TAMIL NADU ARYA VYSYA MAHILA SABHAMadras Unit

62, North Boag Road, No.C, Second Floor, Sri Jayalakshmi Apartment, T. Nagar,

Chennai - 600 017. Phone : 2815 3149 Mobile : 80562 95103

Chairperson :Mrs. P. Uma Maheswari Gupta62, North Boag Road, No.C, Second Floor, Sri Jayalakshmi Apt., T. Nagar, Chennai - 17. Phone : 2815 3149 Mobile : 80562 95103E-mail : umagupptha@gmail.com

Hon. Secretary :Mrs. V. Padma Preetha Sumanth"NITYA SHREE", No.2 (Old No.42), Thirumalai Road,T. Nagar, Chennai - 600 017.Phone : 044 2815 6860 Mobile : 94441 64828E-mail : vpreetha74@gmail.com

Hon. Treasurer :Mrs. Prabha KumarFlat G-A, Maruthai Apts., 13th Avenue, Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai - 600 031. Phone : 28363590 Mobile : 98416 92590 E-mail : prabhaemail@rediffmail.com

NEWS LETTER 4

From The Chairperson's Desk

From The Secretary's Desk

Dear Mahilas,

Greetings to all !

Hope you all are enjoying with your children / grandchildren the summer holidays inspite of the

scorching heat of the sun. We have come to the end of our first year activities. I thank you all for

your kind participation and support in making our programmes a grand success.

We will come back to you very soon with our next years activities that as ever starts with our

Annual Deepalakshmi Pooja in July 2012.

Let Goddess Vasavamba shower Her Choicest blessings on all your families.

With Love,

UMA MAHESWARI GUPTA,

Chairperson

Dear Mahilas,

Greetings ! It's vacation time and all of us must be traveling and spending good times with our

family . Sure , we will bring back home memorable events to cherish.

As we have also completed our first tenure year , it had been fun filled with many social and

cultural activities, we have shared various happening in our earlier newsletters. We have

much more coming up this year for all our Mahilas .

It's the support from the Managing committee and the active participation and contribution

from all our members , we have been able to achieve this milestone in all our endeavours.

A few highlights to bring in a sense of accomplishment and excitement among us.

Wishing you all cherished moments this holiday !!!

Best Regards,

PADMA PREETHA SUMANTH,

Hony. Secretary

18th May 2012

From :Mrs. P. Uma Maheswari GuptaChairperson

62, North Boag Road, No.C, Second Floor, Sri Jayalakshmi Apt., T. Nagar, Chennai - 17. Phone : 2815 3149 Mobile : 80562 95103E-mail : umagupptha@gmail.com

NEWS LETTER - 4

Book-Post

NOTICE FOR ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING

Notice is hereby given that Annual General Body Meeting will be held on Monday,

June 11, 2012 at YWCA of Madras International Guest House, No.1086, Poonamallee High

Road, Chennai at 10.30 am.

Minutes of the previous AGB Meeting.

Adoption of Hony. Secretary's report for the year ending 31.03.2012.

Adoption of Audited Statements of accounts for the year ending 31.03.2012.

a. Only members are permitted.

b. New members are welcome to enroll on that day. Life membership fee Rs. 516/-

c. Prize for the lucky entrant wearing membership badge.

d. Badge will be available with the Treasurer for Rs. 20/- each.

AGENDA

CONDOLENCES TO THE BEREAVED FAMILIES : Smt. Vattam Chandramma mother in law of our member

Vattam Rajeshwari expired on February 01, 2012.

Sri Anantha Padmanabha Chetty uncle of Past Chairperson Mrs. Mallika Badrinath and Hony. Treasurer Mrs. Prabha Kumar expired on February 03, 2012.

Sri. Soora Ramanathan husband of our member Smt. Soora Vatchala and brother in law of our Past Chairperson Smt. Lalitha Sudhakar expired on February 24,2012.

Sri. S.B.Pamanabhan father of our Vice Chairperson Smt. Neeraja Vasanth expired on March 04, 2012.

Smt.Natha Rajalakshmi, elder sister of our past Chairperson Smt.Sukumari Venugopal expired on March07, 2012.

Our member Smt. Lalitha Pattabhiraman expired on March 11, 2012.

Our member Smt. Leelavathi wife of Sri. J. Ramesh passed away on March 11, 2012.

Sri.P.L.N.Gupta father in law of our Member Smt. Vanitha Prasad expired on April 09, 2012.

Kindly contact our committee member Smt.Shanthakumari Venkatakrishna for the marriage bureau

and grab this golden opportunity availed for our mahilas.

For change of address contact Mrs. Banu Ram Kumar,

To share your Family news and achievements in the news letter contact Mrs. Padma Preetha Sumanth.

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YOUTH WING PROJECTS

VASAVI JAYANTHI CELEBRATIONS

FAMILY NEWS Our Hearty Congratulations to one & all !ENGAGEMENTS : Chi. S. Sachin son of our member Smt. Thejavathi & Sri. S. Seetharam Setty got engaged to Sow. Vandana daughter of Smt. Manjula on 14.03.2012.

WEDDINGS : Chi. S. Sachin son of our member Smt. Thejavathi & Sri. S. Seetharam Setty got married to Sow. Vandana daughter of Smt. Manjula on 16.05.2012.

Sow.Deepthi grand daughter of our member Smt. Sabitha, D/o Smt. M. Anuradha and Sri. K.Murali Babu weds Chi.V.Prasanna S/o Smt. V.Prabavathy and Sri. R.Vijayaraghavan on March 11,2012.

Sow. Dr. P.P.Harikah D/o our Committee Member Smt. Ponnuri Manimalah and Sri. Ponnuri Venkata Krishna Rao weds Chi. Er. S. Naga Koushik S/o Smt.S. Visalakshi Garu and Sri. K.S.Babu on April 15,2012.

SAHASRA CHANDRA DHARSHANAM : Our member Smt.Vummidi Srihari Devi and Sri. Vummidi Kannan celebrated Sahasra Chandra Dharshanam and Muktha Pravalla Mala Dharshana on December 11, 2011.

SILVER JUBILEE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY : Our member Smt. Samudrala R. Ramya and Sri. P. Ravi is celebrating her Silver Jubilee Wedding Anniversary on 17th June 2012.

SHASHTIABDHA POORTHI : Our member Smt.Karur Sreemathi and Sri. Karur Venkatesh celebrated their shashtiabdha Poorthi on February 06, 2012.

ACHIEVEMENTS : Smt. Mallika Badrinath, our past Chairperson has received an award 'Sigaram Thotta Pengal' from Vijay T.V. on March 04,2012.

NEW BORN BABIES : Our member Smt. Shanthi Prasad Mukkala is blessed with

twin grand sons, Ishhan Mukkala and Aryan Mukkala on January 27, 2012 at Seattle

(WA) U.S.A.

Our member Smt.Lakur Sahitha is blessed with grand son on January 29, 2012.

All the members gathered and took an initiative to know about our Kuladevatha Sri Kanyaka Parameswari . Mrs. Meera Sekar our past Chairperson taught them our prayer song, rendered the story and conducted innovative puzzle game and cleared all their doubts.

Their future plans is to conduct slokha classes, telugu classes , personality development classes to the tenants in teynampet and computer class to the deaf and dumb, physically challenged handicapped students who have even failed in 10th std.

Women's Day was celebrated at Good Life Centre-Orphanage and Rehabilation centre at Tambaram on March 12,2012. Biscuits and Rs.2000/- for food were donated to all the inmates. We visited temples like Siddhar temple and Eshwaran temple in Madambakkam and Skandarashram in Tambaram. We had 27 members actively participating in the event and all of them enjoyed the various games and they had also won exciting prizes .

Vasavi Jayanthi was celebrated by our members at Sri Kanyaka Parameswari Devasthanam on

May 01,2012. Special Pooja was performed in the evening and prasadam was distributed.

Mrs.Padma Preetha Sumanth - ` 501/-Mrs. Suhasini Balaji - ` 501/-Mrs. Usha Ananthakrishna - ` 500/-Mrs. Saroja. V. Guruswamy - ` 179/-Mrs.Meera Sekar - ` 165/-Mrs. Sunitha Ajit - ` 116/-Mrs. Sukumari Venugopal - ` 116/-Mrs. Prabha Kumar - ` 102/-Mrs. Renuka Kumar - ` 101/-

Mrs. Banu Ramkumar - ` 100/-Mrs. Dr. Jayashree - ` 100/-

Contribution for EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT Smt. Anusuya Chakrapani & Sri. Chakrapani - 10,000/-

Mukkala Andalamma Trust - ` 10,000/-

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Contribution for VIVAHA ENDOWMENTMrs. Neeraja Vasanth ` 1116/-

Contribution for GOTHRA VRIKSHA NIDHI

WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATIONRecent EventCARNIVAL

Our annual Carnival was held at Etiraja Kalyana Nilayam, TTK Road, Chennai on January 8, 2012. We had a very good gathering for the whole day. Our Chief Guest was Sri. Mukkala Venkata Cunniah Chetty Garu. The highlight of the day was the inauguration of the youth wing 'YUVA SHAKTHI'. Miss Bhargavi was the representative of the youth wing and the skit performed by them was truly inspiring for all the members. Our Yuva Shakthi members showed their talents by conducting a games stall, tattoo painting etc. Our members were carried away by the stall exhibitors who showcased various products.

Our sabha had initiated the disbursement of medical projects and scholarships to the school, college and professional course students.

The beneficiaries for the day were : Mrs. J.Parimala received Rs.5000/- towards treatment for breast cancer,Mr. Pandurangan received Rs.2000/- towards treatment for his head injury, Mrs. D.Jamuna received Rs. 2000/- towards eye surgery, Mrs. S. Jayalalitha received Rs.2000/- towards treatment for nervous weakness and Mrs. B. Geetha received Rs. 500/- towards Orthopedic treatment .

Educational Scholarships given during the day for

Professional Course students Rs. 18,000/-, College Students Rs. 33,000/-, School Students Rs.8500/-, a total of Rs.59,500/-

Smt. Anusuya Chakrapani & Sri. Chakrapani donated Rs.10,000/- and Mukkala Andalamma Trust donated Rs.10,000/- for Educational Endowment.

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