Ramana Jayanthi Celebrations by our trust were held on 21/12/2013 in Hyderabad at the residence of our member Sri D Narasayya. The following members attended the function.
- Sri D V S Shastri
- 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 B V Avadhani
- Sri D Venkayya
- Sri AVS Sarma
- Sri V K Satyanarayana
- Sri CSSS Prasad
- Sri D Maruti
Others who participated in the event were Sri Pannala Radhakrishna Sarama, Sri T Satyanarayana, Sri D Durgaprasad, Smt Adi Lakshmi, Smt C Annapurna, Smt D Varalakshmi, Smt Usha, Sri D Bhargava, Smt Sundari, Smt Madhuri, Smt Kameswari, Sri Madhu and others. The total number of persons who participated in the event was around 30.
The function was compered by Sri C L Giridhar who invited the dignitaries to the dais. Sri Pannala Radhakrishna was invited to be the Chief Guest and Sri D Venkayya was invited as the Chairman of the meeting. Sri T Satyanarayana, Sri AVS Sarma, Sri V K Satyanarayana 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 D Varalakshmi.
The recitation of Ramana Vijaya Ganamu and Ramana Panasa was done by the members by forming two groups. .
Thereafter, the welcome address was given by Sri D Narasayya who welcomed all the guests and informed all that it was a pleasure 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 K M Sarma then spoke about Ramana Jayanti and its importance.
This was followed by the formal book release of our latest book 'Guru Vachaka Kovai' by Sri Pannala Radhakrishna Sarma Garu. 'Shatdarsanalu' written by Sri Ambatipudi Venkataratnam was also released on the occasion by Sri D Venkayya. Sri T Satyanarayana then released the audio CDs of talks by Sri D Venkayya on Self Enquiry. A brief introduction of the book 'Guru Vachaka Kovai' was given by Sri C L Giridhar and Sri D Venkayya spoke about the Chief Guest Sri Pannala Radhakrishna Sarma and also about the book 'Shatdarsanalu'.
This was followed by the address by the Chief Guest Sri Pannala Radhakrishna Sarma who spoke about Guru Vachaka Kovai. He stated that the author has done exempleary work in translating this book which is like a bible for Telugu speaking devotees of Sri Ramana Bhagavan. He also praised the efforts of Ramana Bhakta Mandali, Bangalore for their efforts is bringing out this book. Sri T Satyanarayana spoke about his own book 'Gurupadesa Ratnamala' and how 'Guru Vachaka Kovai' is different from it. He stated that if one reads the book 'Guru Vachaka Kovai' on regular basis, then he need not read any other book.
This was followed by the address by Sri AVS Sarma and Sri V K Satyanarayana.
The next item on the agenda was 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 Maruti.
The programme concluded with the distribution of prasadam to all the devotees.
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