Date:05/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/05/stories/2009010559530300.htm

Engagements - Tiruchi

In Tiruchi Today

RELIGION

Srirangam Ranganathaswamy Temple: Vaikunda Ekadasi festival, Namperumal purappadu from sanctum sanctorum, 6.30 a.m.; arayar seva, 7.45 a.m. to noon; & 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; purappadu from Arjuna Mandapam, 6.15 p.m.; reaching sanctum sanctorum, 9.30 p.m.

Sri Vedanarayana Perumal Temple, Thirunarayanapuram: Vaikunda Ekadasi festival, purappadu, 9.30 a.m.

Sri Varasiddhi Vinayagar Temple, Ganapathi Nagar: Dhanur masa pooja, 5.30 a.m.; Ganapathy homam, 7 a.m.

Sri Madhubaya Vedantha Acharya Peetam: Discourse on Thirupaavai by R. Ragahava Iyengar, Sri Veeraragahava Ramanuja Koodam, 294, Sathara Street, Srirangam, 6.30 p.m.

Sama Veda Samrakshana Sabha: Krithika mandala Veda parayanam by Vedic pundits, Naganathaswamy Temple, Nandhi Kovil Street, 6.30 p.m.

Sringeri Sath Sangh: Sri Vishnu-Sri Lalitha Sahasranama parayanam, Sri Sharadambal Sannidhi, Amma Mandapam Road, Srirangam, 6 p.m.

Vakeesa Bhaktha Jana Sabha: Discourse on Kumaragurubarar by S. Tirunavukkarasu, Panchavarnaswamy Temple Street, Woraiyur, 7 p.m.

Sri Maruthanantha Natheswara-Sri Anantha Krishna Varadharaja Perumal Temple: Dhanur masa bhajans, Namavali veedhi bhajan, Angarai, 5.30 a.m.

Sri Ramanuja Sidhandha Sabha: Discourse on Thiruppaavai by Badri Narayana Battar Swamy, Kamalavalli Nachiyar Temple, Woraiyur, 6.45 p.m.

Sri Navaneetha Krishnan Temple: Discourse on Thirupaavai by Andal Rajan, Eda Street, 7 p.m.

Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Parayana Sabha, Srirangam: Parayanam, Sri Maruthi Pilgrims House, South Chitra Street, 6.30 p.m.

CULTURE

Department of Arts and Culture, South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur, Regional Centre for Art and Culture, District Kalai Mandram and the District Welfare Committee: Vaikunda Ekadasi cultural festival, violin concert by S. Ragavasimhan, 5.30 p.m.; bharathanatyam performance by Sujitha and Ushanandhini, 6.30 p.m.; Tamilisai by R. Kashyap Mahesh, 7.30 p.m.; bharathanatyam by Vinodini Sekar, 8.30 p.m.

GENERAL

Bharathidasan University: Department of Plant Science School of Life Sciences and Swamy Botanical Club, national conference on ‘Modern trends in plant in vitro Biology’, N. Ramaswamy from Kakatiya University, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, delivers key-note address, M. Ponnavaikko, Vice-Chancellor, presides, AC auditorium, 9.45 a.m.

Regional Transport Office and the City Police: Road Safety Week, awareness programme for school children on road rules, T. Soundiah, Collector, chief guest, Children’s Traffic Park, Collectorate, 10 a.m.

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani: Farmers Field School on ’integrated pest management in sunflower’, S. Paupathy, scientist, resource person, S. P. Ramanathan, Head, KVK, presides, Melamathur, 9.30 a.m.

National College: Inauguration of Students’ Exnora, N. Balasubramanian, Dean, Perambalur Medical College, Perambalur, chief guest, 12.30 p.m.

Chidambaram Pillai College for Women, Manachanallur: K. Parthasarathy, Director, IECD, Bharathidasan University, speaks on ’career guidance’, A. Loganathan, Managing Trustee, presides, 2 p.m.

Alpha Group of Institutions: Inauguration of Wordsworth Language Lab, E-Block Language Lab and Edu Sports, K. K. Nagar, 3.30 p.m.

Department of Handlooms: Handlooms exhibition, Thevar hall, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.