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Welcome to London Nagarathar Sangam website.
London Nagarathar Sangam is a social gathering of Nattukottai Chettiar families
in and around London. Nattukottai Chettiars come from various towns and villages
commonly known as Chettinadu concentrated near the popularly known town of Karaikudi
in the state of Tamil Nadu from South of India.
This website is about social gathering of Nagarathar Community in London to celebrate
Pillaiyar Nonbu (Nombu), Diwali (Deepavali), Tamil New Year and optionally to organise
a summer trip. You can expect to see all the London chettiar's, achi's, iyya's,
ayya's, appatha's, anna's, annamandi's, thambi's and mapillai's in the meetings.
If you belong to Nagarathar Community then please feel free to come to the meetings
to make you feel at home when your thousands of miles away. See you in the meetings
soon.
Upcoming Events
- Date: 25th Oct 2008
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Diwali will be celebrated on the 25th Oct with the usual flavour. We have decided to organise "You got talent" under the following categories.
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5 - 11 years |
| Category B |
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12 - 25 years |
| Category C |
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26 - 45 years |
| Category D |
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46 and above |
There are some exciting prices to be won. If you would like to perform/exhibit or even considering it or would like to know more, please contact committee member Dr. Palaniappan
Recent Events
- 21st June 2008
Summer Trip - Leeds Castle: All shoes and jackets were finally on and we were ready to march to the castle, but weren’t too surprised to be greeted by rain. Our prayers to rain gods were answered instantly with bright sunshine.more.... - Photos
- 15th Jun 2008
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Justice AR.Lakshmanan, Chairman of Law Commission and former Judge of Supreme Court of India, visited London along with Mr. A.Muthu, Managing Director of SAF Yeast Co.Pvt Ltd. Mr. Palaniappa Chettiar, Trustee, London Sri Murugan Temple invited Mr. AR. Lakshmanan to the Temple where he met many nagarathars and was honoured by a special pooja.
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- 14th Jun 2008
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A few London Nagarathar members namely, Valli Lakshman, Selvaganesan Ramanathan, Mani Ramanathan, Valliappan and Raja Alagappan visited Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity on 14th June. Missionaries of Charity is a calm, serene, peaceful, well maintained place, serving the destitute and homeless people living in poverty. They have a scheme called 'Soup Kitchen' where they serve food for the homeless people in and around London from 3pm to 6pm everyday except on Thursdays and Saturdays. The members who visited the charity gave donation and some clothes on behalf of the Sangam and did some volunteer work during the visit.
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