From the Nagarathars of London
July 31, 2022 – LNS & NASA UK presents, Saravedi Standup Comedy – Sun TV fame, Madurai Ramakrishnan and Nidarchana
On Sunday, LNS & NaSa UK’s online charity Tamil stand up comedy event went really well. Thanks for all the participants who were able to attend. For those members who could not attend, please watch the recorded version using the link below
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1087956948506925&id=587075754
July 03, 2022 – LNS & NASA UK presents, Tamil Standup Comedy Special – Kancheepuram Maapla with Praveen Kumar
July 16, 2022 – LNS Summer Trip was held at the Cotswold Country Park & Beach Spratsgate Lane, Shorncote, Cirencester GL7 6DF 11:00 to 17:00 PM
Summer Trip Event Year 2022 Minutes
Dear members
Hope you’re all enjoying the sunny weather and looking forward to the summer holidays.
Here are the minutes for the LNS summer trip event.
Thank you to all those members who attended. It was a bright sunny weather, where by
the sun god blessed us for a good start. The event started off at 11am with BBQ. We had
a selection & variety of BBQ items with Chicken (Niblets, Drumsticks & Thighs) for Nonvegetarian and Paneer, Peppers, Baby potatoes and Onion for vegetarians.
Member(s)/family joined the event venue gradually whilst we all were enjoying BBQ items.
Our Sangam president Mr. Manikandan Ramanathan and committee welcomed all the
members to the event, thereafter lunch was served around 1 PM with Vegetable Biryani
and Chicken Biryani with raitha.
Sweetcorn and Pineapple flavoured the members as BBQ deserts. This went on until
2:15pm where the members had a good meet & catchup with other members.
After lunch, we then boosted the event with our most awaited games. All members
participated on below games.
Kids -Gooseberry and the Spoon
Fire in the Mountain run…run..run
Under the Blanket
Pictogram
Tug of War
Volley ball
This went on for 2 hours with good all-round performances. As it was a friendly match,
we (safely :)) concluded both teams as the winning team(s). Also, few members took their
children to the beach for a dip.
After the outdoor games/activities (and after burning lots of calories), the members for an
energy boost… a delicious evening snacks served with: Cake, Mixture along with Biscuits.
Then gifts were distributed to the children for active participation. Later we had a group
photograph and started consummation for the day around 5 PM.
We would like to sincerely thank all members who voluntarily helped us with the BBQ, coordinate games, served food and clean up the venue throughout the event, we appreciate
your assistance. Overall, this was an amazing trip with great turnover of members, lots
of positive feedback and good memories, many thanks to all.
Photos/video:
Photo link: https://tinyurl.com/3f6arv8e
Video link: https://tinyurl.com/4fbea8ae
Our next LNS events:
LNS online Charity Event on July 31st at 3pm – Stand Up comedy with “Nidarchana”
& Vijay TV fame “Madurai Ramakrishnan”
“Deepavali 2022″, scheduled for Saturday, 29th October, 2022, Save the date,
further details – tbc.
Regards,
LNS Committee 2022/23
Dear Annan’s and Achi’s,
Video – https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10158225758465755
We, LNS Committee 2021/22 would like to thank each one of LNS members for your unconditional love and support showed to us during our tenure. https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10158225788590755
A quick summary of events happened during the last year are as below:
We started LNS activity with Chitragupta Narayanan function and competition. This was the inaugural function for LNS 2021/22 committee as well as for LNS Magalir Ani. There was a massive support, and many people took part in conducting this pooja and shared us their pooja photos. This event wouldn’t be possible without the guidance from Jaya Senthil Achi through her detailed video explanation. The video is available on our Facebook page. The photos of pooja submitted were judged by Jaya Senthil Achi and three pictures were selected and awarded 10 GBP gift card. The compilation of photos also can be found in our Facebook page.
We organized fund raising for Covid relief fund. With generous donations from our UK Nagarthar community, we collected a huge amount which was distributed to needy individual Nagarthar families in Tamil Nadu and donated vital instruments for Covid treatment to Karaikudi Government Hospital.
Next, we had an online event- Kaikul Pugaippdam- A smartphone photography workshop conducted by Smart photographer Mr. S. Muthuraman. This workshop was an instant hit amongst all Nagarathar’s across the globe. Valid points on how to make the best use of smartphone camera’s and finetune our photography knowledge was shared. Followed by the workshop we started the photography competition for our LNS members under 3 different age categories. We received good response and all the photos were posted on Facebook and the winners of each category was decided by the maximum number of likes received. The winners of each category were given 10GBP gift card. All the photos were splendid, and it bought out many people’s hidden talents to light.
We then had our most waited Deepawali meet. We roped in RG Orchestra academy who entertained us with their rocking musical performances. We conducted Start music style game show, which was a massive hit amongst our attendee’s, everyone took part in the game show and showed their musical/ cinema talents. We had a photo booth set up and photos were taken to capture this beautiful moment, several of them have uploaded those pictures on to their social media profiles. We had few sponsors for the event without them we wouldn’t have made the event more successful. All the attendees enjoyed the fireworks and followed by delicious scrumptious south Indian dinner.
Following our grand Deepawali meet success, we gathered again for Pillayar Nombu conducted on 11th December at London Murugan Temple, East Ham. We had a good turnout despite raising Covid cases. A traditional Nagarathar dinner was served, all the dishes were prepared by all our Achi’s who attended the event. Yelam was conducted via both online and offline, we collected a massive amount.
Our last event Tamil New Year was conducted on 23rd April. We served South Indian meals in our traditional Vazhai Ilai (Banana leaf), taking all the attendees on a short memory walk to our Natives and giving them the feeling of having food in a function at our villages. The cost was highly subsidised for the event, this is our way of giving back to Nagarathar community in London and saying Thanks for all their support during the tough Pandemic times.
We the LNS Committee of 2021/22 wishing the new committee ‘All the Very Best’.
Thank you
Kind regards,
Chella (Chellappan Palaniappan)
Secretary LNS Committee 2021-22 on behalf of President, Treasurer, and other committee members of LNS committee 2021-22.
Dear Annan’s and Achi’s,
Poster : https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10158217327335755
We are proud to inform you all that we have successfully conducted our LNS Tamil New Year meet 2022 and we are overwhelmed with the response from you all, a big thank you to one and all who attended the event.
The event started by lighting the Kuthu Vilaku. Kuthu Vilaku was lighted by Seetha Achi, Viji Achi, Sumathi Achi, Sharmila Achi and Malathi Achi.
The prayer song was sung by our own budding singers Veena Ramanathan, Abi Vairavan and Gowri Vairavan.
Summary of the LNS committee 2021-22 tenure was delivered by our President, Mr. Selvaganesan Ramanathan. He addressed the attendees and gave a quick speech on throwing more light on what happened behind the screens, the key point highlighted was steps taken to register LNS as charity organisation, by highlighting the fact that changing to charity organisation we would get tax rebate from the Government which could be used for good causes.
Secretary Mr. Chellappan Palaniappan spoke about the way committee worked and spoke about the events, how it attracted more people to join LNS functions, key point highlighted was a request to new committee to include all the spouses name of committee because without their help of respective other halves can’t be efficient in conducting LNS.
Treasurer Mr. Veerappan Annamalai gave a quick summary about accounts, all the expenses were made from income received during the last year, key point highlighted was to get sponsorship for malar so the malar cost could be subsidized.
Mrs. Manjula Alagappan and Mr. Alagappan Palaniappan thanked LNS members for their support throughout last year.
The new committee was introduced, the new team is headed by Mr. Manikandan Ramanathan, he introduced his team
President- Mr. Manikandan Ramanathan
Secretary: Mrs. Meena Ashok Chellappan
Treasurer: Mrs. Valli Vairavan
Committee members: Mr. Nachiappan Subramanian, Mr. Chockalingam Natrajan & Mrs. Ishvarya Annamalai
Webmaster: Mr. China Meyyappan.
Mr. Manikandan Ramanathan thanked the outgoing team and informed that Deepawali 2022 was being planned to conduct as a joint event between North Sangam (NASA) and LNS.
New team was welcomed by the current team by honouring them with Ponnadai. – https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10158225754985755
Kids cultural was conducted and our rising LNS superstar performance are as below:
1. Alarmelu Aiswarya Periyakaruppan & Vijaya Soundarya Periyalaruppan – Bharatnatyam
2. Swetha & Siddarth – Sloka recitation
3. Veda Veerappan – Dance performance
4. Sanjana Chinna Meyyappan – Singing
5. Sarayu Indra Chellappan – Monologue
6. Anishwar Ashok Chellappan – Singing
7. Sai Varsha Alagappan – Dancing
8. Veerasubramaniyan Nallakaruppan – Monologue
All kids performed well, and it was well received by the audiences. It’s always a pleasure & feast to our eyes to see young kids perform and display their talents without stage fear.
The much-awaited ‘Vazhai Ilai Virundhu’ with 21 items was served, all the members showed interest in helping and serving the food, especially panthi visaranai and clearing after every panthi. All these activities took us down our memory lane to functions attended in our respective native villages.
There was a small photo both not as grand as Deepawali though, people showed massive interest and took their pictures.
LNS Committee 2021-22 wrap up cake was cut and served to kids and followed by group photo. Group photo was ‘cherry to the top’ of this event.
We, LNS Committee 2021-22 would like to thank everyonewho helped us to serve Vazhai Ilai Virudhu. This MoM won’tbe sufficient to add everyone’s name to thank their support & involvement. We would like to say a special thanks to our guest from India Mr. M. Palaniappan and Mrs. Viji Palaniappan (our committee member Alagappan Palaniappan’s parents) for taking in charge of back kitchen and guiding volunteers to serve the food well.
We would like to thank the following for their support:
1. Flower sponsorship – Mrs. Vasantha Achi
2. Hall- Mr. Chellappan Palaniappan
3. Food and Vazhai Ilai – Mr. Chellappan Palaniappan, Mr. Selvaganesan Ramanathan and Mr. Chidambaram Arunachalam.
4. Camera was lent by Mr. Sethuraman Murugappan
5. Photography – Mrs. Ramya Chellappan
6. Kuthu Vilaku – Mrs. Manjula Alagappan
7. Serving cutleries and utensils- Mrs. Manjula Alagappan
8. All volunteers who helped to make this event a grand success.
With this I would like to say a ‘big thank you’ to one and all LNS members and LNS Trustee on behalf of LNS committee 2021/22 for supporting us through last year. I would like to wish All the Best to the incoming committee for the upcoming year.
Photos Link: https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10158225749065755
Thank you
Kind regards,
Chella (Chellappan Palaniappan)
Secretary LNS Committee 2021-22 on behalf of President, Treasurer, and other committee members of LNS committee 2021-22.
Minutes of Pillayar Nonbu Meeting 2021/22
Poster: https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10157993649180755
LNS Pillayar Nonbu 2021/22 was successfully conducted on 11th December at London Sri Murugan temple, East Ham, London from 17.00-22.00. The event started as planned by 17.00. The Kollam was drawn by Jyothi Veerappan and Uma Valliappan achi.
The welcome speech was given by Chellappan Palaniappan, secretary of LNS committee 2021/22, he welcomed all the members who took effort in attending the Pillayar Nonbu in spite of bad weather conditions. Flower for the event was sponsored by Vasantha Achi. Registration desk handled by Mr. Veerappan Annamalai, Treasurer of LNS committee 2021/22.
The Kuthu vilakku was lighted by Vasantha Achi, Alamelu Achi, Annu Achi, Malathy Achi & Soornam Achi. Following the Kuthu vilakku illumination, the prayer song was beautifully sung by Baby Aishwarya Kanammai Chiddambaram and followed by Vinodhini Chidamabram Achi and Lakshmi Chidambaram Achi. They were joined by all members in the hall, as the prayer song was circulated through wats app.
Mr. Selvaganesan Ramanathan, President of LNS committee 2021/22 took over the stage and asked for volunteers to help in ellai preparation. The ellai preparation was started and we would like to thank all the volunteers for helping in preparing the Ellai. Around 06.30pm, ‘ellai eduthal’ started. We would like to thank Shamugam Annan and Narayanan Annan for taking the ellai and giving it to members. They were helped by two volunteers. All members took ellai and received the blessings of Lord Pillayar.
Following the ellai eduthal, the current committee felicitated the 2020/21 committee members for doing a good job by keeping us entertained during the COVID lockdown. Details & link as follows: https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10158217326145755
Yellam started. Raja Alagappan annan hosted the Yellam along with Karunamoorthy annan, Veerappan Annamalai annan and Selvaganesan Ramanathan annan. 16 items were auctioned and total of 4041£ collected. Yellam was conducted in a hybrid manner- both online and offline. Members
who were not able to attend the Pillayar Nonbu function attended the Yellam via Zoom. We would like to thank Mr Karthic Alagappan for helping and coordinating the online bids.
We would like to thank each one of you for taking part in Yellam.
The detail list of all Yellam, items and who bagged them are as follows:
| Items | Bid Price | Bidder |
| Turmeric | 51 £ | Raja Alagappan annan and family |
| Jaggery 1 | 51 £ | Valliappan annan and family |
| Jaggery 2 | 61 £ | Lakshmanan annan and family |
| Coconut | 101 £ | Manikandan Manickam annan and family |
| Lime | 160 £ | Dr Palaniappan annan and family |
| Salt | 212£ | Manikandan Manickam annan and family |
| Silver Lord Pillayar | 421 £ | Senthil Sollaiyappan annan and family (through online) |
| Silver Lamp 1 | 301 £ | Mohan annan and family |
| Silver lamp 2 | 211 £ | Vijay annan and family |
| Kunguma Chimil 1 | 191 £ | Selvaganeshan annan and family |
| Kunguma Chimil 2 | 201 £ | Narayanan annan and family |
| Tulasi Maadam | 425 £ | Chellappan annan and family (through online) |
| Komatha (Madu Kannu) | 391 £ | Lakshmanan Sevugan annan and family |
| Kulam Vaalum Pillai | 465 £ | Raja Alagappan annan and family |
| Gold Coin 1 | 401 £ | Alagappan annan and family |
| Gold Coin 2 | 401 £ | Senthi annan and family |
| Total | 4041 £ |
Following the Yellam, delicious meals were served by volunteers. We would like to thank everyone who took the time and effort in making the scrumptious feast and a special appreciation for generous quantity prepared. Food Chart Attached as a token of appreciation & remembrance for the amazing cooks. It was sure a Potluck food. We would also like to thank Murugan temple Management, Thennappan annan and Seetha achi for organizing Pongal and sambar for dinner from temple.
Meanwhile LNS 2022 Calendar in the design of Madurai Meenakshi Amman in a gold foil base with daily sheet calendar cake was issued to our LNS Members and some calendar been collected by many on their friends/members behalf. Thank you, Meena Thiagarajan Achi (UCRB), for sponsoring partially for the LNS 2022 Calendar.
We would like to thank the below people for their work behind the scenes to make this event a great success
We, the committee of 2021/22 have no words to thank all the members who attended and supported this event and changed it to a successful one.
We are looking forward for the next physical event, which is ‘Tamil New Year’ 2022, where new committee will be taking over. We would like to inform that Manikandan Ramanathan will be the President for 2022/23 committee, and he will be forming his own team and introduce during Tamil New Year 2022. More information about the Tamil New Year will be sent in due course.
Photo Link: https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10158217318730755
Food Chart Link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1o3waZGqgeb30tEAPScxaVtv8_Lt1hg-Ay0b-4TC- Tr8/edit?usp=sharing
Many Thanks, Chellappan Palaniappan
LNS Secretary on behalf of LNS President, Treasurer & other members LNS committee 2021/22.
Minutes of LNS Deepavali meet 2021
Poster : https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10157919389435755
Though we started the Deepavali meet by 3.30 PM a delay of 30 mins was to ensure that people who were travelling from distance to reach.
The meeting was started by ‘Welcome speech’ by me as secretary and followed by illuminating the Kuthu Vilakku which was beautifully lighted by Sivagami Nachiappan Achi, Vasantha Shanmugam Achi and Menaka Meyappan Achi. The prayer song was sung by Miss. Abirami and Miss. Gowri Sockalingam and Miss. Aishwarya Kannamai. The new committee of 2021/22 was introduced by the president Mr. Selvaganesan Ramanathan as there was no earlier opportunity for the team to be properly introduced to LNS community. Following the team introduction, a beautiful Tamil poem was read by Mr. Selvaganesan who wrote the poem for this special occasion.
The memorial for our Late founder Mr. Thiyagarajan Aiyyah was conducted. Few short speeches praising & remembering our Late Founders work was given by Mr. Selvaganesan, Mr. Radhakrishnan Thiagarajan, Dr C Nachiappan, Mr. Sendhil Ramanathan and Mrs. Sujatha Sethuraman.
The Orchestra RG Music academy was introduced, and the stage was handed over to them. They sung wonderful songs for the next 45 minutes. – https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10157970218830755
As all the above were going on, the registration desk & photo booth were active and busy. LNS members registered their presence in the registration desk which was managed by Mr. Veerappan Annamalai, our treasurer and members showed loads of interest in taking their picture in photo booth which was managed by Mrs. Ramya Chellappan. The art display was set up where paper & colour pencil was provided for the young minds to explore their creativity. They came up with so many wonderful creations that were displayed for members to see. The mouth-watering Samosa and beach sundal were served to members as snacks and self-helping tea, coffee station was also set up and available throughout the function.
Following the first section of Orchestra music, LNS malar team was introduced by Mr. Karunamoorthy and Mrs. Sujatha Sethuraman, they briefed about the works done by Malar team and thanked for all the contributors, encouraged more people to contribute for the malar.
The sponsors of the event ‘Wisdom education’ and ‘Lifeline agency’ set up their stall near the registration desk and at the entrance, they engaged with LNS members. Wisdom education, they have tied up with Sikkim Manipal University and provides online English classes and other program like MBS, BBA etc., They conduct the classes online, and it can be done as full time and as well as part time. Mr. Peter from Wisdom education was asked to take the stage and explain about his work and wisdom education, he briefed the members and engaged the audience through his witty jokes. Lifeline agency offers insurance, mortgage and will writing services, they generously offered free will writing service for LNS members and conducted free raffle draw, the first prize Alpha Tablet was won by Mrs. Thennammai and second prize Amazon Echo Dot was won by Mrs. Valli Vairavan. Raffle draw was conducted after the start music game show.
The much-awaited start music show was conducted following sponsors introduction/ speech. The game show was conducted by the Orchestra and it was an instant massive hit with the members. All the attendees were involved and were divided into four teams,
Three rounds were conducted,
Round 1- Connections
Round 2. Find the song from music
Round 3. Sing the song by identifying the lyrics.
Though there is no official score and prizes involved, all the teams were marked just for a fun. We were able to see there were loads of enthusiasm and so many hidden singers in our LNS community. At the end Pattasu rangers scored the highest number of points. There were no words to express the fun which the members enjoyed during this game show.
The fireworks were then organized as planned, and the weather supported us. All members showed great interest and had good fun in lighting the fireworks. As we said in our promotional email there is nothing called as Deepavali celebration without fireworks, our members doubled the celebration by lighting the fireworks. It was so good to see all the age groups enjoyed it.
As the fireworks was going on, delicious scrumptious dinner arrived, and it was set up as a buffet in dining hall. The menu is difficult for anyone to say no to. The menu poster attached for reference.
As the food was served, our orchestra kept the celebration vibes high by singing songs. They also asked if anyone from our member wishes to sing a song, Mr. Venkatesan volunteered and sung a beautiful song along with the singers from orchestra. Their wonderful music entertainment for the day came to an end by 08.30.
Our own young violinist Mr. Krishnan and Mrs. Damayanti played three songs and they asked the audience to identify the songs, new talents need appreciation and recognition. We need to applause for their talent. Following their wonderful performance, the new couple’s introduction. Young couples like Mr. Karthic and Mrs. Visaalam Manimegalai, Mr. Chris and Mrs. Seetha were introduced to our LNS community and our heartly congratulation for their married life. New member Mr. Aravind was also introduced to our LNS community.
The wonderful event came to an end with the group photo which I would say ‘the cheery on to the top of the cake’. – https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10157970194025755
We the committee of 2021/22 would like to thank our sponsors
3rd party sponsors:
LNS sponsors: (Need full names)
We would also like to take this opportunity to all members who helped us in organizing this event by either coming earlier to help & support in setting up and by also staying late in cleaning and winding off. Our special thanks to the below persons for their exclusivity for their helping hand.
And all other members who helped us in food serving and cleaning. A special note to our budding young LNS members- Miss Veena Selvaganesan for preparing the slides for connections round in start music which was highly praised and thoroughly enjoyed by all our members.
Mr. Karthik Selvaganesan, Datshin Karunamoorthy, Akshay Lakshmanan, Abhinay Kannan, Sachin Subbiah and Shan Shanmuganathan for serving the snacks to the seats of our members & also being a helping hand whenever needed.
Please accept our apologies if we didn’t mention anyone’s name who volunteered and helped us in conducting the event smoothly.
We also would like to inform that like any other functions and big events there were some teething issues, due to the delayed start and time constraints we couldn’t accommodate our own talent display during the prime time. We have taken note of this and will try to address this in our future events and will advise the next committee to make a note of this while planning and executing the future events. We hope you understand this and please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.
I, as secretary of LNS Committee 2021/22, I am incredibly happy to be part of this year’s committee team. We stuck together as blood and skin, we ensured that we all were on same page to avoid any confusion. We all played our part well and pulled this event off. We practise round table method, so no one is felt superior or inferior to other. The decision taken was always the decision of committee rather than individual person. We as a team would like to thank our Trustee Mrs. Geetha Achi for giving us free hand in organizing, conducting, and making this event successful.
Lastly, without you all – the wonderful members of LNS this event wouldn’t be successful as it was, several people with young children travelled from far places and some families used public transport and some travelled for more than couple of hours to attend this event. We are very grateful and heartfelt thank you to all who attended this event.
Our next event is Pillayar Nonbu which is scheduled on December the 11th, 2021 at London Murugan temple hall, East Ham. Looking forward to seeing you all on 11th December 2021.
Thank you
Kind regards,
Chella (Chellappan Palaniappan)
LNS Secretary 2021/22, on behalf of President, Treasurer and all other 2021/22 committee members.
Dear Annan’s and Achi’s,
I hope you all are doing good and keeping safe.
As you all are aware we successfully completed LNS photography competition’21 which ran from 02n August 22.00 till 08th August 22.00 (all time in BST). A brief update on how many entries received, how many likes each entries received can be found in the attached document.
Training/ Tips:
We have planned to have a one-hour session with the creative successful Candid wedding architecture photographer from our own Chettinad- Mr. Muthuraman. He an experienced photographer and architecture photographer who owns his own firm Thecickdiaries.com and Itteattic.in. Also, you can follow him on social media platforms under his id
@muthu_raman
@thecickdiaries
In the recent days, we all are more accustomed in using our phone for photos than DSLR camera’s. Hence, Mr. Muthuraman will be sharing loads of ideas and tips on how to click a perfect picture using your own phones and some light on how to use the DSLR camera’s in more efficient way.
This session is planned for July the 18th at 16.00. Zoom invite and log in details was shared closer to time. – https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/videos/567610370936468/
First place in individual categories will be awarded a 10GBP gift card during the next physical event. All entries and special mention of the first three places of each category will be published in Nagarathar Malar. Also, we have decided to publish the names of the photographers (all participants) in Facebook against their pictures.
Winner selection:
As mentioned in previous emails, the winner per age group was decided by maximum number of likes received till 10pmUK time on 8th August 2021.
Looking at the ‘Likes’ trends received in Facebook, it can be classified as Entry rather than individual pictures. For example,
1st place- Winner A for pictures AD000, AD111, AD222
1st Runner up- Winner B for pictures AD333 AD4444, AD555
2nd Runner up- Winner C for pictures AD666, AD777, AD888
For the child category we have 4 places.
Much awaited but yet known results of LNS Photography competition August’21 are as follows:
Child Category: https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10157806041770755
Winner: Veena Raamnathan
1st Runner up: Sanjana Chinna Meyappan
2nd Runner up: Anishwar Ashok
3rd Runner up: Vasundara Vijay
Teen Category: https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10157806011905755
Winner: Nachammai Sekkappan
1st Runner up: Nitish Palaniappan
2nd Runner up: Nikitha Palaniappan
Adult Category: https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10157806001275755
Winner: Sethuraman Murugappan
1st Runner up: Hema Nagappan
2nd Runner up: Ramya Chellappan
The response from our own LNS members and general audience right from the start of the competition, the photography workshop was extraordinary. The number of likes the pictures received are mind blowing.
Through this we have identified several professional creative photographers in the adult section who can guide our brilliant Teen photographers and who in turn can guide the upcoming child photographers.
For Teen and child category, we would like to mention a special thanks to all parents as without their support and encouragement our next generation wouldn’t have participated in this competition.
Thanks again for your participation and support for LNS Nagarathar Sangam.
Kind regards,
Chella (Chellappan Palaniappan)
Secretary LNS Committee 2021-22 on behalf of President, Treasurer, and other committee members of LNS committee 2021-22.
Dear Annan’s and Achi’s,
A quick update on COVID fundraising:
We would like to thank each one of you for donating for COVID charity fund raising. Combined with NASA we have collected 4000GBP.
We, LNS along with NASA in partnership with Rotary club Karaikudi, donated Oxygen mask and Oxygen concentrators to Karaikudi general hospital. Please find the attached pictures taken while handing over the equipment’s to the hospital.
Also, we have set up an google form and have asked our members and NASA members to forward the link to the people who are in need of fund due to families losing their breadwinners due to COVID. So far after vetting process we have supported 8 families.
Please find the message in Tamil which was shared in different wats app group along with the link to the form.
With the available funding we will be able to support 12 more request.
Thanks once again for all your support.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10157752270240755
Date: 10.06.2021, Thursday
Venue: Government Hospital, Soorakudi Road, Karaikudi @ 10.00 AM
Thank you
Kind regards,
Chella (Chellappan Palaniappan)
Secretary
LNS Committee 2021/22
Dear Annans and Achis,
Firstly, we would like to thank the previous committee for their enormous efforts on bringing us together through several zoom meetings during mankind’s difficult period. Loads of entertainment and educational program for all age groups. We the committee of 2021/22 will carry on their work in bringing us all together as a community.
Chittraguptar pooja:
We are delighted to inform that our first event – Chittraguptar pooja was successfully conducted on 26h April 2021(Monday). In the light of that a photo competition was conducted where a total of 14 entries received, excluding the committee members and Jeya achi’s entries there were 9 entries for the selection, out of which 4 were selected as winners. Winners were honoured with a voucher of 10GBP.
Congratulation winners and all participants, their details:
| Winners (Not in any specific order) | Other Entries | Excluded from Competition |
| Unna Priya Subbu | Kannu Murugappan | Jeya Sendhil |
| Ishvarya Annamalai | Thenu | Manjula Alagappan |
| Meena Thiagarajan | Valli Vairavan | Ramya Chellappan |
| Kavitha Manickam | Sharmila Mohan | Devi Alagappan |
| Geetha Vijay | Geetha Selvaganesan |
People behind the scenes to make this event a success:
Guidance : Jeya Sendhil (for sharing the event details and sending a video on how to perform the pooja – https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10157752200810755 )
Groundwork : Chellappan Palaniappan
Coordinators : Manjula Alagappan and Chellappan Palaniappan
Judging Panel : Manjula Alagappan and Jeya Sendhil
Video Courtesy : Chellappan Palaniappan
Support : LNS Committee 2021/22 The details about the pooja along with pictures of participants and their respective pooja photos (https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10157752220880755 ) will be published in Malar and a video compilation (https://www.facebook.com/Londonnagarathars/posts/10157752229725755) of all the entries is attached and be published in LNS official social media account. Happy to conduct this pooja as our first event through our newly created LNS Magalir Ani – ladies wing of LNS Sangam.
Kind Regards,
Chella (Chellappan Palaniappan)
LNS Secretary 2021/22, on behalf of President, Treasurer and all other 2021/22 committee members.