Major Honours for Kozhikode at Kalanjali 2012 Finals

Kalanjali 2012, a two-day cultural fest organized by the Kerala Brahmana Sabha in state level was held on Sunday, 29th July 2012 (off stage) and stage events on Saturday, 4th August 2012 and Sunday, 5th August 2012. Kozhikode district achieved the feat of winning the 3rd Position with 364 points; another rare feat obtained was that Kozhikode was the ONLY district to register either a 'KALATHILAKAM' or a 'KALAPRATHIBHA' titles in the Sub Junior, Junior and Senior category with Kum. Pooja Narayanan (Kalathilakam - Sub Junior), Kum. Ranjani Parameswaran (Kalathilakam - Junior) and Sri. Kiran C G (Kalaprathibha - Senior) winning the honours in their respective categories. Over and above, the members registered their participation in the Vanitholsavam category and won the first place in Narayaneeyam (Senior), Soundaryalahari (Senior) and the third place in Kolattom (Junior). Highlighted victories were also registered in events like Classical Music, Tamil and Malayalam Recitations, English and Tamil Elocutions, Panchagacchadharanam etc with remarkable victories in Violin, Bharatanatyam, Malayalam Elocution and other events too. The fact that every participant contributed towards the point tally for the district boasts of this success. The individual winners and participants who played their part in the success story is hereby described below and all are proud members of ORANGEPADA (Yuvajana Vibhagam of Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Kozhikode district). 

Kum. POOJA NARAYANAN - KALATHILAKAM (Sub Junior)
Kum Pooja, daughter of Smt. Rejitha Narayanan and Dr. Narayanan  won the 'KALATHILAKAM' title in the Sub Junior category. She is currently studying in 7th std in Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan school, Kozhikode. Very much popular amongst the budding talents of Kozhikode, Kum. Pooja achieved this glorious title with 41 points registered in her name at the Kalanjali 2012 finals. She achieved this feat with 1st Prize with A Grade in both Classical Music and Malayalam Recitation and also 2nd Prize with A Grade in both Tamil Recitation and Light Music events. She also registered her commendable participation with A Grade in English Elocution.

Kum. RANJANI PARAMESWARAN - KALATHILAKAM (Junior) 

Kum. Ranjani, daughter of Smt. Radhika Parameswaran and Late. Sri. Parameswaran was crowned the 'KALATHILAKAM' title in the Junior category. She is currently studying in 11th std in Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Kozhikode. Very much popular amongst the budding talents of Kozhikode, Kum. Ranjani achieved the glorious title with 36 points registered in her name at the Kalanjali 2012 finals to outscore other participants from her category. She achieved this feat by winning the 1st Prize with A Grade in Malayalam Recitation and also 2nd Prize with A Grade both in Tamil Recitation and Light Music. She also participated in English Essay writing and Classical Music.

Sri. KIRAN C G - KALAPRATHIBHA (Senior)

Sri. Kiran C G, son of Smt. Usha Gopalakrishnan and Sri. C S Gopalakrishnan achieved the 'KALAPRATHIBHA' title in the Senior category. He is currently employed as a Senior Process Analyst with Accenture, a private MNC in Chennai. An active member of Yuvajana Vibhagam and Past State President of Kerala Brahmana Sabha Yuvajana Vibhagam, Sri. Kiran registered 22 points at the Kalanjali 2012 finals towards his achievement. He achieved this feat with 1st Prize with A Grade in English Elocution, 2nd Prize with A Grade in Tamil Elocution and 3rd Prize with B Grade in Malayalam Elocution. He also participated in the Prashnothari (Quiz) event and was a member of the team that took part in Bhajana competitions.

Kum. MEENAKSHI VENUGOPAL - Sub Junior 

Kum. Meenakshi Venugopal, granddaughter of Smt . Vishalakshy and Sri. Natarajan A K won several prizes in the Sub Junior category. She is currently studying in 8th std in St. Josephs Anglo Indian school, Kozhikode. Very much popular amongst the budding talents of Kozhikode, Kum. Meenakshi won the  1st Prize with A Grade in Malayalam Story writing, 2nd Prize with B Grade in Malayalam Essay writing, 3rd Prize with C Grade in Violin and also 3rd Prize in Prashnothari (Quiz). She also participated in the English Essay writing event. 

Kum. SREELAKSHMI S - Sub Junior

Kum. Sreelakshmi, daughter of Smt. Pushkala S and  Sri. Mohan won several prizes in the Sub Junior category. She is currently studying in 8th std in Sri Gujarati Vidyalaya, Kozhikode. An upcoming talent from Kozhikode, Kum. Sreelakshmi won the 2nd Prize with A Grade in both Classical Music and Malayalam Recitation and also 3rd Prize with B Grade in Bharathanatyam . She also participated in the English Poetry writing and Light Music events. Kum. Sreelakshmi was also a member of the team that participated in the Soundaryalahari event in the Vanitholsavam cadre.

Mast. SANKARANARAYANAN R - Sub Junior
Mast. Sankaranarayanan, son of Smt. Bhuvaneshwari R and Late. Sri. Ranganathan joined in with several prizes in the Sub Junior category. He is currently studying in 7th std in Zamorins school, Kozhikode. An upcoming talent from Kozhikode, Mast. Sankaranarayanan won the 3rd Prize with A Grade in Tamil Elocution and 3rd Prize with B Grade in Malayalam Poetry writing. He also participated in the English Essay writing, English Poetry , English Elocution, Malayalam Recitation and Tamil Recitation events. He had won the 3rd Prize in Manthrochaaranam conducted on the occassion of Saamskarika Kalamela 2011 organized by the apex organisation Kerala Brahmana Sabha.



Kum. PRIYAKAVERI V V - Sub Junior 

Kum. Priyakaveri, daughter of Smt. Geetha V S and  Sri. V K Venketadri won several prizes in the Sub Junior category. She is currently studying in 7th std in  Zamorins school, Kozhikode. An upcoming talent, Kum. Priyakaveri won the 3rd Prize with A Grade in Malayalam Elocution. She also participated in the Malayalam Essay writing and Prashnothari (Quiz) events. Kum. Priyakaveri was also a member of the team that participated in the Soundaryalahari and Kolattom events in the Vanitholsavam cadre.  She was also the recipient of the prestigious 'YUVA ICON OF THE YEAR 2011' award instituted by the Yuvajana Vibhagam of Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Kozhikode.

Kum. RAJALAKSHMI N V - Sub Junior

Kum. Rajalakshmi, daughter of Smt. Shobha and Sri Venkitachalam N V won prize in the Sub Junior category. She is currently studying in 7th std in Zamorins school, Kozhikode. Amongst the budding talents of Kozhikode, Kum. Rajalakshmi won the 2nd Prize with B Grade in English Story writing, the only item that she participated in this years finals to contribute towards the district point tally. 

 







Kum. YUVASREE VYDYANATHAN - Sub Junior

Kum. Yuvasree, daughter of Smt. Lakshmi and Sri. Vydyanathan won prize in the Sub Junior category. She is currently studying in 7th std in Zamorins school, Kozhikode. Amongst the budding talents of Kozhikode, Kum. Yuvasree won the 3rd Prize with A Grade in Tamil Recitation.  She was also a member of the team that participated in the Soundaryalahari and Kolattom events in the Vanitholsavam cadre.





Kum. PARVATHY NARAYANAN - Junior

Kum Parvathy, daughter of Smt. Rejitha Narayanan and Dr. Narayanan  won various prizes in the Junior category. She is currently studying in 10th std in Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan school, Kozhikode. Very much popular amongst the budding talents of Kozhikode, Kum. Parvathy won the 2nd Prize with A Grade in both Classical Music and Malayalam Recitation and also rendered commendable participation in English Elocution, Light Music and Tamil Recitation.She is also the winner of the Kalathilakam title in the 2009 Kalanjali finals held at Kottayam. 






Kum. SWATHI V - Junior

Kum. Swathi, daughter of Smt, Meera S V and Late Sri. Viswanathan won her prizes in the Junior category.  She is currently pursuing her 9th Std in Providence Girls High school, Kozhikode. She won the 2nd Prize with A Grade in Malayalam Poetry writing and also the 2nd Prize in Malayalam Story writing with B Grade. She also represented the district in the the English Story writing event.






Kum. KAVITHA G KRISHNAN - Junior

Kum. Kavitha, daughter of of Smt. Usha Gopalakrishnan and Sri. C S Gopalakrishnan won prizes at the Junior category of events. She is currently pursuing her graduation in Commerce at Amrita Institute of Management, Ernakulam. She won the 2nd Prize with A Grade in English Elocution. Kum. Kavitha is also the Treasurer of KBS Yuvajana Vibhagam in Kozhikode district. She participated in Painting Water colour, Pencil Drawing was also a member of the team that participated in the Narayaneeyam and Kolattom events in the Vanitholsavam cadre.






Mast. VISHNU M S - Junior 

Mast. Vishnu, son Smt. Jayasree and Sri. Sreekanth received several prizes at the Junior cadre of events. He is currently in his 10th std in St, Josephs Anglo Indian school, Kozhikode. He won the 3rd Prize with A Grade in Violin. He also represented the district in Classical Music and Light music events. Mast. Vishnu is also in Kerala Football team for Indiavision - a project to identify footballing talents. 






Sri. RAMKUMAR K B - Senior

Sri. Ramkumar K B, son of Smt. Meenakshi and Sri. Bhanukumar won prizes at the Senior lot of events. He is currently employed with Ardex Endura in the capacity of Asst. Manager covering the northern districts of Kerala. An active member of Yuvajana Vibhagam and Past State Secretary of Kerala Brahmana Sabha Yuvajana Vibhagam, he won the 1st Prize with A Grade in Panchagacchadhaaranam.  He also won the 3rd Prize with A Grade in Tamil Elocution.He was also a member of the team that took part in the Bhajana competition. 






VANITHOLSAVAM

Kolattom Team

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The team comprising of Smt. Seethalakshmi C S, Smt. Lakshmi C S, Smt. Geetha Venkitadri, Smt. Jayalakshmi N D and Smt. Jayalakshmi T P won the 1st Prize with A Grade in the Narayaneeyam event from the Vanitholsavam above 25 yrs category. The team comprising of Smt. Seethalakshmi C S, Smt. Lakshmi C S, Smt. Geetha Venkitadri, Smt. Jayalakshmi N D and Smt. Ganga Santhosh won the 1st Prize with A Grade in the  Soundaryalahari event for above 25 yrs category. The team comprising of  Kum. Kavitha G Krishnan, Kum. Sukanya Santhosh, Kum. Aswini M M, Kum. Yuvasree Vydyanathan, Kum. Priyakaveri V V, Kum. Karthika Vaidyanathan, Kum. Rohini Vaidyanathan and Kum. Aishwarya T G won the 3rd Prize with A Grade in the  Kolattom event for below 25 yrs category. The Narayaneeyam and Soundaryalahari teams were trained and led by Smt. Seethalakshmi C S and the Kolattom team by Kum. Kavitha G Krishnan. In the Kolattom photo above from Left: Kum. Sukanya Santhosh, Kum. Karthika V, Kum. Yuvasree V, Kum. Aishwarya T G, Kum. Aswini M M, Kum. Kavitha G Krishnan, Kum. Priyakaveri V V and Kum. Rohini Vaidhyanathan
 

Narayaneeyam Team (from Left: Smt. Seethalakshmi C S, Smt. Jayalakshmi T P, Smt. Lakshmi C S, Smt. Jayalakshmi N D and Smt. Geetha Venketadri)

Soundaryalahari Team (from Left: Smt. Seethalakshmi C S, Smt. Ganga Santhosh, Smt. Lakshmi C S, Smt. Jayalakshmi N D and Smt. Geetha Venketadri)

BHAJANA - above 25 years 

Bhajana Team (from Left: Sri. Arun Kumar A S, Sri. Rajesh P K, Sri. Bhanukumar, Sri. Muralidharan M, Sri. Ramkumar K B, Sri. C S Gopalakrishnan and Sri. C G Kiran)

The team led by Sri. Rajesh P K (Yuvajana Vibhagam District Vice President) with Sri. Arun Kumar A S (Yuvajana Vibhagam District President and Past State Treasurer of Kerala Brahmana Sabha Yuvajana Vibhagam), Sri. Bhanukumar, Sri. Muralidharan, Sri. Ramkumar K B, Sri. C S Gopalakrishnan (State Executive Committee Member, Kerala Brahmana Sabha) and Sri. Kiran C G won the 1st Prize in the Bhajana above 25 yrs category. 


Over and above with this great fleet of participants, Kozhikode district secured the 3rd position Overall to mark the success and write its name in the history of Kalanjali - the cultural fiesta organized by the Apex body of Kerala Brahmana Sabha.