Annual Day Celebration 2023

The 37th Annual Day Celebrations of our Sabha were held on 15/8/2023 and 20/8/2023 at the Prarthana Mandir.
On 15/8/2023, the program began with Sahasranama Pooja.
The cultural competitions commenced by lighting of lamp by our little ones in the presence of members of Council, Vanitha Vibhag and Yuvak representatives. Numerous competitions for all age groups from picking sweets and language test to konkani caption writing were conducted by the Yuvak team. There was an active cooperation and participation from the Samajiks of all ages- juniors and seniors. The competitions continued till evening.
The forenoon session was concluded at 1:30pm with Aarathi and Samooha Prarthana followed by a scrumptious Maha Nivedyam. In the afternoon session, a few remaining competitions were conducted and then cultural programmes began. This year, two dramas based on current social issues were performed- ‘Yamunakkane Ghar’ by the Vanitha Vibhag directed by Sri Vijaya Mallaya and ‘Undo Khamcho Madhav’ by the Yuvak Team directed by Kum. Vishnupriya P. Both were well received by the audience. The competitions came to an end after Lucky Draw in the evening. Day 1 of the celebrations ended.

On 20/8/2023, Sathyanarayana Pooja hosted by Trivandrum Mahajan was held. After Sahasranama parayan, rendering of Bhajans, Maha Aarathi and Samooha Prarthana, Sabha karyakram commenced.
Firstly, the academic excellence awards and prizes to winners of cultural competitions were presented by senior Samajiks and well wishers Sarvashri Ratnakar Rao, P Gopinatha Pai and D Janardhana Prabhu.
Then, the two most important pillars of our Samaj- Grama Purohit Rathish Bhat and our Annadatha Sreenivas Naik were honoured by the Mahasabha.
Next on the list was an important karyakram- being the election of new Council members to lead the Samaj for the term 2023-2028.
The outgoing President, Vice president, Secretary, Treasurer and Vanitha Pradhan thanked the samajiks for their unstinted cooperation and support to carry out services to the community and organize all activities during their tenure.
Senior Samajik Sri Vijaya Mallya was nominated as the Returning officer by the general body for the election of new council members. The returning officer solicited suggestions from the general body for names to the new council. The Returning officer then received a panel consisting of 15 Council members and Vanitha Pradhan which was read out and unanimously accepted by the general body by applauding.
It was followed by prasad distribution and Maha nivedyam.
The 37th Annual day celebration of our Samaj was thus concluded.

Report: Parvati M Pai