to 8 a.m in its premises.

Free Veda classes are alsoconducted from 6.30 a.m to7.30 a.m on Saturdays andSundays in Krishna Gana Sa-bha, Maharajapuram Santha-nam Salai, T. Nagar.

All are welcome.

By Our Staff ReporterS. Abhaya Kumar (resident

of T. Nagar and MD, ShasunPharmaceuticals, Guindy) re-ceived the ‘Rasa Udyog Ratna’award from Chemical Indus-tries Association last week.

The award is given everyyear to a person who has con-tributed substantially to thedevelopment of chemical orallied industry in India.

Abhaya Kumar was selectedfor the award for his pioneeringeffort in cord blood stem cellbanking by establishing LifeCell, a company offering com-prehensive stem cell therapy.

Abhaya Kumar receives‘Rasa Udyog Ratna’ award

Its 18-bed hospital and re-search center renders rejuve-nating therapy through the useof stem cells and carries outadvanced research in stem celltherapy.

He is the founder of SSS JainCollege for Women (T. Nagar).