Date:16/02/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/02/16/stories/2006021620930500.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Sankara Nethralaya doctors hailed

Staff Reporter

Swami Ganapathi Sachidananda of Mysore visits hospital

SHOWN AROUND: Swami Ganapathi Sachidananda at Sankara Nethralaya on Monday. He is seen with Dr. S. Badrinath, founder of the eye hospital. — Photo: S. R. Raghunathan

CHENNAI: Swami Ganapathi Sachidananda of Mysore visited Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai on Monday. Later, he delivered a short discourse, sayingdoctors were like God's instruments, mechanics who carried out noble work in restoring vision. He lauded the service of doctors at the hospital.T. Bhaskara Das, a devotee, presented an idol of `Subha Drishti Ganapathi' to him.

Earlier, playback singer Vani Jayaram sang the Swami's compositions.