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VOL. 4, ISSUE. 4
Published on April.23, 2017, Rs. 3
World earth day celebrated
S.J.T. Surana Jain Vidyalaya, Park Town and Exnora Greater Chennai jointly celebrated World Earth Day with a unique project under the Theme “Environmental & Climate Literacy” at the School premises. As part of the Earth Day celebrations, saplings were distributed to the School students and they were urged to create a mini terrace garden at their homes. Ms. Yogalakshmi,
Coordinator, Eco Club of the School welcomed the gathering and explained the importance of Earth day and how students can participate in the activity. R. Govindaraj, President, Greater Chennai Exnora urged students to take action to save our planet. “Think Globally, Act Locally and Do Domestically is the motto of Exnora” he said. Students should do their mite to save the planet from environmental
degradation and Doing Domestically could be their starting point. “You can create a mini terrace garden in your home and compost the vegetable waste to produce manure, which can be used to nourish the terrace garden” he said. Mr. Govindaraj also said that this activity will be an excellent service students can do to help the planet and said that Exnora team will visit their homes and after inspecting their home garden and home
composting, will issue certificates and prizes for the best effort. More than 200 students actively participated in the event, which also included a workshop to discuss the importance of taking up regular activities to save the planet. They held several placards with informative and motivational slogans and many students spoke on the importance of actively involving in the Green initiatives. The Students
took a pledge to actively involve themselves in this Earth-saving Activity. Ms. Kasturi, Ms. Bharani and Ms. Vatsala, teachers of the Schools spoke on the occasion and motivated students to take a lead role in reducing our carbon footprint. Making small changes to our lifestyle and spending a few minutes in the green activities will not only make the planet a better place but also improve our physical and mental
Weekly discourse on April.23
Eka Dhina Koti Gayatri Japam on May.1
Weekly discourse on “ Bhagavad Gita” (in Tamil) by Swami Satyaprabhananda on April.23 at 5.30 p.m in Vivekananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, No.3, M.S.Salai, T.Nagar, Chennai 17. All are welcome.
Governing Business and Relationship Governing Business and Relationship, will be conducted by R.Aravindan on April. 29 in Hotel Pratap Plaza, 168, Kodambakkam High Road, Mahalingapuram, between 10 a.m and 11.15 am. The weekly sessions deals with the Role of Intellect in effective self Management, and the art of relating with the world. All are welcome. For more details contact. 98404 93904.
health, they said. Fatheraj J Jain, SecretaryNorth Chennai and A. Tamilmani, Vice-President, Exnora Greater Chennai, participated in the Event. Mrs. Uma N. Murthy, Principal, S.J.T. Surana Jain Vidyalaya, coordinated the event and assured that the School will take all necessary steps to motivate their students to participate in this green initiative. Ms. Santanalakshmi delivered a vote of thanks.
“Jagadguru Sri Sankara Bhagavat Padhal Panchami Seva Trust” in association with Sri Sankara TV will be conducting “Eka Dhina Koti Gayathri Japam” in Sri Ramakrishna School, Bazullah Road, T.Nagar on May.1. The following is programme: 5:30 a.m to 8:30 a.m: Gayathri Japam 12:30 p.m: Prasadam distributed Devotees can register their name and other details to SMS or Whatsapp 99406 30249 / 99409 25140 / 99409 24932.
Story telling competition for students on ‘Ramanujar’ As part of Sri Ramanujar’s 1000th birth anniversary celebrations, S Ethirajan, (Heart2Flower), Kannan Kabisthalam family along with Shri Ramanuja Bhaktha Sabha(Virugambakkam) will conduct story telling competition for children on life experiences of Sri Ramanujar on April 30 at 10 a.m in Temple, Virugambakkam). It has been divided into three groups like children who study upto 6th std., 7th std. to 10th Std and 11th std and above. The results of the competition will be announced on the same day evening. Winners will be given prizes and needy students will be offered free books. All Students are invited across all places to participate. To register and get more information contact S. Ethirajan (Coordinator) at 98409 66843.