RELIGION
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam: Vaikunda Ekadasi, irappathu, Namperumal purappadu in kuthirai vaganam from Sandhanu mandapam, 4.30 p.m.; Vaiyali vagaiyara kandarulal, 5.30 p.m.; reaching Thirumamani Asthana mandapam, 7 p.m.; arayar seva, 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.; purappadu from Thirumamani mandapam, 11 p.m.; reaching sanctum sanctorum to the accompaniment of veena, 12.15 a.m. (the next day); Moolavar Muthangai seva, 6.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m..; 4.30 to 6 p.m. and 6.45 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Sri Vedanarayana Perumal Temple, Thirunarayanapuram: Vaikunda Ekadasi festival, purappadu, 8 p.m.
Sri Bashyakara Kainkarya Sabha: Discourse on Thirupaavai by Ramanuja Patrachariar, Sri Venkatachalapathi Temple, BHEL Township, 6.30 p.m.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Srimaan Trust, Srirangam: Discourse by Master Satajith, Periya Thathachariar Swamigal Thirmaligai, 183, East Utthira Street, Srirangam, 7.30 a.m.
Sri Ramanuja Siddhandha Sabha: Discourse on Thirupaavai by Sri Raman Swamy, Sri Kamalavalli Nachiyar Temple, Woraiyur, 6.45 p.m.
Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam: Discourse on Thirupaavai by Smt.Andal Rajan, Akila Sathatha Sri Vaishnava Ramanuja Koodam, Malligaipoo Agraharam, Srirangam, 6.30 p.m.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Parayana Sabha: Sahasranama parayanam, Nachiyar Kovil, Woraiyur, 6.45 p.m.
Sri Anandhakrishna Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Angarai: Dhanur masa bhajans, 5.30 a.m.
Sri Agathiar Sanmarga Sangam: Discourse by M.Ramalingam, Onkara Kudil, Thuraiyur, 6 p.m.
Saradha Iraineri Mandram of Chidambaram Pillai College for Women: Lecture on Thirumandiram by N.Damodaran, Manachanallur, 6 p.m.
CULTURE
Sri Sathguru Thiagabrahma Aradhana Trust: 168{+t}{+h}aradhana celebrations of Sathguru Sri Thyagaraja Swamigal, vocal concert by Kamakoti sisters and party, Kodiyalam Seshadri Iyengar Kalyana Mandapam, South Devi Street, 4.30 p.m.; vocal by Tiruchi V.Pradeep Kumar and party, 6 p.m.; vocal by Shertallay K.N.Renganatha Sharma & party, 8 p.m.
Sri Kailash Ganapathy Temple: Pongal festival, V.M.Kalyana Mandapam, Kailash Nagar, 6.30 p.m.
Jenneys Academy of Hotel Management: Pongal tourism festival, quiz, painting, rangoli, budding chef and pot breaking contests for school students, Ramji Nagar, 10 a.m.
GENERAL
Indian Red Cross Society and Junior Red Cross: District level special training camp, M.Anandi, Chief Educational Officer, inaugurates, Indira Ganesan Engineering College, Manikandam, 10 a.m.
Bishop Heber College Department of Bio Technology and Bioinformatics: International conference on Recent advances in synthetic biology, Malcom Campbell, Director, Genome Consortium for Active Teaching, Davidson College, North Carolina, delivers key note address, 10 a.m.; Department of Social Work: Seminar on Total Sanitation, Panchayat Union Middle School, Kodiyalam, 3 p.m.
Jamal Institute of Management: Inauguration of international conference on Advanced management – challenges in knowledge era, Murali Rajan, associate professor, The Kania School of Management, Scranton,
Pennsylvania, inaugurates, 9.30 a.m.
Department of Environment, School Education Department and Voice Trust: ‘Our Earth-Our Future,’ – environment competitions, Kalidasan, founder, Osai Environment Centre, delivers special address, Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School, Teppakulam, 9.30 a.m.
Cauvery College for Women: Thaneer Students Environment Club meeting, Kalidasan, founder, Osai, chief guest, 1.30 p.m.
Central Institute of Classical Tamil and Bharathidasan University Constituent Arts and Science College: Seminar, V.M.Muthukumar, vice chancellor, Bharathidasan University, presides, , Navalurkuttapattu, 10 a.m.
National College Department of English: National seminar on Indian Culture in Indian English Literature, B.Krishnamurthy, former associate professor, Puttaparthy University, delivers key note address, 9.30 a.m.
Periyar E.V.R.College: Youth conclave on Employability and entrepreneurship development, N.Selvaraj, principal, presides, 9.30 a.m.
CARE Group of Institutions: ‘Project expo – diploma beat 2015,’ 10 a.m.
K.Ramakrishnan College of Technology: Workshop on Total Station Survey, 10 a.m.
Department of Information and Public Relations: Government exhibition, St.John’s Vestry Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Osai Kalidasan speaks on Role of people in environment protection, 6.30 p.m.
Young Indians, Confederation of Indian Industry: Inauguration of national conference on ‘Entrepreneurship – Sharpen Your Saw,’ D.N.V.Kumara Guru, national chairman, Young Indians, and Prafulla Agnihotri, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirapalli, Hotel Sangam, 9.15 a.m.
