Tamil Nadu Election Update - Percentage of Polling in Coimbatore

In Tamil Nadu, a polling percentage of 70.22% is recorded, even though on a previous day, there was only 64% approximately. This 70.22% is 11% more than what was recorded last time elections.

Around 18 constituencies will be having re-poll tomorrow, due to technical difficulties on the first day.

Coming to Coimbatore Polling/Vote/Elections:
A total of 70.4 percent polling was recorded in the district. Poll percentage in all the 10 constituencies of Coimbatore district was higher than what was recorded in last Assembly elections. The highest in the district was recorded in Melur constituency - 72.4 percent voters.

Highlights of Marriage of Gods

Devotees in and around Coimbatore and many international tourist visitors were in Coimbatore for attending the celestial marriage/wedding in the world famous Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, which was one of the nominees for the World wonders.

1. The roads around Coimbatore Meenakshi Amman Temple were filled with people/devotees for seeing the marriage.
2. Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar were strolled to Adiveethi where the marriage ceremony happenned.
3. 50,000 people shared the big feast provided by the temple management.
4. Since it was hot, people got free hand fans from the donators and also some got it paid.
5. Lot of donators gave butter milk, water and panakkaram(sugar water).
6. Winways systems provides it live in internet as well. Please check out the article in Coimbatore Times.
7. Overall, it was a great festival.

Chithra Festival Live from Coimbatore

This is a very famous festival in Coimbatore - Could be called Chithirai, Chithra, Chitra festival - which includes marriage of gods - in other words Coimbatore Meenakshi Thirukkalyanam.

Now it comes live and it is sponsored by Winways Systems Private Limited.,



The celestial wedding of the Goddess and the Lord which will be solemnized between the auspicious hours of 8.26 am and 8.50 am on Tuesday at the special wedding hall of the temple, which had been colourfully decorated with a variety of blossoms.

This is a unique ritual which is attended by thousands of devotees from all over the State of Tamil Nadu. The temple authorities have made special arrangements to enable the devotees of the deities the world over, to watch the proceedings alive through internet. The facility is being sponsored by Winways Systems Private Ltd., Coimbatore. Devotees world over, could watch this colourful climax of the festival by logging on to www.coimbatoremeenakshi.org from 7.30am IST.

Read More in Coimbatore Meenakshi dot ORG

Updated ----08th April 2008
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Helping Akshaya Rehabilitation Trust Coimbatore through New Coimbatore Foundation

Thanks to The Hindu - A Newspaper publication and Ms.Krishnan(Hindu Article author) for photo and part of the article taken and pasted in Coimbatore Times for a good cause. Thank You...******

THREE YEARS ago a young man on vacation was cycling through the streets of Coimbatore when he came across a person sitting under a bridge eating his own waste. The stark desperation of the sight shook him profoundly and drastically altered the course of his life.

Today, 23-year-old Krishnan cooks and distributes food to at least a hundred people on the streets of Coimbatore. Each day he starts at 5.30 a.m. and ends at 10.30 p.m. offering breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Service his style leaves little space for anything else. He doesn't read the newspapers or watch television. He doesn't go out with friends or take vacations. But he can cut a kilo of onions in four minutes flat and make 100 different varieties of pickle. His fragrant, homemade `garam masala' has 30 separate ingredients in it. He regrets nothing.

A week after the encounter under the bridge, Krishnan, known to family and friends as Kishore, resigned from a high-salaried position with a leading luxury hotel in Bangalore. A position he had spent years training for and dreaming of.

"I felt I had unfinished work in Coimbatore," he says simply.

He returned home and told his anxious family that he intended to feed people on the street, who couldn't feed themselves. He began that very same day, starting with the man under the bridge.

We decided to help Akshaya Krishnan, as part of our efforts on helping downtrodden and under-privileged Coimbatore to build a New Coimbatore.

Read the above Article here

We have been helping with Rs.2500 for Akshaya, but we could not give anything for the past 2 months. Please help us for helping Akshaya by - Donating.... After donating, please send a mail to newcoimbatore@gmail.com, for our reference and records.

Here is a photo of our New Coimbatore Foundation members handing over the cheque to Akshaya Krishnan.




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Minutes of the First Free Library Launch in South Coimbatore

First Free Library was launched in South Coimbatore on January 2006. Here is the Highlights of the Free Library Launch ----

Mani Maran, Angu Ashok Kumar, Murali Kandan, Surya Selvan and Tamil Selvan were the ones worked hard for the "New Coimbatore Foundation" legal registration and free library launch.

"New Coimbatore Foundation" By-Law was completed before 25th of December '05.
By-Law was submitted for review and registration by 29th of December '05.

It was reviewed by Lawyer and it was approved by concerned people.
We - Tamil Selvan, Mani Maran, Surya and Ashok went to the registration office and we registered with the appropriate registration fees less than Rs.1000.

That completes the registration minutes.

For Library - everything was set.

Books were purchased using our personal money from the second hand shops and also books were collected from close relatives. Some of the notable people donated their books are - Tamil Selvan, Ramya Maran, Mani Maran, Surya Selvan, Dr.Santhana Kannan, Ramdoss, Mrs.Kamalam Shankar etc., All the books were of so much money which were purchased from the beginning of our career individually.
Book Racks which are made of steel were purchased from the furniture shops and sandhai. It was around Rs.3250.
Sweets, Karam and Coffee was prepared and bought from outside using our personal money. Bills are all filed up with the Financial Trustee - Mani Maran.
Decoration items and wall posters were purchased from decoration shops and ideal home exhibition in Coimbatore.
Reading Table was ordered from a furniture production shop. It costs around Rs.2000.
Stools were purchased from furniture shop. Bills are available with Mani Maran.
Water can is provided by Mani Maran temporariliy.
Space for library is provided by Tamil Selvan temporarily.
Ashok has given all his time and efforts and helped Mani Maran to make this project successful.
Overall it is a great team effort and we are very much glad that we did it.
We hope the list of book donors will grow.
We invited couple of teachers, relatives, new coimbatore volunteers and friends. Only Siva Bond, Ashok, Mani, Surya Selvan and Tamil Selvan came for the function, from New Coimbatore Foundation volunteer list.

TVS Lakshmi Mat. Hr. Sec. School Principal Mr. Sudhakar was invited for the function to preside as Chief Guest. He cut the ribbon and inaugurated the library.

Guests and audience were sitting in the chairs. Tamil Selvan and Sudhakar sat in front of the audience. Rest of the Trustees were standing in the side.

Tamil Selvan gave a brief about New Coimbatore Foundation. Chief Guest spoke about the good deed we were starting to work on. Surya Selvan, a trustee presented the memento to the chief guest. Akshaya Krishnan was given a chance to tell about his work. Mani Maran, financial trustee gave the cheque to Krishnan, for december month.

There was a question session and there was snacks and coffee section.

Only thing requested from the reader is - Either Donate the resources for the library AND/OR spread the news to all of your friends and relatives.

- New Coimbatore Foundation.

Employment is the key issue in Coimbatore and Tamil Nadu

�Employment is the single largest issue in all areas in and around Coimbatore,� P Mohan, a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) MP, said while campaigning in Coimbatore district.

�Because of the poverty of the region, no one wants to start any new industry here. There were four textile mills which once provided 18,000 jobs, now only 1,500 are employed in these mills. In Coimbatore, once there were 50,000 handloom workers, now there are only about 3,000. Rural unemployment is the single largest problem today. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) at a stroke of the pen sacked 10,000 road construction workers, attempted to retrench 200,000 government staff following a general strike,� said.

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