GSB Samachar November 2023

Congratulations to Shri V Somanatha Prabhu, who got elected unopposed to the AATTD council from Kollam gramam. Shri Somanatha Prabhu, secretary of GSB Mahasabha, Trivandrum, was our official candidate. The new committee will be sworn in soon. GSB Mahasabha Trivandrum “Wishes the very best” to the newly elected office bearers of the AATTD. May Lord Narasimha invoke in them, the required insights and vision to lead the AATTD for the religious, dharmic, social and cultural betterment of the GSB community residing in the ashta gramas.

Diwali symbolises the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. The religious significance of Diwali varies regionally within India. In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Diwali is the day when Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Hanuman and the entire vanara sena reached Ayodhya after slaying Ravana. Rama’s decisions were always in line with dharma and the Diwali festival is a reminder to maintain our dharma throughout our lives.

Rameshwar Kashi Mutt present building was constructed in 2005. Now the whole building has being renovated. Our Poojaneeya Samyameendra Thirtha Swamiji will be having their camp at Rameshwar from 29th November to 8th December. Swamiji will be arriving at Rameshwar from Chennai. Swamiji’s last visit to Rameshwar was in 2014 after their camp at Trivandrum. As per the instructions of our Mathadheesh, many Havans and Homas will be conducted at Rameshwar Mutt. Trivandrum is the nearest GSB community to Rameshwar. Let us utilise this opportunity to visit Rameshwar during this period and offer our sevas and get the “Ashirvaads” of our religious head.

Report: Navarathri celebrations at our Prarthana Mandir from 15th to 24th October were a festive occasion for the Trivandrumites. Special appreciation to the Vanitha Vibhag, Swayamsevaks and the council members for coordinating and successfully conducting the entire program. Each day was eventful as all the pooja members observed their colourful dress codes. Sumangalees performed Kumkumarchana on all Navarathri days. The following sumangalees participated in the Kumkumarchana. 1. Smt Vidya Gopalakrishna Shenoy, w/o Shri Rajasekhara Kamath 2. Smt Smitha Pai, w/o Shri Umesh Kamath, 3.Smt Kasturi w/o, Shri R.Nithyanandan, 4. Smt Rajeswari, w/o Shri Anand G Pai, 5. Smt Neethu w/o Shri Santhosh Prabhu, 6. Smt Gayathri, w/o Shri S V R Nayak, 7. Smt Sreedevi, w/o Shri Ashok Kumar, 8. Smt Bindhu, w/o Shri N Radhakrishnan, 9. Smt Keerthi, w/o Shri Deepak Shenoy, 10. Smt Anupama, w/o Shri Krishnakumar Rao S, 11. Smt Pratheeksha, w/o Shri Santhosh C, 12. Smt Sangeetha, w/o Shri Sumesh Naick 13. Smt Vyshali w/o Shri Ravikiran Mallya14. Smt Vinita w/o Shri Vishnu G.Pai15. Smt Vandana w/o Shri Dinesh P. 16. Smt Santha Bai w/o Shri S. Mohandas17. Smt Anitha w/o Shri G. Ravindranath Prabhu18. Smt Jayasree w/o Shri Lakshmidas Prabhu19. Smt Thilothama w/o Shri Venkateshwara Pai20. Smt Sneha S Pai w/o Shri Ajith Venkateshwara Pai21. Smt Reshmi V Pai w/o Shri Sreekar Venkateshwara Pai, 22. Smt Jayanthi w/o Shri M R Dineshan, 23. Smt Darshana, w/o Shri Renjith, 24. Smt Kiran, w/o Shri T V Devarajan, 25. Smt Sandhya, w/o Shri N Harikumar, 26. Smt Vijayalakshmi, w/o Shri Ravindra Pai R, 27. Smt Anupama, w/o Shri Ajith Prabhu 28. Smt Geetha w/o Shri Venkateshwara Pai, 29.Smt Usha, w/o Shri Gopinath Pai, 30. Smt Lalithambika, w/o Shri Nandakumar, 31. Smt Jyoti, w/o Shri Vinod V Pai, 32. Smt Prabha S, w/o Shri T M Prakash, 33. Smt Geetha w/o Shri Shujeen,34. Smt Poorna w/o Shri Deepak D Kamath, 35. Smt Vinaya, w/o Shri P G Gopinath Kamath, 36. Smt Renjini P R, w/o Shri Sachithananda Prabhu, 37. Smt Asha, w/o Shri Vijay Kamath, 38. Smt Rekha B Pai, w/o Shri Sumesh, 39. Smt Arthy, w/o Shri Ganesh Nayak, 40. Smt M G Mohana, w/o Shri Namadev, 41. Smt Rekha G, w/o Shri Suresh Bhat, 42. Smt Manju, w/o Shri Santhosh Vadhyar, 43. Smt Suchitra Shenoy, w/o Shri VinodKumar, 44. Smt Neethu, w/o Shri Manoj Kamath, 45. Smt Manorama Bai, w/o Shri Sudhakara Rao, 46. Smt Jayasudha, w/o Shri Satheesh Kamath, 47. Smt Vinu, w/o Shri Venugopal N, 48. Smt Geetha, w/o Shri Balachandra Bhat, 49. Smt Jayanthi, w/o Shri U J Naik, 50. Smt Bindhu, w/o Shri Nagesh Kumar, 51. Smt Dhanya G Pai, w/o Shri Dilip Naik, 52. Smt Reshmitha Prabhu, w/o Shri Anup Naik, 53. Smt Srividhya, w/o Shri Rajesh Prabhu, 54. Smt Nithya ,w/o Shri Krishnaprasad, 55. Smt Usha w/o Shri Mohandas Pai, 56. Smt Latha D Kamath, w/o Shri Deepak Kamath, 57. Smt Chitra, w/o Shri Balakrishna Hegde, 58. Smt Sangeetha, w/o Shri Sreejith, 59. Smt Beena w/o Shri Devananda Shenoi, 60. Smt Reshmi, w/o Shri Dileep Kumar, 61. Smt Santha, w/o Shri Madhava Pai, 62. Smt Sreedevi, w/o Shri Rajananda Pai, 63. Smt Shrinisha, w/o Shri Arun V. Kamath, 64.Smt Sreelatha, w/o Shri Balachandran N, 65. Smt Nisha, w/o Shri Ganashyam Prabhu, 66. Smt Sumitha, w/o Shri Suresh Kamath, 67. Smt Vineetha V Pai, w/o Shri Kishore Kamath, 68. Smt Chandrakala R, w/o Shri Somanatha Prabhu, 69. Smt Shanti, w/o Shri Unnikrishnan, 70. Smt Usha, w/o Shri Premananda Shenoi, 71. Smt Aditi, w/o Shri Sachin Shenoi, 72. Smt Lakshmi, w/o Shri Anantha Padmanabha Bhat, 73. Smt Meena, w/o Shri Govindaraj, 74. Smt Ramya Prabhu, w/o Shri Nishanth Sharma, 75. Smt Sindhu, w/o Shri Sathish Prabhu, 76. Smt Vinodhini, w/o Shri Suresh kumar V, 77. Smt Vanaja, w/o Shri Venkiteshwara Shenoy, 78. Smt Aishwarya, w/o Shri Vivek Shenoy, 79. Smt Jayashree, w/o Shri Naveen Kumar, 80. Smt Sumithra, w/o Shri Muralidhara Pai, 81. Smt Poorna, w/o Shri Ranjith Bhat, 82. Smt Manjula, w/o Gopalakrishna Sarma, 83. Smt Chitra, w/o Shri Pradeep Atmanandan, 84. Smt Ratnakumari, w/o Shri L.G. Shenoy.

Lakshmi Pooja – Participants

Smt Srividhya, w/o Shri Rajesh Prabhu, 2. Smt Vanaja, w/o Shri Venkateshwara Shenoy, 3. Smt Sreedevi, w/o Shri Ashok Kuma,r 4. Smt Sindhu, w/o Shri Sathish Prabhu, 5. Smt Rajeswari, w/o Shri Anand Pai, 6. Smt Keerthi, w/o Shri Subham, 7. Smt Vandana, w/o Shri Dinesh, 8. Smt Gayathri, w/o Shri S.V.R.Nayak, 9. Smt Sumithra w/o Shri Muralidhar Pai, 10. Smt Jayasree w/o Shri Ajith Kumar 11. Smt Sreedevi w/o Shri Prakash Kamath 12. Smt Vijayalakshmi w/o Shri Raveendra Pai 13. Smt Anitha w/o Shri Ravindranath Prabhu 14. Smt Poorna w/o Shri Deepak D. Kamath 15. Smt Sreedevi, w/o Shri Rajananda Pai 16. Smt Jayanthi w/o Shri U.J. Naik 17. Smt Kiran w/o Shri Devaraj 18. Smt Jayasree w/o Shri Naveenkumar.

Mannmi Brahman was on 23rd October. Vishnusahasranama pooja was conducted in the morning. 68 Samajiks offered their Brahman Seva that day. A special meeting was convened on that day to felicitate Shri V Somanatha Prabhu by our samajiks. Shri Santhosh Kumar Prabhu, former AATTD member, State committee member of GSB Mahasabha, Kerala, Former President of TD temple, Kollam, was the Chief Guest. Shri Sathish Prabhu, Vice President welcomed the gathering. Shri Santhosh Kumar Prabhu gave a thought provoking address. He narrated the formation of the AATTD, from where the assets came from, and the intention of forming this trust. Adv K G Mohandas Pai gave an abridged narration of the functioning of the AATTD, and how Trivandrumites got connected with the AATTD from the very beginning. Shri V Somanatha Prabhu was felicitated in the mahajan yoga. He expressed his thanks to the samajiks and promised that he would always stand for the well being of the AATTD and Trivandrum samajiks. Shri R Ranga Naik, treasurer addressed the audience. Tirupathi Venkatramana Kannikka was done by all samajiks. Lakshmi Pooja and Saraswathi Pooja were performed in the evening under the guidance of our Grama Purohit Shri Ratheesh Bhat. Vijayadashmi was celebrated on 24th October. Vidyarambham, Navakanya Pooja, bhajan and Keerthanalap were performed by the young talents of our Samaj. The Special “Kolattom” dance performed by the Vanitha Vibhag and classical dance by Kum Aswini Sarma was colourful and enriched the entire function.

Special appreciation to Shri S V R Nayak, Smt Anitha Shenoi, Smt Kiran Devarajan, Shri P G Gopinath Kamath, Smt Srividya Rajesh, Smt Chitra Hegden, Smt Smitha Pai, Smt Usha Shenoy and the Vanitha Vibhag Admins for sponsoring the “Phalaru Seva”, and Shri Venkateshwara Pai V and Shri Rajashekara Kamath for the “Doodh Seva” during the Navaratri nights.

Monthly Sathyanarayana Vritha Pooja and Sabha Sammelan were held on 29th Sunday. Shri Deepu Raj, Nandanam, Karikkakam, was the Pooja Yajman. Samajiks participated in the Vishnusahasranama and bhajans. Adv Mohandas Pai addressed the sammelan. Inlaws of Shri Deepu Raj, Shri Raveendranath Mallan and Moni, both retired from Kerala University and Shri Sasi V Naick, brother in law of Shri Raveendranath Mallan coordinated the pooja.