Annadanam for Sabarimala Pilgrims at Kottayam Brahmana Samooham

Swamiye Saranamayyappa !
The Kottayam Brahmana Samooham has made arrangements for providing food for Sabarimala pilgrims during Mandala-Makara Vilakku season as in the previous years. Accomodation is also available here with A/C and non-A/C room falcilities. Those who wish to Sponsor towards the Annadanam may kindly contact Sree Dharmasastha Annadanam Trust, City Union Bank, Kottayam Branch, SB Account No. 54001001256086, IFSC Code: CIUB0000154. For further details, contact Sri. Umamaheshwara Iyer, Secretary on 9387884646.

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.

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 !

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.  

Onam Celebrations at Kozhikode

Yuvajana Vibhag, Kozhikode District celebrated the festival of flowers  - ONAM in a grand way. The function which is the first program of the newly formed committee was held on Saturday, 10^th September 2011 at Sri Kanchi Sankaracharya Clinic hall, Tali  and was inaugurated by Sri. T V Krishna Iyer (President, Kozhikode Kerala Brahmana Sabha). In accordance a Pookalam (Flower Carpet) competition was conducted which saw many  members from Various Upasabhas participate. The team representing Mankavu Upasabha comprising of Kum. Kavitha G, Kum. Ranjani Parameswaran and Kum. Sukanya Santhosh were declared the winners of the competition and the team representing Chalappuram  Upasabha comprising of Smt. Leela viswanathan, Smt. Radhika Parameswran, Kum. Sneha and Mast.  Krishna bagged the second position. There were few other competitions like Dhumcherades, Insta – Adapt and Anthakshari which saw every one irrespective of age participate. Smt. Geetha Balasubramaniam (Treasurer - Vanitha Vibhag) gave away the prizes for the winners and also to all participants.  The Yuvajana Vibhag team lead by Sri. Arunkumar (President), Sri. Rajesh P K( Vice President), Sri. Sooraj (Secretary), Kavitha G (Joint Secretary), Kavitha G Krishnan (Treasurer) other Yuvajana Vibhag members Sri. GaneshRaj, Sri. Goutham, Sri. Vivek N V and Kum. Sukanya Santhosh took the lead in organizing the function, State Committee Members Sri. Kiran C G, Sri. Ramkumar K B, Senior leaders Sri. Gopalakrishnan C S, Sri. Mahalingam, Sri. Sivanandan and Dr. Thyagarajan were also present on the occasion. The function was well attended and  the organisers were well appreciated for the initiative.