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  INDO CANADIAN WOMEN FOUNDATION - 2025 The Annual INDO CANADIAN WOMEN FOUNDATION MEET to showcase the Products and Services of the many Women Entrepreneurs under the Umbrella of the INDO CANADIAN WOMEN FOUNDATION was held last Saturday at The Bombay Palace in Brampton , Toronto .  My Niece Kala who is the PRESIDENT of the Foundation invited us for the function and we were all proud participants for the event .  Besides the Products and Services on display was a sumptuous STARTER AND LUNCH PACKAGE in between the DANCE , MUSIC , FASHION SHOW and other PRESENTATIONS .  The highlight also included the Song rendered by Ramya , who has reportedly sung for AR R .  Kala and her Colleagues did a fabulous job in the smooth conduct of the function .  My little Granddaughter was herself a Darling of the whole assembled crowd with her DANCING AND MOVEMENTS .  Being next to the KARPAGA VINAYAGAR TEMPLE made the show even more attractive especially for us .

Two events in direct Contrast , one in far away Saudi Arabia and the other closer home at Chennai , one for getting IN the best men in the game and the other for getting rid of the best men of mass public adoration and the ones who got you in the limelight from a position of nowhere .  Jeddah , Saudi Arabia                 Chola Banquet Hall , Chennai  Around 4 Months back , November 23 rd and 24th -2024 to be exact there was a big event at ABADY AL - JOHAR ARENA AT JEDDAH IN SAUDI ARABIA . Auction for the players for IPL 2025 Was held with all the Glamour that has now become a regular feature of this event whenever and wherever it took place . Bids were being placed to get the very best at whatever price that was within their purse limits . Players were being bought at astronomical prices . The trick of the trade was to outbid the other franchisees and get the best players on Auction .  AN OPPOSITE PICTURE BELOW  Date Apr...

             PANGUNI UTTIRAM - 2025         I am in TORONTO on this Auspicious day of PANGUNI UTTIRAM and as has been our practice of visiting a Sastha Temple each year, we visited the Sastha Temple at Scarborough here . PANGUNI UTTIRAM commemorates the Celestial  Weddings of SHIVA AND PARVATHY ; RAMA AND SITA , MURUGA ( KARTHIKEYA ) AND DEVASENA and the Manifestation of Ayyappa . The Iyyappan Temple at Scarborough is in a Prime Locality and Extremely well maintained . The Patronage is also very high because of the Large Tamil Speaking Indian and Sri Lankan Devotees . As can be seen in the Map , the place also has many other Hindu Temples in close proximity.  Places marked as OM are all Hindu Temples  SWAMY SHARANAM - IYYAPPA SHARANAM  —————————————————————             PANGUNI  UTTIRAM - 2023  Panguni Uttiram is very special , I could be wrong but it does appear to be ...

  Toronto Shanmuganathaswamy Temple  Yesterday's visit to the Murugan Temple which goes by the name of Shanmuganathaswamy Temple at Scarborough in Toronto had many surprising inputs ,  A large number of devotees had assembled for the evening Prayers , This was first day of the Rama Navami Festival . The THER ULA OF THE VINAYAKAR with the Recitation of the Slokas and the accompanying Music . It was a big surprise to see the Rama Navami Festival being Celebrated with Equal Devotion if not more in a place which is some  13800 Kms away from my Native Place .

         SCARBOROUGH BALAJI TEMPLE  Being a Permanent Resident of Canada and Residing in Toronto where there are many HINDU TEMPLES ; I get a chance to visit these Temples quite often during my annual visits during  the last 10 years ,  The latest one was on Last Saturday ,  The BALAJI Temple at Scarborough is one such Temple , The arrangements and cleanliness of the place  simply amazes me , one gets a special vibe while offering your Prayers here , Balaji on the raised Pedestal is visible even from quite a distance ,