Kukatpally, Hyderabad: Jan 4 2010
Commemorating the birthday of Louis Braille (Jan 4, 1809), the inventor of Braille script for blind, a walkathon to bring awareness of blind people was organized by Vikasatarangini Kukatpally, Hyderabad on Jan 4th 2010.
The 2.5 km awareness walkathon commenced from Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple at 11:40 am covering Sri Venkateswara Temple bus stand, main road, Remedy Hospital Road finally reaching the Kanyaka Parameswari temple by 12:40 pm. Several school students and blind school students participated in the awareness walkathon.
In this regard, a meeting was organized by Sriman Yogesh in the meeting hall of Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple at 10 am. Several officials including Smt. Gayatri - Current President of Nethra Vidyalaya Committee, Sriman Subbaraju, Sriman Panduranga Rao – current members attended the awareness meeting. Previous Nethra Vidyalaya committe members Sriman Varakumar Gupta, Sriman Santhosh Kumar, Sriman Padmanabham also attended the gathering.
Sriman Srikanth Reddy from Boston gave an inspiring message to the volunteers.
Distinguished guests at the event included Chief Guest Sriman Yatindra Padavilasala Srinivasa Ramanuja Dasa, Eye Specialist Sriman Dr. J S Rao, Ma:le Chenchu Reddy Memorial Trust Chairman Sriman Krishna Reddy, Kukatpally Congress Corporator Sriman G Vengal Rao, Vivekananda Colony TDP Corporator Sriman M Ranga Rao, Kukatpally Yuva Vikas President Sriman Go:ne Srinivas, Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple kalyana Mandapam President Sriman V H Kumaraswamy. The guests spoke about the importance of giving encouragement to the blind people. and remembered the greatness of Louis Braille. Vikasatarangini gave away VT diaries and mementos to the honorable guests. As a noble gesture, Nakoda Jewellers donated fruits and towels to the blind students on this occassion.
Speaking on the occassion, Chief Guest Sriman Yatindra Padavilasala Srinivas Ramanuja Dasa reminded the importance of guru and Veda in everyone’s life. He said, just like we need Veda to guide us from darkness to light, from death bed to immortality, from ignorance to the right knowledge – we need acharya/guru to dispel our darkness and ignorance and uplift us. He further added, spirituality is not only about offering prayers but also serving the visible world as God’s service realizing it to be the body of the Supreme God. He said, HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji is one such acharya who is showing that divine path of “Serve all beings as Service to God” to everyone dispelling the ignorance and darkness of this world.
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