Kalanjali 2012 - A Gale event at Kozhikode

Admidst the Colours and festive occassion, Kalanjali 2012 - District level finals were held at Kozhikode on the dates of July 1st, 7th and 8th with great glory and divine grace. The program saw a neck to participation from all age groups in various items compete to showcase the hidden talent and skill with a total participation count crossing the magic number 100. To motivate, encourage and promote the hidden talents amongst the members of the brahmin community and to groom the youth and the children into the field of arts and cultural events was the motive behind this and it really was established with the conduct of the programs. The cultural and arts mela was inaugarated by Smt. Sudha Ranjith, a well known Carnatic Musician and also a playback singer by lighting the tradition lap 'Kuthuvilakku'. Kalanjali 2009 Kalathilakam Kum. Parvathy Narayanan, Sri. T S Seetharaman (Chairman - Celebration Committee), Sri. T V Krishnan (District President), Sri. Harikumar P K District Secretary), Sri. C S Gopalakrishnan, Smt. Brinda Hariharan, Smt. Usha Gopalakrishnan (all KBS State Committee members) were also present on the inaugural ceremony as well as during the entire course of the program.  The 3 day event saw about 100 families from the Tamil Brahmin fraternity of Kozhikode and was a real success both on papers and in practice.The off stage events like Essay Writing, Story writing, Painting, Poetry writing and Quiz were held at PSVM College hall while the on stage events were scheduled at Sri Kanchi Sankaracharya Clinic hall on the above dates. The highlight of this years competition was a 78 year old lady participating in the Valayavanthapaatu - a traditional item of Tamil Brahmins which is now no where to be seen or heard of and a special emphasize was also given to the Pachakam (Cooking) competition where the famous Tamil brahmin food entity "THATTAI" was to be prepared. Other items on stage includes Pathinettu Muzham Pudava Udukkal, Panchagacchadharanam, Classical Music, Kolattam, Narayaneeyam, Recitation, Elocution, Kolamidal, Bhajana, Mridangam, Violin and lots more. The entire credit and success of the event goes to all participants and their parents without whom the program would not have been a success. Eminent judges judged the participation and also gave their valuable feedback on the performances rendered by the participants.The competitions were conducted in the Sub Junior, Junior and Senior category. The selected winners will represent Kozhikode at the State Level finals scheduled on 2012 August 4th and 5th at Mattanchery (Ernakulam) and is expected to foster a strong participation for the same. Sri. Rajesh P K (State Yuvajana Vibhagam committee member), Sri. Gautham A, Sri. Gokul, Sri. Ramkumar K B, Kum. Kavitha G (District Yuvajana Vibhagam Joint Secretary), Kum. Kavitha G Krishnan ((District Yuvajana Vibhagam Treasurer) and Sri. Kiran C G (all members of Yuvajana Vibhagam) lead the celebrations. The program was well managed, scheduled and co-ordinated with the brilliant team work of Kozhikode Kerala Brahmana Sabha Yuvajana Vibhagam. Seniors from the organization gave away the certificates and prizes for the winners as well as the participants at the Valedictory function. While Sri. Arun Kumar A S (General Convenor) welcomed the gathering, Sooraj S (Joint Convenor) proposed the vote of thanks. It was just a result of a 60 day hardwork from all in Kozhikode that adds to the glory of Kozhikode Kerala Brahmana Sabha and also to 'ORANGEPADA' - the Yuvajana Vibhagam of Kozhikode.