Photomania

Welcome to Photomania 2013!

Whatever be our age, sex or profession, we all love to see beautiful things! The pleasant scene of a lush green meadow or a calm lazy glacier or a ghostly river or a violent sea or a silhouette of people walking in front of a sunset or a beautiful rose or a nice chocolate dripping ice cream or even a blank wall. All these scenes bring in a different emotion in us & to experience them all is the very essence of life!

"A picture is worth a thousand words"

In Photomania 2013, we are here to celebrate the power of a picture! We are here to celebrate the art of Photography! We are here to celebrate the World Photography Day on August 19th, 2013! On this precious day, we are conducting an Online Photography contest. We welcome all the budding young and enthusiastic people to take part in it.

For Registration and Rules,
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Rahat Relief Recent Updates.

Due to the heavy rain and floods, taking the relief materials to Uttarakhand is not so easy. Our Partners (Goonj and Chennai Cares) has asked us to hold the relief materials for some more time. So, we have to keep our fingers crossed until we hear back from them. However, we are constantly keeping in touch with them to check the correct time to send the materials. We will be sending the relief materials after hearing back from them. Thanks for your understanding and support till that.

Rahat Relief

RAHAT RELIEF

The Uttarakhand flood lasted for the past few days and has already claimed more than 822 lives. Many people are dying as we read this article. More people have been injured & have lost all their belongings. The Disaster Management Department, Army & Air force are all being employed in the rescue missions. Apart from the government agencies; many Non-Governmental organizations also take part in the relief and rehabilitation of the victims.

As “RELIEF” efforts are one of the primary objectives of Gnana Deepam Trust, We have now started a project, “Rahat Relief” to provide a better rehabilitation for the flood affected people. The project is aimed at collecting necessary materials from all the active regions of GDT. The collected materials will be accumulated and sent to Uttarakhand via Goonj (www.goonj.org) and Chennai Cares (www.chennai-cares.blogspot.in). This project is possible only by (y)our active participation. Through Gnana Deepam Trust, we request you to donate generously and help a better life for everyone. Currently they require,

· Blankets

· Cooking Utensils

· Medicines

· Candles

· Tent making materials

· Tarpaulins

· Monetary funds

Donations can also be deposited to our trust’s bank account.

Account name : GNANA DEEPAM TRUST

City Union Bank A/C no: 163459
Type: Current Account

IFSC Code : CIUB0000028

For more details:

www.gnanadeepamtrust.org

www.facebook.com/in.gnana.deepam.v.trust

Nivethan 9488328867 rd.chennai@gnanadeepamtrust.org

Shiv 9840985633 mshivprakash@gnanadeepamtrust.org

Soban 9865605143 treasurer@gnanadeepamtrust.org

P.S: For now, Goonj has already sent excess of food materials and clothes. So, please send the items requested above. If you are unable to collect the mentioned items and could collect only clothes or food, please let us know about that too. We can always help those who need clothes and food from other areas. Even in this very second, someone near us is struggling hard to get the food and clothes for themselves.

SPARK 2013

We are extremely happy to inform that Gnana Deepam Trust is organising SPARK. SPARK - SPorts, ARts, & Knowledge is an inter-school competition that is conducted exclusively for to the kids of the government schools & government aided schools to expose them to new stage & to instill confidence in them.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the arts festival (SPARK) are to

1. Provide an opportunity for the under-privileged students to show their talents.

2. Motivate the students to improve their talents.

3. Make them competitive with the urban students.

PLACE & IMPORTANCE

The place chosen for the 2013 Arts festival is ALANGULAM. Alangulam has many hamlets near the Tirunelveli which has places like Keelapavoor, Nettur, Puthupatti, Venkatampatti among the others. Most students from these places are from Underprivileged section of the society. In order to develop these places, we need to develop the children of this area.

THEME

"FREEDOM FROM CORRUPTION & TERRORISM"

The theme of the competition is "Freedom from Corruption & Terrorism". This topic is chosen as they are the two main problems faced by today's India. Terrorism cannot be eradicated and corruption cannot be controlled unless the future generations abstain from them. Young minds of the nation should ideate about these problems and the methods of their extermination. Only then, can we ideate of becoming a DEMOCRATIC & INDEPENDENT INDIA.

COMPETITIONS

All the competitions are conducted under the following 2 CATEGORIES.

A - Classes 1, 2, 3, 4.

B - Classes 5, 6, 7, 8.

The various competitions to be conducted are as follows.

BUDGET

Particulars Amount
Prizes Rs10,000
Certificates Rs 5,000
Printing    Rs 500
Flux Rs 1,000
Stationeries Rs 500
P.A System Rs 1,500
Printer Rs 500
Tea Rs 3,000
Snacks Rs 3,000
Lunch    Rs 6,000
Memento to Guests    Rs 2,000
Travel    Rs 1,500
Misc. Rs 1,000

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TOTAL Rs35,500

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We request you to contribute magnanimously for the successful organisation of the competitions.

Please mail us at "gnanadeepam1@gmail.com" or "secretary@gnanadeepamtrust.org" to know more about the festival or either to participate in the event or to DONATE for the event.

OR

Contact
Nivethan.R - Regional Director - 9488328867
Soban Babu.M - Treasurer - 9865605143
Angarayan.S - Secretary - 9367705252