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C M Y MAMBALAM K TIMES The Neighbourhood Newspaper for T. Nagar & Mambalam www.mambalamtimes.in Vol. 17, No. 36 868th Issue : February 4 - 10, 2012 FREE Free cancer screening camp tomorrow By Our Staff Reporter lam. Vaatsalayam (Ashok Na- P. Raman (Organizer) told gar) and Rotary of Club of Nor- Mambalam Times that doc- th West Chennai will conduct a tors from RMD Pain and Pal- free cancer screening camp liative Care Center (T. Nagar) from 9.30 a.m to 12.30 p.m on will examine the patients. Sunday, Feb. 5 in Panigraha More details can be had in Kalyana Mandapam, Arya phones 99406 38972 and Gowda Road, West Mamba- 98402 82700. Page 2 MAMBALAM TIMES February 4 - 10, 2012 T. NAGAR BAZAAR Washing Machines, Fridges, A/cs, Microwave Ovens Services T. Nagar / Mambalam POLYWOOD Loft cover, Pooja Shelf, Cupboard, 5% - 10 % Showcase, Discount Modern Kitchen, upto Feb.10 False Ceiling, Painting VISWA ENTERPRISES VADAPALANI 98400 18492, 6537 9721 www.viswadecorators.com, E-mail: [email protected] This space costs Rs. 400 only! February 4 - 10, 2012 MAMBALAM TIMES Page 3 Students join Sarvodaya Day procession Athma Vichara Yoga course By Our Staff Reporter from Wednesday Hundreds of school and By Our Staff Reporter The program is secular and college students, and members Athma Vicharam, Madras has no religious overtones. of various Gandhian forums will conduct a 9-day course on Anyone 12 years and above marched from Voluntary Athma Vichara Yoga compris- can attend the course. Health Service, Adyar to the ing Pranaayama, art of living The course fee is Rs. 200. Marina on Jan. 30 on the and meditation (samadhi) from More details can be had occasion of Sarvodaya Day 6.30 p.m to 8.30 p.m from Feb. from Ramadoss in phone 2433 (Mahatma Gandhi’s 64th 8 to 16 in SMR Matriculation 4747. Remembrance Day and Mar- School, 35/1, Jothi Ramalin- tyrs’ Day) observed by Gandh- gam Street, West Mambalam. Child Helpline ian Integrated Forum Trust The classes will be conducted (Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya by L. Ramadoss. 1098 Campus, T. Nagar). According to Ramadoss, P. Maruthi (Organizer) told regular practise of Athma Mambalam Times that mem- Vichara Yoga will help one to bers of Gandhian Integrated Gandhian Studies), inmates of He said that the procession get rid of chronic ailments such Forum Trust, Harjian Sevak SRS Sarvodaya Girls Hostel was flagged off by C. D. as high blood pressure, Sangh, Akhil Bharat Racha- (Chetpet) and students of M. Raghavulu (94) (Freedom asthma, diabetes, ulcer and natmak Samaj, Gandhi Global A. Chidambaram College of Fighter). V. Rajagopal (94) was spondylitis. Family (Youth Forum of Nursing participated. also present. Memory power will improve. Discourses Calling volunteers for free Sai bhajans on ‘Saisath on 3 days a week Saritha’ service in Tirumala By Our Staff Reporter By Our Staff Reporter dinner will be provided free of By Our Staff Reporter Sri Sathya Sai Samiti, T. Sevas (50, Dharga Road, cost. They can have special Nagar conducts Sai bhajans Under the auspices of Sri Rajaji Nagar, Pallavaram) is darshan of Lord Venkates- every week in the following Shirdi Sai Meditation Mandir sending volunteers for week- wara. venues in T. Nagar: (6, Sarojini Street, T. Nagar) long service to pilgrims in Travelling expense and the Sai Keshav Hall, 157, G. N. there are discourses on ‘Sri Tirumala starting on Sundays cost of breakfast must be borne Chetty Road (near Panagal Saisath Saritha’ at 6.30 p.m and ending on Saturdays. by the volunteers. Park, Vijaya Bank building): on Sundays in its premises. Men and women who are Those interested can con- Saturdays, 5.10 p.m. T. Thiruvalluvan (Founder) physically fit and are willing to tact Nalini Ravikumar (18/43, Ayurvedhaasramam, 155, Jubilee Road, West Mam- G. N. Chetty Road (near Pana- told Mambalam Times that stay in Tirumala for a week are welcome to offer their services balam) in 99621 53644, L. S. gal Park), Mondays, 6 p.m. 50/ mass spiritual healing is con- for 6 hours everyday. The work V. Mahadevan (98411 76386), 38, Motilal Street (opposite ducted at 7.30 p.m on Thurs- will be of supervisory nature. P. Sundaram (98417 26695) Ranganathan Street), Wed- days and Sundays. Accommodation, lunch and or D. Gopinath (94442 09751). nesdays, 6 p.m. All are welcome. All are welcome. More details can be had in Program in Ramana Bhaktha More details can be had from phones 2643 2323, 4212 5118 D. Srinivasa Rao (98400 Samajam on Sundays 50875) or C. Ramamurthy and 94444 53777. By Our Staff Reporter 6 p.m: Discourse. (94440 54819). Talk on ‘Saradha Sri Ramana Baktha Sama- All are welcome. Discourses on Gita Devi’ this evening jam, West Mambalam (BVSN More details can be had in Moorthy School, Thambiah phone 94441 72623. from Monday By Our Staff Reporter Road, West Mambalam) con- Special pooja is conducted Vasudevacharya will give Under the auspices of The ducts the following program on and prasadam distributed discourses on Bhagawad Gita Theososphical Society (T. Sundays: among special children at 11. (Chapters 10 & 11) at 6.30 Nagar Lodge), K. Ramamur- 5 p.m: Veda paarayanam 30 a.m on Ramana Maha- p.m daily from Feb. 6 to 10 in thy will give a talk on ‘Saradha 5.30 p.m: Ramana Maha- rishi’s birth star day (Punar- Sri Ram Samaj, Ayodhya Deviyin Saritham’ at 5.30 p.m rishi’s Aksharamanamalai. poosam). Mandapam, Arya Gowda Road, West Mambalam. on Saturday, Feb. 4 in Aran- All are welcome. garajan Kumaramangalam Free Veda classes on Sundays By Our Staff Reporter Gana Sabha, Maharajapu- Hall, Kamalalayam Building, Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15, ram Santhanam Salai, T. Vadiyaram Street, T. Nagar. Bharathi Street, West Mam- Nagar. All are welcome. balam) conducts free Veda Veda classes are conducted More details can be had in classes from 6.30 a.m to 7.30 from 3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m on phone 94440 79531. a.m on Sundays in Sri Krishna Sundays in Sai Seva Chakra’s REQUEST TO READERS! premises. All are welcome. Please help us to serve you better! More details can be had in Mambalam Times is being delivered free at phone 98843 05676. every doorstep in this neighbourhood week Sai bhajans this evening after week. If our delivery boy skips your By Our Staff Reporter house or flat in any week, please call 2434 Sai bhajans will be con- 9236 between 10.30 a.m and 5 p.m on week ducted from 6.30 p.m to 7.30 p.m on Saturday, Feb. 4 in All days to enable us to take effective India Naidu Sangam (1, and immediate remedial action. Sarangapani Street, T. Nagar). All are welcome. Page 4 February 4 - 10, 2012 MAMBALAM TIMES C M Y Jewellery shops told to install CCTVs Free computer K classes for senior Police officers attached to T. Nagar District had a meeting citizens with pawnbrokers and jewel- Benevolence Trust (1, Ni- lery shopowners on Jan. 31 to roopa Flats, 10/30, Velu Street, discuss prevention of crime. West Mambalam) will conduct They gave the participants the its 5-day free computer course personal phone numbers of for the 15th batch of senior citi- police officers to enable them zens from Monday, Feb. 6. to contact the officers during They will also be taught how emergencies. to use the internet to keep in G. Tamilselvan (Asst. Com- missioner, T. Nagar Range) touch with relatives abroad. appealed to jewellery shop- Classes will be conducted from owners to instal CCTV cam- 10 a.m to 12 noon. eras inside and outside the More details can be had from shops to record movement of R. Chidambarasubramanian customers and others. in phone 9941919019. Why HR & CE Dept. took over Agasthiyar Temple The Agastiyar Temple on In June last year, the de- Raja Street in T. Nagar, which partment’s Asst. Commis- was taken over by the Hindu sioner held an enquiry in the Religious and Charitable En- temple following a spate of dowment (HR & CE) Depart- complaints from members of ment on Jan. 25 on the ground the public alleging misappro- of ‘gross mismanagement’, had priation. The official found that been run for about 60 years the place no longer served as more as an ashram and a de- an ashram and that a full- funct astrological bureau than fledged temple was function- a temple. ing. It was started as an ashram It was also found that in 1940 and registered as a Kumbhabhishekam had been society in April 1943 by 12 performed for the temple on persons for running a Naadi three occasions with generous Jothida Nilayam. Over time, it contributions from philanthro- became a full-fledged temple pists and devotees. and now has several sannidhis. Though the ‘ashram’ man- In October 1947, the then agement raised funds on vari- Commissioner of HR & CE ous occasions, the accounts Board brought the temple un- were never audited, a senior der the board’s control as per official said and added that in- the HR & CE Act 1926. But vestigation will be made on the the decision was challenged in amount collected from the the High Court which set aside public. “The temple has six the Commissioner’s order. priests and there was no oppo- The court had then observed sition to the department’s de- that the ‘Board’s premature cision to exercise administra- interference has really ar- tive control of the temple from rested the slow and gradual any quarter,” the senior offi- evolution of shrine into a public cial said.