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VIZAG TODAY

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Temp: 24-32 Degrees, Humidity: 90%, expected rain with a warm day.

VUDA, Ghantasala Smaraka Peetham: ‘Srimadakhilandakoti Brahmanda Nayakudi Brahmotsava Vaibhavam’, special pujas, 5.30 p.m., Gurajada Kalakshetram.

Sri Lalitha Peetham: Sarannavaratra mahotsavam, temple premises, Lalitha Nagar, 10 a.m. onwards

FESTIVE OFFER

With the Dasara season comes festive shopping offers and discounts. Be Shoppe that sells electronics, home appliances and furniture is having a Navrathri offer with a daily draw, scratch cards with assured cashback and an exchange offer. Call 9949926416 for details.

Ritual for world peace

A mass ‘Vishnu Sahasranama parayana’ will be taken up at the Varasiddhi Vinayaka temple at Marripalem VUDA Layout on Saturday as a part of chanting in 11 countries at the same time for universal peace. It will begin at 6 a.m. so as to coincide with the chanting in Florida at 7 p.m.

The details of chanting may be sent to 9948923546 or emailed torajeswar.krovi@gmail.com.

Dasara: time to unite with families for Bengalis

It is time to invite Goddess Durga to descend on earth

On Mahalaya Amavasya, it is believed that Durga Devi descends on earth along with her children.

The goddess, who eliminates evil spirits to bring prosperity to life, conquers the malevolence (Mahishasur — the asura) and destroys him on the 10th day (Vijayadasami).

For Bengalis, it is time to bond with family and friends as Dasara begins with ‘Devipaksha’ on Mahalaya Amavasya.

The nine-day festivities commence with ‘Durga Devi Bodhon’ where some of the traditional families place ‘kalash’ filled with fruits, mango leaves, coconut and the likes in the puja room.

For some it also signifies purity and auspiciousness to invite Goddess Durga to descend on earth.

Though the actual festivities commence from shasti (thidhi) and go on till dasami, Bengalis in the city say that it is the most important festival that they observe involving men and children offering ‘aarti’ and swaying to the beats of ‘dhak’, popularly referred to as ‘dhunichi-naach’.

Visiting the hometown, spending time with family members, offering pushpanjali to the goddess, exchanging sweets and participating in a host of cultural programmes are some of the events lined up during Dasara. Kabita Giri, a Bengali, said: “Of all, sandhi puja with 108 diyas and 108 lotus flowers is considered to be very important.

The puja is performed between the end of ashtami and the dawn of navami where Goddess Shakti (Durga) will be at the peak of her powers to kill Mahishasur.

Once her mission of destroying the evil is accomplished, Durga Devi returns to kailash.

Kola-Bou

Sanjukta Dutta explained: “On Saptami, the idol of Durga Devi, flanked by Karthikeya and Saraswathi on one side and Ganesh and Kola Bou on the other, will be worshipped.

A banana tree, decorated with a white and red border sari, considered as Lord Ganesh’s wife is worshipped. After nine days of puja, the idols are later immersed in sea.”

“Dishes like khichudi with ‘tarkari’, ‘payesh’ and ‘luchi and chola-dal’ are generally offered as bhog and the community gathers at one of the Kalibaris or pandals and participate in the cultural programmes,” concluded another Bengali Tanya Narayan.

GITAM to set up global centre on Mahatma Gandhi

GITAM University will establish an international research centre on Mahatma Gandhi, its president M.V.V.S. Murthi said while releasing a book, “Consciousness, Gandhi & Yoga: An Interdisciplinary East-West Odyssey” by K. Ramakrishna Rao here on Friday.

Director of GITAM Centre for Gandhian Studies B. Sambasiva Prasad edited the book released on Friday.

 shadow on Rahman music show

With the Seemandhra agitation intensifying, the non-political JAC appealed to the organisers of A.R. Rahman’s music show scheduled for October 12 to postpone it in view of the ongoing Samaikyandhra agitation.

Passes for Rahmanishq

Make A Difference, Vizag as the social initiative partner of the Rahmanishq tour is selling passes for the concert which is to be held on October 12 at Andhra University Engineering College Grounds. All the money raised from the sale of passes will be used in supporting the underprivileged children MAD teaches in the city. For every ticket sold the probability of a child getting educated increases.

Contact 9959612111, 8978933999 for passes and further details.

Self Defence @MAD

MAD is also organising a self defence workshop for women by a professional martial arts trainer on October 5th (3 pm-6 pm) and 6th (10 am-1 pm) at Sampath Vaibhagya Hall, Opposite Girijan Bhavan, MVP There is a registration fee of Rs. 300. By attending you can protect yourself as well as help educate a child.

 

Snake in your backyard? Call GVMC helpdesk

GVMC has set up a helpdesk to deal with the problem of snakes, particularly on the outskirts.

Helpline

Snake-catcher R. Kiran Kumar has been taken on outsourcing to man the helpdesk. Anyone needing help may call 9912199293 or 9912199282 to catch snakes and save them from any harm.

201 GVP students selected for TCS

SELECTED FOR TCS

Tata Consultancy Services selected 201 students from GVP College of Engineering (A) and GVP College of Engineering for Women in a campus recruitment drive. Sri Rajanna, vice-president and Regional Head, TCS, gave a pre-placement talk before the selection process began.

GVP secretary Soma Raju, principal A.B. Koteswara Rao, and Dean, Training & Placements, P. Venkata, congratulated the students.

Something for everyone: the metro lifestyle show

EVENT A shoppers delight, the Metro Plus Lifestyle show has attracted many Vizagites over the week

Walking through The Hindu Metro Plus Lifestyle show one realises that the show has something to offer for the entire family and is a perfect place to find products and deals that are not available in shopping malls and markets in the city. Finance schemes tempt you to buy electronics that you have always wanted but have been reluctant to purchase and automobile dealers convince you to stop, ogle and find a payment plan to suit your budget.

There will be ample space for parking of vehicles. Entry tickets are priced at Rs. 30. The show will be on till October 6. Timings: 10 a.m. — 8 30 p.m. at Andhra University Engineering College Grounds.

Ready for the runway : Miss vizag 2013.

EVENT Training to be a model is a lot of hard work, writes Jaideep Deo Bhanj after sitting through a grooming session ahead of the Miss Vizag contest.

This year Sobhita Dhulipala made the city proud by winning the Miss India Earth title and has inspired a number of girls to dream big and take up modelling as a career. Motivated by her success almost 200 girls auditioned to participate in the Miss Vizag 2013 contest out of which 22 girls were chosen to undergo a grooming process to prepare for a beauty pageant scheduled to be held at Hotel Novotel on October 5.

 

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