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31 December 2006
Honest Auto Driver
Arul, an auto driver from Polichalur, Chennai, while cleaning his auto, found a parcel containing 8½ sovereigns of gold jewellery, accidentally left behind by a passenger who hired his auto.
Arul promptly handed over the gold jewellery to Sankar Nagar police station to be given to the owners. The police officials appreciated Arul’s honesty.
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31 December 2006
Thiruvotriyur In Poor Shape
Thiruvotriyur Municipality adjoins Chennai Corporation limits. However, it still looks like a village and not a town.
The roads are horrible with large pits and holes and damages. On rainy days these potholes become small ponds and the bus terminus at Thiruvotriyur is in such a bad shape that it looks like a lake. Children [...]
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31 December 2006
Free TV Sets From Jan. 15
The Govt. has proposed to resume supply of TVs to the poor. About 25 lakh free TV sets will be given from Jan. 15.A meeting in this connection was held at the Secretariat and it has been decided to issue the free T.V. sets in 234 constituencies at 10,000 sets per constituency. A beneficiaries’ list [...]
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31 December 2006
Aurobindo Centre Plans Prosperity Day
“Sri Aurobindo Society Centre”, Anna Nagar West, will observe Jan.1 as Prosperity Day on its premises.Floral decorations and collective meditation for world prosperity and progress, playing the New Year organ music of the Mother at 6.30 a.m. and distribution of New Year blessing cards of Sri Aurobindo Ashram form part of the programe.
At 6 p.m., [...]
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31 December 2006
Special Homam At Selaiyur
A New Year special homam for Sri Sahasra Lingam will be performed on Jan.1, 2007 from 8.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the welfare of people at Chennai Om Sri Skandasramam, No.1 Kambar Street, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Selaiyur, Tambaram. The purnahudi will be performed at 8 p.m.
The homam will start with Ganapati homam, and comprise Navagraha [...]
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31 December 2006
Devarattam Workshop
National Folklore Support Centre will be organizing a Devarattam workshop at Indian School of Folklore, Nungambakkam, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m from Jan. 8 to 12. Devarattam is a social and ritual dance of Silavaar section of Kambala Nayakar community living in Tamilnadu. This dance is considered a sacred form since it is believed [...]
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31 December 2006
Workshop At MIS
Mogappair Industrial School will be conducting an embroidery workshop on Jan. 4, 5 and 6 on free style embroidery (basic stitches), kutch and kadaikamal and traditional embroidery from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants should bring embroidery frame and scissors.
MIS will also conduct a painting workshop on the same dates. It comprises pot painting, greeting [...]
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31 December 2006
Free Classes On Nalaayira Divya Prabandam
Commentator Kokkalaijerajan will give word-by-word explanation for each poem of all the 4000 hymns in Nalaayira Divya Prabandam at W-146 Anna Nagar West Extn on Jan. 6 and on all Saturdays at 4 p.m.
It is a very rare and one time chance to study all the 4000 hymns in detail. Contact No.26543963.
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31 December 2006
Mahakumbabishekam
Chandra Mouleeswarar Temple, 15th Main Road, Ranganthan Gardens, Anna Nagar, Chennai-40, organised a press meet on the temple premises to highlight the mythological importance of this six-century-old Shiva temple. The temple is also gearing up for a grand Mahakumbabishekam on Jan. 28.
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31 December 2006
Platform Ticket Vending At Central
Two sleek platform ticket-vending machines have been installed at the Central Railway Station recently.
The machines built for relatively rougher Indian conditions and imported from Austria at a cost of Rs.2.24 lakh each, can print and output tickets faster than the locally built machines used earlier. Visitors can insert coins of Rs.5, Rs.2 or Re.1 or [...]