Date:30/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/30/stories/2008103059370300.htm

Engagements - Madurai

Madurai Today

RELIGION

Selva Vinayagar Temple: Discourse on ‘Navagraham’ by P. Balasubramanian, Railway Colony, 7.30 p.m.

Karpaga Vinayagar Temple: Kanda Sashti festival; abishekam, 8.30 a.m.; Shanmugarchana, Poonga Nagar Colony, K. K. Nagar, 5.30 p.m.

Subramaniaswamy Temple: Kanda Sashti festival; yagasala puja, 8.30 a.m.; Shanmugarchana, 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.; procession of deity, 7 p.m.; discourse by PL. Samayamuthu, 7 p.m.; devotional songs by Chennai T. Jayabharathi, Tirupparankundram, 8 p.m.

Dandayuthapaniswamy Temple: Kanda Sashti festival; Rudra japam, 6 a.m.; laksharchana, Dindigul Road, 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Arultharum Ayyappan Temple: Kumba puja, 8.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m.; Lakshmi puja, 9 a.m.; yaga puja, 9.30 a.m.; go puja, Alagarkoil Road, EMG Nagar, K. Pudur, 7.30 p.m.

Kasi Mutt: Discourse on ‘Kandapuranam’ by A. Ganesan, Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, 8 p.m.

Tiruppugazh Sabha: Kanda Sashti festival; yagasala puja, 8 a.m. and 5.15 p.m.; abishekam, 10 a.m.; sahasranama archana, 6 p.m.; Tiruppugazh bhajan, 6.20 p.m.; discourse on ‘Kandapuranam’ by K. Sivakumar, South Adi Street, Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, 6.30 p.m.

Tiruvalluvar Kazhagam: Discourse on ‘Thayumanavar’ by Sundara Kannan, North Adi Street, Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, 7 p.m.

Tiruvalluvar Mandram: Discourse on ‘Sivagnana Mabadiam’ by N. S. Sundararaman, Sakthi Velammal Nagar, 5 p.m.

Ramakrishna Mutt: Bhajan, New Natham Road, 6.30 p.m.

International Society for Krishna Consciousness: Damodara festival, 12/37 Maninagaram Main Road, 6.30 p.m.

CULTURE

Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya: Free Rajayoga meditation classes, 36 Meenakshi Nagar, P and T Nagar; 40 Sambandamoorthy Street, 211/95 East Veli Street and 357 Anna Nagar, 6.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.

Gandhi Memorial Museum: T. Ravichandran conducts yoga, meditation and pranayama classes, 6 a.m., 10.30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre: Yoga for beginners, 6 a.m. and 6.30 p.m.; for women, 10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.; for senior citizens, 23 Dr. Sathar Road, Anna Nagar, 5.30 p.m.

Maharishi Ved Vigyan Bhavan: T. V. Rajendran conducts transcendental meditation classes, Gandhi Museum, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Yoga Research Centre: V. Saravanan conducts yoga therapy classes, Department of Philosophy, Madura College, 6.30 a.m.

Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation: Exhibition of paintings, Poompuhar, 12 West Veli Street, 10 a.m.

GENERAL

Madurai Kamaraj University: Seminar on ‘Life and legacy of Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar,’ R. Karpaga Kumaravel, Vice-Chancellor, presides, Sir. C. V. Raman Hall, School of Biological Sciences, 3.30 p.m.

S. B. T. College of Special Education: S. Shanmugiah, Controller of Examinations, Madurai Kamaraj University, inaugurates talent competition for special children; Rev. Sr. Alphonsal presides, 9.30 a.m.; K. Krishnan of Department of Education, MK University, delivers valedictory address; Leigh Bowness Rahil distributes prizes; Nirmala Jeyaraj, Principal, Lady Doak College, presides, DRO Colony, 4 p.m.

Thyaga Deepam Peravai: Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar birth anniversary celebration, R. Chockalingam speaks, 28 Town Hall Road, 8.45 a.m.

Rotary Club of Madurai Midtown: R. Ramachandran speaks on ‘Step ahead,’ Fortune Pandiyan Hotel, 6.30 p.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous: Meeting, Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School, Kochadai, 7 p.m.