Guest guest Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Swami Gitananda Best Youth & Child Awards 2003 PRESS RELEASE Best Youth - S TAMILSENGOLAN Best Child - R SUBASHINI S. TAMILSENGOLAN a student of Rajiv Gandhi Engineering College and Yoganjali Natyalayam was declared winner of the Swami Gitananda Best Youth Award 2003 while R SUBASHINI, of St Patrick Mat HSS and Yoganjali Natyalayam won the Swami Gitananda Best Child Award 2003. They received the prestigious award from the hands of the Chairman PT & TDC, Sri NEELA GANGADHARAN MLA Avl on the 29th January 2003 at a glittering function held at Hotel Jayaram, Pondicherry that was attended by an audience of more then 300 Yoga enthusiasts. S. Kaviarasan of Amalorpavam HSS and T. Tamilarasan of Rajiv Gandhi Engineering College were the 1st and 2nd runners up in the youth category. U. Parinitha and R Monika of Cluny School were the 1st and 2nd runners up in the child category. This is the FOURTH year that this competition is being held and previous awardees are D LAKSHMI (2000), N RAMYA (2001) and V RENUKADEVI (2002). Dhesh M received the inaugural Best Child Award instituted from last year (2002). More than 100 children and youth participated in this unique award competition that tested their Yoga Art, Yoga Dumb Charades, Yoga Elocution, Yoga Essay and Yoga Team Quiz abilities. This year the new competitions were the Yoga Block and Tackle, Yoga Cartoon, Yoga Novelty, Yoga Fancy Dress and Team Yogasana Competition events. Thiru Neela Gangadharan MLA congratulated the winners for showing that ‘Yoga is Skill in action’ and expressed his admiration for Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani for the wonderful work being done with the youth of the nation. He recalled the role of Swami Gitananda Giri in spreading Tamil culture through the medium of Yoga to the youth and children of Pondicherry. He advised all youth to practice Yoga to enable them to become model citizens of our motherland. Kalaimamani Pulavar E Pattabiraman, Dr Nalini Devi of Gitananda Yogalayam, Spain and Mrs Deepa Muthaiya of Dean Foundation, Chennai spoke on the occasion and felicitated the winners for their excellent performances. Kalaimamani Smt Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani, (President PYA) and Sri C K Manoharun (Vice president PYA) participated in the valedictory function and congratulated all participants on their creative efforts. Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, Gen Secretary, PYA presented the annual report highlighting the achievements of the Pondicherry Yogasana Association in the past year. Winners of the various competitions presented a cultural programme on the occasion. The Swami Gitananda Award competitions 2003 were sponsored by: Dr Vanaja Vaidhyanathan’s Jyothi Eye Care, Creations Constructions, Ram Global Solutions and Advika Ads with support from ICYER and Yoganjali Natyalayam. The competition was organized by the Executive Committee and Council Members of Pondicherry Yogasana Association and the staff, parents and student of Yoganjali Natyalayam and coordinated by Miss V Renukadevi. Yours in Yoga, Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani General Secretary Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani Chairman Yoganjali Natyalayam and ICYER 25,2nd Cross,Iyyanar Nagar, Pondicherry-605 013 Tel;0413 2622902 / 0413 2241561 abb,yognat2001 Website: www.icyer.com SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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