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19-05-2025:67 students from Tribal hamlet of Wayanad, Attapadi and Marayur are in Kochi for a three day visit arranged by Friends of Tribal Society an NGO which runs worlds largest one-teacher school (Ekal Vidhyalaya) to safeguard the Tribal and National Interest.
"Kids were given soft skill classes with activities, taken through Metro rides, Parks, Cinema and Malls. This is a first time experience for most of them and they enjoyed the trip." said N Rajagopal Pai, President, FTS (Kochi Chapter).
Renu Myntry, Bhavana Parekh and Mahila Samiti members who are coordinating this programme were present.
Anugraha Charitable Trust and Ernakulam Thirumala Devaswom distributed study kits to them and entertained them with some music by our Vanitha members.
R Bhaskar Shenoi, N Muralidhara Pai, Rema Devi, Trustees of Anugraha Charitable Trust, Jayasree Gopinath, Mitra Rao, members Vanitha Vibhag led the team.
The Konkani certificate in Hortus Indicus Malabaricus penned by Appu Bhat, Ranga Bhat and Vinayak Pandit is completing a milestone by crossing 350 years.
A meeting was held to commemorate this great occasion on 20th April 2025, Sunday at YNP Hall, Kochi -2 at 5.30pm.
Sri N Muralidhara Pai presided the meeting. Dr Hareendra Sharma, Asst Director, Doordarshan Kendra, Trivandrum inaugurated the proceedings. M/s Saratchandra Shenoy, R S Bhaskar, Balakrishna Mallya, Dr Pratima Asher, K N R Bhat, Ramesh Kumar Pai spoke during the function.
The function was preceded by a Quiz on Hortus by M/s Ramakrishna Kini and Sudheesh Shenoy.
A skit on Hortus and a welcome dance guided by Smt Saraswathi S Prabhu and her team.
Dr Pramod Sawant, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Goa inaugurated the Centenary Celebrations of late Dayanand V Kamath on 23rd February 2005 at Narmada Hall, Karnakodam. An iconic philanthropist who paved establishment of many projects viz Senior citizens' home, separate free Homes for men and women, a 38 flat free housing complex and many schemes for education and medical assistance, annual grant scheme for poor etc are managed by our Trust.
His support has brought a social engineering among the poor, with many families were able to give education to their children and engineers, CAs and graduated started rolling out of the free homes.
Three of the daughters taken care in free Home are leading a happy married life and poor patients are getting medical support.
Our Trust salutes this great visionary whose simplicity in life and dealing with fellow beings is commendable.
We also profusely thank Dr Pramod Sawant for his august presence to inaugurate the same.
Dr Pramod Sawantji, Hon'ble Chiief Minister of Goa took time on 23rd February 2025 to visit Narmada Home a free Home for women run by our Trust. This home and many other charitable activities were sponsored through the Endowment fund set by late Dayanand V Kamath, a great philanthropist of our times. The Konkani community in Kerala especially the poor and hapless persons were immensely benefitted by poor homes and free shelter projects instituted through his fund.
23 February 2025
Pleased to visit and offer tributes at the Memorial of Appu Bhat, Vinayak Pandit, and Ranga Bhat at Kochi, who authored 17th century botanical treatise 'Hortus Malabaricus.
Three Konkani physicians played a very important role in the compilation and also in drawing more than 700 sketches of various species. They have also given a testimony (certificate) under their signatures on their role, written in Konkani (Devanagari script), which is also printed in one of the volumes.
Historically, this book is also credited for the first block printing of Konkani, Devanagari script, and Malayalam.
Damodar Mauzo, Konkani writer and Jnanapith Awardee was honoured in a meeting held on 10th January 2025 at Kochi. He is the only second Konkani writer who has won the coveted Jnanapith for 2022, the first being Ravindra Kelkar in 2006.
07-01-2025.On this holy Punyatithi of Mahaguru Sreemad Sudheendra Tirtha Swamiji, we remember the fulfilment of Swamiji's desire to honor the trio with a befitting memorial.
Year 2025 is the 350th year of their Konkani certificate in that great epic.
07-01-2025. Sri Damodar Mauzo is only the second Konkani writer in the history of Jnanapit Awardee and it is a proud moment to receive his message on the contribution of Konkani trio in the Hortus Indicus Malabaricus.
Sreemad Sudheendra Tirtha Swamiji, Vrindavanstha Mathadipathi of Shree Kashi Math, one of the religious order of Konkani diaspora had expressed Their desire to bring a befitting memorial for the trio.
Our Trust was instrumental with the support of Cochin Thirumala Devaswom to bring the memorial at Kochi in 2015.
This year we are celebrating the 350th year of the Konkani certificate and it is coinciding with the 100th birth centenary celebrations of Swamiji.
In connection with the 100th birth centenary of Vrindavanasth Sreemad Sudheendra Tirtha Swamiji, Paduka Digvijaya Prayan is given a rousing honouring at Dr Narmada Dayanand Senior Citizens' Home, Ernakulam, the first major social project started by Anugraha Charitable Trust ,on 16-12-2024
Ghar Ghar Bhajan in connection with the centenary celebrations of Sreemad Sudheendra Tirtha Swamiji at Dayanand Apartments, a free housing complex run by our Trust at Kochi on 03-11-2024
Navaratri celebrations at Anugraha Projects on 06-10-2024
Onam celebration on 13-09-2024,with the residents of Narmada Home, Karnakodam, a free home for women. The event is sponsored by Dr Madhukar Pai He and his team of assistants are doing a yeomen service by conducting monthly checkups for the residents.
Prashant Naik, Chairman of the 33rd Biannual Convention of All India Konkani Parishad (AIKP) to be held at Madgaon, Goa, Chetan Acharya, Working President, AIKP and Sudin Loyalekar representing, Goa visited Anugraha Charitable Trust, Ernakulam,on 06-10-2024
Merit awards presented during the Satyanarayana Vrata held at Dr Narmada Dayanand Senior Citizens' Home, Ernakulam. Navneetha G Shenoy, Dr Gayatri G and Anagha R Bhat were the recipients. 26-08-24
An inspiring and factual record of Konkani language with its Devanagari script. Undermining these roots, today's vested interest groups are trying to occupy this space, that too with a foreign script. The same group had tried to kill this language by banning this language, maybe the only language banned by a Government (Portugal - 1864).
One of the arguments brought out by Sri Uday Bembre in this article to establish the legacy of Devanagari script for Konkani is the 12 volume Hortus Indicus Malabaricus written at Kochi during the Dutch period and the role of Appu Bhat, Ranga Bhat and Vinayak Pandit.
Our Trust is proud to erect a monument at Cherlai, Kochi for these three great Ayurveda Doctors whose testimonials in Konkani (Devanagari script) is playing a crucial role in establishing the real legacy of our mother tongue.
Kashimatadhipati Srimad Samyamindra Thirtha Swamiji visited Anugraha Charitable Trust at Narmada, Vyas Nagar, Karnakodam on 27-05-2024
Global Chamber of Saraswat Entrepreneurs, Kerala Meet held on 2nd August'24 @ Narmada Hall, Anugraha Charitable Trust, Karnakodam, Kochi.The objective of the Chamber is to bring more connectivity among Saraswaths who are professionals and business entrepreneurs by sharing the knowledge and being partners in the holistic development of Saraswath community.
A collection of travelogues in Konkani, compiled and edited by Sri. Saratchanda Shenoy, Kendra Sahitya Accademy Award winner (1997) titled " Ugthya Mulbakhala " ( Soaring under the Skies) was released on 24, May 2024, by Sri. R Bhaskar Shenoi, President, by giving a copy to Sri. N Muralidhara Pai, Secretary of Anugraha Charitable Trust at an august function held at Narmada Dayanand Senior Citizens' Home.
A collection of travelogues in Konkani, compiled and edited by Sri. Saratchanda Shenoy, Kendra Sahitya Accademy Award winner (1997) titled " Ugthya Mulbakhala " ( Soaring under the Skies) was released on 24, May 2024, by Sri. R Bhaskar Shenoi, President, by giving a copy to Sri. N Muralidhara Pai, Secretary of Anugraha Charitable Trust at an august function held at Narmada Dayanand Senior Citizens' Home.
Travelogues are written by Smt.Valsala R Shenoi, Smt.Anandi Kamath, Smt.P S Vasanthakumari, Smt.Jaya Raju, Smt.Rema Devi J, Sri.S Ramakrishna Kini, Smt.Radhika Shenoi, Smt.Usha R Bhat, Smt.Anasuya S, Smt.Revathy Srikanth and Smt.Surya Ashok. Most of the travelogues had won Pandarinath Puraskar or Vaishnavarathna Puraskar.
Travelogues are written by Smt.Valsala R Shenoi, Smt.Anandi Kamath, Smt.P S Vasanthakumari, Smt.Jaya Raju, Smt.Rema Devi J, Sri.S Ramakrishna Kini, Smt.Radhika Shenoi, Smt.Usha R Bhat, Smt.Anasuya S, Smt.Revathy Srikanth and Smt.Surya Ashok. Most of the travelogues had won Pandarinath Puraskar or Vaishnavarathna Puraskar.
Srimad Samyamindra Tirtha Swamiji visited Narmada Dayanand Multipurpose Charitable Complex (NDMCC) on 5th May 2024 and blessed our activities.
In His Ashirwad Bhashan, Swamiji highlighted the need for Danam by each and everybody. Also advised that Danam should be done as duty and not as a show of affluence.
A glimpse from Swamiji's visit
A first of its kind, to give a boost to our talented GSB artists, an art exhibition and sale named Drushti inaugurated by Shrimad Samyamindra Tirtha Swamiji, Mathadhipati of Shree Kashi Math Samsthan on 15 Dec'23 (8.30am) at Shree Sudhindra Sabha Griha, Cochin - 2.
Anugraha Charitable Trust is glad to associate and sponsor this one day event to recognise and encourage the latent talent in the community.
Members of Sree Lakshmi Narasimha Vanitha Vibhag, Thuravoor visited our Narmada Home, a free home for women at Karnakodam on 29 th Nov.23 and spent their valuable time with inmates. These moments have brought smiles and immense happiness to the residents.
Karthikamasa Mahotsava co- hosted by Anugraha with Sri Venkiteswara Seva Samithy at Karnakodam on 19 th Nov 23, was a notable event participated by young & old alike.
Songs & Stories competitions for kids, mothers, and grand mothers, quiz and games made the day memorable for its fun and frolic.
12 Nov.23,this years Diwali brought more happiness to Shantakumari Pai and her daughter Manjula who are staying at Allapuzha along with her sister-in-law. Their dilapidated house was recently fully repaired and refurbished by Anugraha Charitable Trust.
R Bhaskar Shenoi, President, N M Pai, Secretary, N R Prabhu, Treasurer and other members of Anugraha Charitable Trust, Biju D Shenoy and Sreekanth V Mallan newly elected members of AATTD temple, K Muralidhara Bhat, Manoj A Prabhu and other members and volunteers of GSB Mahasabha visited them on Diwali day and presented new dresses, utensils and sweets.
Somanatha Naick who executed this project was profusely thanked by all members for his dedication and leadership.
Navratri celebrations on 10 th October2023 at Dayanand Apartments, Kochi a project run by Anugraha Charitable Trust
Navratri celebrations on 10 th October2023 at Dayanand Apartments, Kochi a project run by Anugraha Charitable Trust
Our Trust always stood at the front when there was a need to protect the Konkani language. We have taken pro-active steps to reinstate the honour and establish the credentials of the great contribution of famed 17th century Konkani trio, Appu Bhat, Ranga Bhat and Vinayak Pandit the authors of Hortus Indicus Malabaracus, a 12 volume treatise on medicinal plants. A memorial for them was erected at Cherlai, Kochi.
Our Trust is fortunate to have many Konkani activists and literates from Goa who are guiding us and supporting us.
Sri Uday Bhembre, well known writer, orator and freedom fighter for Goa who was also a former MLA is one among them. Our President, Sri R Bhaskar Shenoi met him at Madgaon and received a copy of his latest historical novel 'Vodlem Ghar'.
Sri Damodar Mauzo recipient of Jnanapith Award - 2022 for his Konkani work, the highest literary award in India had visited and stayed in our project. Our Trust represented by the President, congratulated and honoured him at his home at Majorda, Goa, on 25 September 2023.
We wish both of them many years of good health to further contribute to Konkani.
N R Prabhu, Treasurer, Anugraha Charitable Trust addressing and distributing awards at Kudumbi Seva Sangham State Meet at Ernakulam - 17th September 2023
Vinaykachaturti celebrated at Narmada Home, a free Home for women run by Anugraha Charitable Trust. Members and family joined with the residents to bring joy and happiness in their life.
Onam celebration was held at Dr. Narmada Dayanand Kamath Senior Citizens' Home, Kacheripadi on 26th August. Located in the heart of city, this is our first project which has now successfully completed twenty years.
Ashtami Rohini Celebrations at Narmada Home, Anugraha Charitable Trust , Karnakodamon 06, September 2023
Medical checkup of all residents at Narmada Home, Karnakodam, by Dr. Madhukar Pai and his team on August 20 , 2023
Medical checkup of all residents at Narmada Home, Karnakodam, by Dr. Madhukar Pai and his team on August 20 , 2023
Onam celebration on 23,August2023 at Narmada Home, Karnakodam a home for women run by our Trust.
Anugraha Charitable Trust in association with Sree Sudheendra Medical Mission - Karkinose Oncology Team conducted a free cancer detection campon 29-05-22 at Prabhakarjyoti, Kochi - 2.
Presentation of Dr Latha Anantha Memorial Award for Environmental Protection to Dr. Vandana G Pai by Venkiteswaran R and Prabhakar Prabhu Memorial Award for Chartered Accountant to Veena S by S R Kamath in a function held at Dr Narmada Dayanand Senior Citizens' Home Kacheripady, on 15-10-21. R Bhaskar Shenoi, President, N M Pai, Secretary, Rema Devi, Trustee of Anugraha Charitable Trust spoke on the occassion.
07-08-2021 : Anugraha congratulating Sri. Sreedharan Pillai on his appointment as Governer of Goa and submitting a representation for implementation of the following for the Konkani speaking Community.
1. To establish a Goa Centre in Kochi to promote Konkani and age-old Goan tradition and culture. 2. To extend educational and employment opportunities to Kerala diaspora who follow Konkani as their mother tongue. 3. To establish pilgrim centres for facilitating those who visit Kuladevta temples in Goa for religious and social functions. 4. To implement various resolutions passed in the seminar conducted in 2013 on“Contribution of Konkanies to Hortus Indicus Malabaricus” 5. To give due consideration to the art and literary contributions of Konkani community from other states and establish awards to them. 6. To give representation to the Konkani diaspora of other states in the Board of Non-resident Goan (NRGs).
19/06/21-Three free covid-19 vaccination camps were conducted on 6th,13 th and 19th June 2021 at SSMM Hospital, TD Temple Ernakulam and Sree Sudhindra Sabha Griha, Kochi.The camps were organised by Sree Sudhindra Medical Mission under the aegis of Anugraha Charitable Trust and GSB Mahasabha Kerala..A total of 137 deserving members of GSB families were given vaccination at these camps.
Free Vaccination programe was sponsored by Dr Narmada-Dayanand Kamath Endowment Fund,
31/05/21 Andikkadavu a small village in the coastal belt of Ernakulam Dist was flooded during the TAUTE cyclone a few days back putting many families in distress.
Today a financial package of Rs 4000 was released to 45 families sponsored by Dr Narmada - Dayanand Kamath Endowment Fund.
അന്ന ദാനം മഹാ ദാനം* എന്ന ആപ്ത വാക്യം നമ്മുടെ സംസ്കാരത്തിൽ ഏറെ ആഴത്തിൽ തന്നെ വേരൂന്നിയിട്ടുണ്ട്..എറണാകുളത്തുള്ള Narmada Dayanand Endowment Fund, അനുഗ്രഹാ ചാരിറ്റബിൾ ട്രസ്റ്റ് മുഖേന കൊച്ചിയിൽ കഴിഞ്ഞ രണ്ടു പതിറ്റാണ്ടിലേറെയായി, അതായത് 2001മുതൽ, നിർധനരും നിരാലമ്പരും ആയവർക്ക് അന്ന ദാന സേവാ നടത്തി വരുന്നു. ഇപ്പോൾ ഈ സേവാ RG Pai റോഡിൽ 2010 ൽ തുടങ്ങിയ "പ്രഭാകർ ജ്യോതി" എന്ന സ്ഥാപനത്തിലാണ് നടത്തി വരുന്നത്.
കോവിദ് മഹാമാരി മൂലം ദുരിതം അനുഭവിക്കുന്ന രോഗികൾക്ക് സഹായം എത്തിക്കുന്ന *സേവാ ഭാരതി* എന്ന സംഘടനയുമായി കൈ കോർത്ത് ഉച്ചഭക്ഷണ പൊതികൾ രോഗികൾക്കും കൂടി എത്തിക്കുവാൻ അനുഗ്രഹാ ചാരിറ്റബിൾ ട്രസ്റ്റ് തീരുമാനിച്ച് ഉച്ചഭക്ഷണ പൊതികൾ സേവാ ഭാരതി പ്രവർത്തകരെ ഏൽപ്പിച്ച് ഇന്ന് (19-05-2021) തുടക്കം കുറിക്കുകയുണ്ടായി.
തദവസരത്തിൽ സേവാ ഭാരതി ക്ക് വേണ്ടി ശ്രീ രഘു റാം (Councillor-Cochin Corpn.) ശ്രീ ശിവകുമാർ കാമത്ത് (Adhikari CTD), ശ്രീ വിജയ് കുമാർ (President SVS Samithi) ശ്രീ ദിനേശ് നായിക്, സംയുക്ത ഗ്രാമ സഭക്ക് വേണ്ടി പ്രസിഡന്റ് ശ്രീ സന്നകുമാർ പ്രഭു എന്നിവരും അനുഗ്രഹ ട്രസ്റ്റ് നു വേണ്ടി ശ്രീ നവീൻ പൈ, ശ്രീ നാരായണ പ്രഭു, ശ്രീ സച്ചിദാനന്ദ ബാളിഗ എന്നിവരും സന്നിഹിതരായിരുന്നു.
GSB Saadhaki a move to find out the top women achievers in their respective field honoured our Trustee Rema Devi, and Shanta Devi, in-charge of Narmada Home on 7th March at Bangalore.
Newly elected Councilor Sri. George Nannat visited NDMCC and donated Rice on 18-12-2020. We congratulate Sri George on his victory !
Sri. S Prabhakar Prabhu, a patron of Anugraha Charitable Trust, was Executor of Dr Narmada – Dayanand Endowment Schemes and has contributed a lot for the growth of many other GSB institutions and initiated several projects for poor and needy. Smt Savitha Prabhakar Celebrated her 84 th Birthday on 28/11/2018. Savithakka is an inspiration and guiding light to all of us with her active involvement in carrying forward the initiatives of her husband. We wish her a long healthy and happy life.
Residents and family members of Dayanand Apartments, a 38 flats free housing complex of Anugraha Charitable Trust at Kochi and Trust members waiting for Aaarathi during Ratholsavam on 1st Dec 2019 at Cohin Thirumala Devaswam Temple
Santhigiri Ashram felicitated Anugraha Charitable Trust for its activities and cooperation extended to the Ashram. N Muralidhara Pai, Treasurer of our Trust received the mememto from P C Thomas, MLA
Pooja time at Dr,Narmada Dayanand Kamath Multipurpose Charitable Complex at Karnakodam
Residents of Narmada Home, a free home for women at Karnakodam run by Anugraha Charitable Trust and others were taken for a one day trip on 30th Jan'2020 to Vaikom temple and a resort ."VILLAGIO GREENS" owned by Sri Radhakrishna Prabhu. They were entertained with a two-hour boating in the beautiful backwaters. The event was sponsored by M/s Anand Tour & Travels, Ernakulam led by Smt Lalitha Kamath who also presented them with gifts.We express our sincere thanks to the sponsorers for this noble act which has now become an annual goodwill event and thoroughly enjoyed by the residents.
OBITUARY
OBITUARY
Rajamma, 71 years resident of Narmada Home, Anugraha Charitable Trust passed away on 16 June 2020
Vijaykumar Pai, 62 years, a resident of Prabhakarjyoti, Anugraha Charitable Trust expired on 03 Jan.2021
V.Krishna Pai (81), Lekshmi Mandiram, Thevally, Kollam -9 & resident of Dr Narmada Dayanand Senior Citizens' Home, attained Mukthi on 10th March 2023.
Nirmala J (79), resident of Narmada Complex, Anugraha Charitable Trust, passed away on 02 Aug.2020
K N Rajamma,( 86) w/o late K Gopalakrishna Kini, Kollam a resident of our NDSCH, Ernakulam expired on 27-7-21
N Jayakumar Naick, 65 years, Staff, passed away on12/05/23. We place on record his selfless noble service to the Trust
Sarojini Kamath, 74 yrs, w/o Sudhakara Kamath, a resident of NSCH, passed awayon 02Aug.2020
Smt.Rathnakala, 76 w/o Sri S R Radhakrishnan, Neenthamadathil House, Vadama, Mala, resident of NDSCH passed away on 29-10-21
Rathnam N(87) inmate of our Women"s home , passed away on 17/06/23.
Sreenivasa Prabhu, (73) who served our NDSCH for more than 16 years & staying at Prabhakar Jyothipassed away on 29 Aug 2020
Susheela N, 96 yrs, wife of late Ramachandra Pai and a resident of Narmada Home,, Karnakodam passed away at 1pm on 2-1-22.
Kasturi Sudhakar (79), w/o late Sudhakar Kini, resident of Narmada Home,, passed away on 12/07/23
Shantakumari, 58, resident of our Narmada Home passed away on 17 Sept.20 morning at 4.30am
Usha V Kamath, 77, w/o K Venkatesh Kamath, Kottacherri, Kanjangad , resident of NDSCH attained Mukti on23/06/22.
Vimala G Prabhu, 87, w/o late V Gopalakrishna Prabhu, resident of Dr N D S CH, passed away on 13-12-2023
Manjula (62) resident of our Narmada Home, Karnakodam passed away on 17-02-21
Vasanthi, 82 years, w/o late Vijay Kamath, Allapurath House, Kayamkulam , resident of Narmada Home, attained Sadgathi on 30-12-22
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