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Friday, October 21, 2011

Religious Discourse on 'BRAHMIN CULTURE'

Kozhikode District Kerala Brahmana Sabha organised a religious discourse on 'BRAHMIN CULTURE' on Sunday, 2011 October 23rd at Gayathri Kalyana Mandapam, Tali. This one day program was conducted with an aim to give all a chance to kow more a lot on Nityhakarma, Aachara Aanushtana of Brahmin Culture.
Famous Orator and Scholar Dr. K V Seshadrinatha Sastrigal delivered his discourse. Dr. K V Seshadrinatha Sastrigal who is basically a Sanskrit Professor, a learned Scholar, a  recipent of Dharmasestha Award of Kerala Brahmana Sabha is also an authority of Vedic and Aachara Anusthana of Brahmin Culture. A retired principal of Sanskrit college, Madras (Chennai), Sastrigal has been rendering many religious discourses pertaining to Brahmin Culture. Sodashasamskaram etc and his programs a many of them have been telecasted in Sankara TV. The program started with the sabha prayer by Yuvajana Vibhagam member Kum. Ranjani P and the discourse started at 10 am which extended till 6.30pm in the evening. In his Praabhashanam, Sasthrigal focused on the nithyakarma and anushtanas a Brahmin should perform in his daily living. A lively session that included Gents, Seniors, Ladies, Youth and Children also included a Question and Answer session towards the last, where the audience could clarify their doubts on the pertaining subject. While Program Convenor Dr. V P Balasubramaniam welcomed the gathering, State Committtee Member Sri. C S Gopalakrishnan introduced Sasthrigal to the audience. Mast. Sankaranarayanan - who won the 3rd Prize in Saamskarika Kalamela 2011 for Manthrochaaranm was also felicitated during the function. During a session-break, the newly elected Office bearers of State Yuvajana Vibhagam and new Committee members of KBS State, Vanitha Vibhagam and Yuvajana Vibhagam were also introduced.  KBS State Committee members Sri. C S Gopalakrishnan, Dr. A Thyagarajan and Past Presidents of Kozhikode Sri. T S Venkitadri and Dr. A Ramanathan were also present on the occassion. District Secretary Sri. Harikumar P K, District Treasurer Dr. T S Seetharaman, Yuvajana Vibhagam Secretary Sri. Sooraj S, State Yuvajana Vibhagam leaders Sri. Kiran C G, Sri. Ramkumar K B, Sri. Arun Kumar A S and Yuvajana Vibhagam members Sri. Rajesh P K, Sri. Vivek N V, Sri. Gokul, Sri. Ganesh M and Mast. Krishna  N were involved the team of organisers. District President Sri. T V Krishna Iyer proposed the official vote of thanks. Lunch and Refreshments were also provoided at the venue itself.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

New KBS State Office Bearers elected for 2011 - 2013

At the 41st Annual Conference held on 2011 October 15th and October 16th at Panchajanyam Kalyana Mandapam, Fort P. O., Thiruvananthapuram, a new team for Kerala Brahmana Sabha was elected for the term 2011 - 13 for the State committee and Vanitha Vibhagam. A new team also took charge for Yuvajana Vibhagam for the first time in the history of Kerala Brahmana Sabha.

Dr. V Ramalinga Iyer from Ernakulam was re-elected as State President. Sri. P Ananthasubramaniam as General Secretary and Sri. K G V Pathy as Treasurer. Sri. Mohandas S and Sri. Sankarasubramanian A were elected as Headquarter Joint Secretaries. 

Dr. Ramalinga Iyer V (President), Sri. P Ananthasubramaniam (Gen. Secy), Sri. K G V Pathy (Treasurer)
Sri. Mohandas. S and Sri. Sankarasubramnaian A (HQ Joint Secretaries)



Zonal Presidents: Sri. N R Krishnamoorthy (North), Dr. P S Raman (Central) and Sri. N Hariharan (South)
Zonal Secretaries: Sri. C D Parameswaran (North), Sri. N R Parameswaran (Central) and Sri. Suresh R (South)

VANITHA VIBHAGAM

The Vanitha Vibhagam and Yuvajana Vibhagam elections were also held on the same day. The Vanitha Vibhagam unanimously elected Dr. Saraswathy K. V from Alappuzha as President. The new Secretary is Adv. Sujini Venkitachalam and Muthulekshmi M., the Treasurer.

Dr. Saraswathy K V (President), Adv. Sujini Venkitachalam (Secretary), Smt. Muthulekshmi M (Treasurer)


YUVAJANA VIBHAGAM

Sri. Kiran C G from Kozhikode was unanimously elected as President of Yuvajana Vibhagam while Sri. Ramkumar K B was elected as Secretary and Sri. Arun Kumar A S as Treasurer.
Sri. Kiran C G (President), Sri. Ramkumar K B (Secretary), Sri. Arun Kumar A S (Treasurer)
Zonal Presidents: Sri. Ramesh K S (North), Sri. Aravind Sankar (Central) and Sri. Narayanan S (South)
Zonal Secretaries: Sri. Sreeram V (North), Sri. Sreehari V (Central) and Sri. Sankaranarayanan (South)

Congratulations to the newly elected Office Bearers of the State !

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Saraswathi Pooja Celebrated at Kozhikode

Yuvajana Vibhag celebrated Saraswathi Pooja in the evening with a Pooja and a Bhajan on Wednedsay, 5th October 2011. The function held at Sri. Kanchi Sankaracharya Clinic hall was attended by a mix of people representing various age groups and various upasabhas. On the occassion, the members recited bhajans and a Saraswathi Pooja was also performed and Prasadam was distributed to all. While the bhajans were lead by Smt. Seethalakshmi C S (Vanitha Vibhag Joint Secretary) and Kavitha G Krishnan (Yuvajana Vibhag Treasuruer), Sri. Arunkumar A S (Yuvajana Vibhag President), Sri. Ramkumar K B (State Executive Member), Kum. Kavitha G (Yuvajana Vibhag Joint Secretary) and Sri. Sathish S (Program Convenor) lead the organising team. Several youngsters as well as Seniors atteneded the program and also involved in reciting the bhajans.