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Monthly Newsletter ISSUE 2 | VOLUME 4 | February 2018 மாதாꏍத செ뿍鎿மட쯍 Monthly Newsletter Tamil King 16th chapter of Mahavamsam (The Great Chronicle), Ellalan (Tamil: , Thai Pongal is a harvest translated in to Tamil by late எ쯍லாளꟍ translit. Ellāḷaṉ) was a festival dedicated to the Sun Mr. Sivarasa Nallaratnam. God. It is a four-day festival The Mahavamsam is an epic member of the Tamil Chola which according to the Tamil poem written in the Pali dynasty, who upon capturing calendar is usually celebrated language of the bikku’s of Sri the throne became king of from January 14 to January 17. Lanka. the Anuradhapura Kingdom, in present-day Sri Lanka, from 205-161 BCE. Like Us https://goo.gl/RGWzaF Subscribe to our channel https://goo.gl/gU95Me Visit our website http://www.tscbs.org.au - This page is intentionally left blank - VTSCBS Monthly Newsletter | December 2017 | Volume 3 | Issue 11 ஜனவ쎿 மாதாꏍத埍 埂翍ட믍 13 - ஜனவ쎿 - 2018 லையில் வழலைப ோை எை鏁 கழக அங்கத்தவர்கள் திருைதி அங்கத்தவர்கள் எல்பைோரும் ஓன்று ரம்பசோதி தோயோர் இறந்த தினத்லத கூடினோர்கள். கோலை 11.00 ைணியளힿல் முன்னிட்翁 வந்தவர்களுக்埁 இைவச ைத்திய திரு சோம் 殿வம் அவர்களோல் கூட்டம் ப ோசனம் வழங்கப் ட்ட鏁. ஆரம்பித்鏁 லவக்கப் ட்ட鏁. ힿருந்தினர்கலள வரபவற்ற鏁டன் கூட்டம் ஆரம் ைோன鏁. ததோடர்ந்鏁 பிரம்ைோ 埁ைோரி அலைப்பினர் தங்கள் பநரத்லதயும், 殿ரைத்லதயும் ோரோ鏁 கூட்டம் ததோடங்垿யவுடன் முதலில் நம்முடன் ைோதோந்தம் வழங்埁ம் தியோனமும் ஆன்므க வோழ்ந்鏁 உயிர் ꏀத்த தமிழ் தநஞ்சங்கள் உலரயும் நலடத ற்ற鏁. முதிபயோ埁க்埁 அத்தலன ப ருக்埁ம் ஒரு நிமிட பநரம் தியோனமும் ஆன்மிக உலரயும் மிகவும் பிடித்த தைௌன அஞ்சலி தசலுத்தப் ட்ட鏁. ힿடயைோக அலைந்鏁 வரு垿ன்ற鏁. அங்கத்தவர்களோல் பகட்கப் ட அதலனத் ததோடந்鏁 கழக உறுப்பினர்கள் பகள்ힿகளுக்埁 தக்க தில்கலள சபகோதரர் தமிழர் கைோச்சோரப் டி த ோங்கல் அழகர்சோமி அவர்கள் வழங்垿னோர். அதலன த ோங垿னோர்கள். ோல் த ோங垿யவுடன் ததோடர்ந்鏁 ைத்திய ப ோசனம் இடம் த ற்ற鏁. ஒவ்தவோரு கழக உறுப்பினரும் அரி殿 த ோங்கலை ஆரம்பித்鏁 லவத்தோர்கள். நன்றி. தசல்ힿ பிறனோளி பைோகநோதன் keyboard வோ殿த்தோர்.அதலன ததோடர்ந்鏁 திருைதி திரு. 毁ந்தரலிங்கம் ரம்பசோதி அவர்கள் க்தி ோடல்களுடன் தசயைோளர் 殿றப்புலர ஆற்றினோர். VTSCBS’ Monthly Meeting 13 - January - 2018 ictoria Tamil Senior Citizens Benevolent Mrs Paramsothy sang devotional songs and Society (VTSBS) cunducted its gave a speech. Volunteer members from the November monthly meeting on Saturday the Brahmma Kumaris organisation delivered the 11th of November. The meeting started at spiritual discourse and follwed by monthly 11:00 am with welcoming the members and meditation session. guests by Mr. Sambasivam. The society paid a minute silence tribute to past members and The lunch was provided to all members by elders. The function was started with the Paramsothy family in memory of Mrs lighting of tradiontioanl oil lamp. Paramsothy’s mother. As per the Tamil tradiotion, each and every Mr. Suntharalingam member participated in cooking ‘Pongal’ and Secretary. followed by kebyboard instrumental music by Miss Pranalli Loganathan. 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