An excellent summary of the function has been reported by our trustee and moderator of Ponniyin Selvan Yahoo groups, Shri. Sundhar Bharadwaj @ Sivapatha sekaran -SPS:
Dear Friends,
Certificates for those "students" who completed EPIGRAPHY reading course were
distrubted by Hon'ble Minister Thangam Thennarasu. Lakshmi Machine Tools Gp CBT
Mr. Ravi Sam presided over. Dr. Sathyamurthy and Dr. Rajvelu rendered speeches
on the subject.
From our side Natarajan, Plastic Chandra took part in event management.
Nandakumar Selvaraj attended.
Minister experessed his happiness in attending this meet and distributing the
Certificates.
Apart from sharing all our concern of creating awareness to protect the
monuments, he shared his responsibility and readiness in guiding us to put this
into action and commended the efforts of REACH on special areas.
He Observed: Somehow OUR Forefathers preserved these Cultural Assets and passed
on to us in spite of several invasions and challenges by way of external
Cultures all these period exceeding about 10 centuries ...
How can we permit these to be perished right in front of our Own eyes - in this
21st Century - when we claim that our Technology is superior and resources are
much better than the past ?
That was a soul-searching Speech by the Hon'ble Minister.
Then on the lighter note, he too enjoyed recalling his reading Ponniyinselvan
and discussing with his friends during his (Annamalai) University days in
Chidambaram (in early 80s).
He also recalled of having visited Udayarkudi - searched for Ravidasan
inscriptions etc..
He also recalled of having gone through Thiruvalangadu Copper Plates .. and
observed on Uthama being mentioned very less...!!
And commended the activities of PS group as well in creating more awareness
among the youth !
Also observed re threat to some cultural asset :: It was brought to his
attention and immediately reached CM almost at midnight - who in turn - called
the concered Authority and ensured the threat (by negiligence) was moved away.
And our long time dream - much discussed HERITAGE CLUB in SCHOOLs - is being
putforth in the Assembly session for allocation of funds !!
We - PS - REACH - AASAI - all thanked the Minister for all his support.
We will discuss and invite the Honble Minister for our PS MEET after the
Chemmozhi manadu !
sps
Photos of certificate function-06-05-2010 taken by REACH Chandra@ Plasticschandra
Dear Friends,
Certificates for those "students" who completed EPIGRAPHY reading course were
distrubted by Hon'ble Minister Thangam Thennarasu. Lakshmi Machine Tools Gp CBT
Mr. Ravi Sam presided over. Dr. Sathyamurthy and Dr. Rajvelu rendered speeches
on the subject.
From our side Natarajan, Plastic Chandra took part in event management.
Nandakumar Selvaraj attended.
Minister experessed his happiness in attending this meet and distributing the
Certificates.
Apart from sharing all our concern of creating awareness to protect the
monuments, he shared his responsibility and readiness in guiding us to put this
into action and commended the efforts of REACH on special areas.
He Observed: Somehow OUR Forefathers preserved these Cultural Assets and passed
on to us in spite of several invasions and challenges by way of external
Cultures all these period exceeding about 10 centuries ...
How can we permit these to be perished right in front of our Own eyes - in this
21st Century - when we claim that our Technology is superior and resources are
much better than the past ?
That was a soul-searching Speech by the Hon'ble Minister.
Then on the lighter note, he too enjoyed recalling his reading Ponniyinselvan
and discussing with his friends during his (Annamalai) University days in
Chidambaram (in early 80s).
He also recalled of having visited Udayarkudi - searched for Ravidasan
inscriptions etc..
He also recalled of having gone through Thiruvalangadu Copper Plates .. and
observed on Uthama being mentioned very less...!!
And commended the activities of PS group as well in creating more awareness
among the youth !
Also observed re threat to some cultural asset :: It was brought to his
attention and immediately reached CM almost at midnight - who in turn - called
the concered Authority and ensured the threat (by negiligence) was moved away.
And our long time dream - much discussed HERITAGE CLUB in SCHOOLs - is being
putforth in the Assembly session for allocation of funds !!
We - PS - REACH - AASAI - all thanked the Minister for all his support.
We will discuss and invite the Honble Minister for our PS MEET after the
Chemmozhi manadu !
sps
Photos of certificate function-06-05-2010 taken by REACH Chandra@ Plasticschandra
I request student Siddarth C to share the photos of students he had taken, so that it can be memorable for the students concerned.
