Semmangudi ChAtrAlaya Inaugurated !

 

AIM for Seva Student Home for Girls, Semmangudi

Donors: Houston Indian Community, USA

Date inaugurated: 8^th August 2008

No. of students: 25

This ChAtrAlaya (student home) has been started in a heritage building which is over 120 years old. The building is a very good example of the traditional architecture of the Kaveri Delta region. The girls mainly belong to the tribal regions of the Anaikatti hills. They attend the Semmangudi Higher Secondary School managed by SDET (Swami Dayananda Educational Tust).

SEMMANGUDI CHATRALAYA INAUGURATION

This is a girls-only Chatralaya. On the 8^th August, girls from the Semmangudi School had assembled to receive Mr. Jayakumar Srinivasan, representative of the Houston Indian Community, Mr. Srinivasan, National coordinator – Projects, Tatvanishta Chaitanyaji, Project Coordinator- North Chennai, and Mr. Venkata Narayanan, Retd. IAS Officer, for the inauguration of the ChAtrAlaya.

Mr. Jayakumar was given the honor declaring open the ChAtrAlaya. The guests of honor were then taken on a tour round the ChAtrAlaya.

People from the nearby villages had gathered to greet the dignitaries. After the prayer, Mr. G. Ramachandran, Correspondent – SDET, spoke on the uphill tasks faced in the upcoming of the building at Semmangudi.

Br. Sinivasan, National coordinator of Projects, spoke next, on the concept of a ChAtrAlaya. He stressed that the student homes form a nucleus around which education, growth, learning and development happens meaningfully in the community. He thanked the Houston Indian Community in funding the running of this ChAtrAlaya.

Mr. Jayakumar stressed the importance the students should give to academics. He also expressed his deep sense of appreciation in the noble task carried out by AIM for Seva, in creating an opportunity to share with your larger family of Mankind.

Mr. Venkata Narayanan spoke about the importance of seva; students should not forget the seva enjoyed by them, but instead extend it to other fellow human beings in their life.

Br. Tatavanishta Chaitanya, spoke on the values of life, which the students have been taught in the ChAtrAlayas; this will carry them a long way in their life in bringing peace and prosperity forever.

A representative from the public expressed his gratitude to AIM for Seva for choosing to build a ChAtrAlaya at Semmangudi, enabling the under privileged children in and around Semmangudi to benefit by it.   A student representative went on to express the joy that the girls felt to be exposed to education within their reach.

The solemn function came to an end with the National Anthem.