The advent day celebrations of our trust were held on 01/09/2013 in Hyderabad at the residence of our member Sri D B V Narasiah. The following members attended the function.
- Sri D V S Sastri
- Sri K M Sarma
- Sri C L Giridhar
- Sri D Naresh Babu
- Sri D B V Narasiah
- Sri D Narasayya
- Sri D Chaitanya
- Sri K Maruthi Srinath
- Smt C Vijayalakshmi
- Sri D R Sarma
- Sri D B V Avadhani
- Sri R Sriramamurthy
- Sri AVS Sarma
Others who participated in the event were Smt D Varalakshmi, Sri D Maruthi, Smt Usha, Sri D Bhargava, Smt Sandhya Rajesh, Smt Sundari, Smt Kanthi, Sri M Phani, Smt Madhuri, Smt Sudha, Smt Rajyam, Sri Narasimham, Smt Vasantha, Sri Sarma, Smt Gayatri and others. The total number of persons who participated in the event was around 30.
The function was compered by Sri D Narasayya who invited the dignitaries to the dais. Sri AVS Sarma was invited to be the Chief Guest and Sri R Sriramamurthy was invited as the Chairman of the meeting. Sri D V S Sastri and Sri K M Sarma were also invited to the dais.
The programme started with the lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries. There after the invocation song was sung by Smt Sandhya Rajesh.
The recitation of Upadesa Saramu was done by Sri Maruthi, Sri Chaitanya, Smt Vijayalakshmi and Sri DBV Avadhani. The recitation of Ramana Suktamu was done by Sri DBV Narasiah and Sri D Naresh Babu. The recitation of Ramana Vijaya Ganamu and Ramana Panasa was done by the members by forming into two groups.
Thereafter, the welcome address was given by Sri DBV Narasiah who welcomed all the guests and informed all that it was a moment of joy for him to host such an event at his residence.
The welcome address was followed by the speech of Sri Naresh Babu on the life history of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. Sri D B V Avadhani then spoke about the advent day, its importance and why it should be celebrated by Ramana Devotees.
Sri R Sriramamurthy then spoke about Sri Ramana Maharshi, his teachings and his own experiences in the path of devotion to Sri Ramana Bhagavan.
The participants broke for lunch at around 1.15 PM and after reassembly, Sri K M Sarma spoke on the subject 'Practice of Self Enquiry by Grihasthas'
A tele-message was then given by Sri D Venkayya from Narasaraopet. Sri D B K Murthy also joined via Skype from Tanzania and spoke on the occasion. Smt D Chaya sang songs on Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi at the same time.
Sri A V S Sarma then spoke about his experiences in his spiritual journey and also on the importance of practice by devotees.
Sri C L Giridhar then spoke about the activities of the trust and future programmes after which Sri D V S Sastri gave his presidential address.
This was followed by felicitation of the dignitaries and presentation of mementos to them. Mementos were also presented to all the participants which was followed by the vote of thanks by Sri D Narasayya.
The programme concluded with the distribution of prasadam to all the devotees.
Some of the photographs taken on the occasion are being posted below.
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