Samashti Upanayanam in Pondicherry

Pudhuvai Brahmana Samooha Nala Sangam presided over by Sri Kalyanam Iyer conducted a Samashti Upanayanam for 12 boys, in Sri Raja Rajeswari Kalyana Mandapam, ECR, Pondicherry, on 20th November 2011. More than 700 people attended the Samashti Upanayanam. Prizes were also awarded to the best performers in last year's Plus Two and Matric exams by Sri P.R.Ramanathan, Rtd. I.A.S.Officer, Pondicherry in the same venue. The entire expenses for conducting the Samashti Upanayanam were met by a Philonthropist by name Sri Vaidyanatha Iyer of Bahoor. It was a grand function, arranged with the support of Sri Raja Sastrigal and Dr. S.A.S.Sharma, Research Scholar in the French Institute.