Conducted by the Madras Naturalists’ Society.
Reporting Time: 6.30 a.m.
Reporting Place: Bridge on OMR-ECR Link Road at Kelambakkam
Group Size: 25
Please bring along Binoculars & Cameras.
Confirmation to Vijay at gopivkumar58@gmail.com strictly on first-come basis.
Conducted by the Madras Naturalists’ Society.
Reporting Time: 6.30 a.m.
Reporting Place: Bus Stand opp IT Park near Toll Plaza in Perumbakkam
Group Size: 25
Please bring along Binoculars & Cameras.
Confirmation to Vijay at gopivkumar58@gmail.com strictly on first-come basis.
A walk observing the flora and fauna at the Adyar Poonga. Conducted by the Madras Naturalists’ Society
Reporting Time: 2.15 p.m.
Group Size: 20
Please bring along Binoculars & Cameras
Car Parking, Entrance and Camera Fees payable as per Poonga Rules.
Confirmation to Vijay at gopivkumar58@gmail.com strictly on first-come basis.
Explore Differently (www.facebook.com/exploredifferently) works on building ways to offer options for an accessible outdoor exploration for persons with disability and wheelchair users. Madras Week gives us a great opportunity to include a few walks that are designed to welcome persons with disability and wheelchair users. Participation welcome from wheelchair users and persons with disabilities and possibly their family members (if they wish to accompany). Also a small number of individuals without disabilities,.
Arrangements for accessible transport (a bus that has a facility to lift wheelchairs) and portable ramps will be made by Explore Differently. We will also have a special educator to overcome hurdles in communication. We do understand that most of the walks under Madras Day celebration are free of costs. But as we will be arranging for custom transportation and a special educator we need to charge only to cover expenses. Participants who make their own arrangements will not be charged.
Details:We will look at the amazing collection of arms and weapons on display, most of them from the Tanjore armoury, and explore some of the interesting stories and trivia behind them.
Lead: Rajith Nair, a heritage enthusiast.
Date and Time: Thursday, 25th August 2016, from 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Registration: Last date for registration 16th August 2016. Mail to chennaiexploredifferently@gmail.com
Charges: Rs. 200 per person, to cover expenses towards travel.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/exploredifferently/ for updates on the event
Explore Differently (www.facebook.com/exploredifferently) works on building ways to offer options for an accessible outdoor exploration for persons with disability and wheelchair users. Madras Week gives us a great opportunity to include a few walks that are designed to welcome persons with disability and wheelchair users. Participation welcome from wheelchair users and persons with disabilities and possibly their family members (if they wish to accompany). Also a small number of individuals without disabilities.
Arrangements for accessible transport (a bus that has a facility to lift wheelchairs) and portable ramps will be made by Explore Differently. We will also have a special educator to overcome hurdles in communication. We do understand that most of the walks under Madras Day celebration are free of costs. But as we will be arranging for custom transportation and a special educator we need to charge only to cover expenses. Participants who make their own arrangements will not be charged.
Details: An introduction to the fascinating history of cinema in Chennai followed by a walk across Prasad Studios and Prasad Labs. This walk will offer a unique opportunity to see what an actual studio floor looks like.
Lead: Venkatesh Chakravarthy, Regional Director of L.V. Prasad Film & TV Academy
Date and Time: Saturday, 20th August 2016 from 10.00 AM-12:30PM
Starting Point: Entrance gate of L. V. Prasad Academy, Saligramam
Ending Point: Entrance gate of L. V. Prasad Academy, Saligramam
Registration: Last date for registration 10th August 2016. Mail to: chennaiexploredifferently@gmail.com
Charges: Rs, 200 per person, to cover expenses towards travel.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/exploredifferently/ for updates on the event.
Photographic Society of Madras (PSM), sharing nearly 16 decades of the City’s history, is holding the ShootMadras photography contest during the Madras Week this August.
There are two sections:
1. Open
2. Students
Themes:
1) My Madras The photographer’s personal tribute to Chennai, depicting what it means personally. Including typical Chennai views like beaches, towns, eat outs, city life, cityscapes – Scenes against which day to day life in Chennai plays out.
2) Only in Madras Scenes which are unique to Madras, be it a Modern woman in Jeans and tops with Jasmine flower in her head or the thenga-maanga-pattani-sundal in the beaches. And trade mark autos and ‘flying trains’
3) Evolving Madras Shift from the ancient to the old to the modern. Buildings with modern facades, yet vintage structures at the rear. Brand new bridges, flyovers and metro lines. Evolving roads, markets in parallel with structures of yester years.
Entries to be sent to shootmadras2016@gmail.com
Last date 15 August 2016, 2200 hours.
Prizes
Six first prizes, Six second prizes and Six third prizes
Special Mentions at the Judges’ discretion.
And complimentary PSM membership till 31st March 2018 for first and second prize winners.
Entries Maximum two per theme, per participant, but in only one of the two sections
An exhibition of prize winning entries will be held in August 2016.
For further details, please contact B Ramana Kumar, Vice President, Photographic Society of Madras. Cell; 9841113024, email: ramanasthirdeye@gmail.com
Chennai Weekend Artists are conducting an Art show displaying around 300 art works of Chennai on location drawings and paintings. The show includes public participation also. Inaugurated by eminent Artists in Tamilnadu.
Venue: Lalith Kala Academy, Greams road, Chennai.
Dates: Aug 22nd to Aug 28th.
Inauguration: Aug 22nd 5:30 pm.
Contact: Muralidharan Alagar 9840082098
Date/Day/Time: 28-Aug-16, Sunday, 9 AM
Starting Point: Ekambareswarar Temple, Mint Street
Note: This is a morning walk
Organizer: Sridhar Venkataraman (97909 57208)
The walk is free to participate, while you pay for what you have at each joint.
Date/Day/Time: 26-Aug-16, Friday, 4 PM
Starting Point: Mylapore Head Post Office, Kutchery Road
Note: This is an evening walk
Organizer: Sridhar Venkataraman (97909 57208)
The walk is free to participate, while you pay for what you have at each joint.
Date/Day/Time: 21-Aug-16, Sunday, 9 AM
Starting Point: Ekambareswarar Temple, Mint Street
Note: This is a morning walk
Organizer: Sridhar Venkataraman (97909 57208)
The walk is free to participate, while you pay for what you have at each joint.
Date/Day/Time: 20-Aug-16, Saturday, 4 PM
Starting Point: Venkatramana Boli Stall, Thambaiah (Reddy) St.
Note: This is an evening walk
Organizer: Sridhar Venkataraman (97909 57208)
The walk is free to participate, while you pay for what you have at each joint.
Date: Aug. 21, 2016
1st screening – around 4 PM
2nd screening – around 5 PM
3rd screening – around 6 PM
Venue: Tamil Virtual Academy, Anna University Campus, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kottur, Chennai 600025
Admission free.
The Gudiyam rock shelters located in Thiruvallur district where Stone Age people and their culture thrived many thousands of years ago. This documentary reveals some surprising facts about the archaeological findings and geological formation of this rock shelters. Attention is drawn through this documentary on Gudiyam Rock Shelters starting from 19th century to the recent developments.
Robert Bruce Foote, father of Indian prehistory, found a stone axe accidentally in Pallavaram (Chennai) in 1863. That was the beginning of Indian prehistory search journey.
Ramesh Yanthra created a documentary on Gudiyam Rock shelter (http://gudiyamcaves.in/) in 2015 and screened it in CANNES FLIM Festival in 2015.
RootWalk (www.rootwalk.com), involved in heritage awareness creation, is proudly facilitating the screening of Ramesh Yanthra’s documentary on Gudiyam Caves first time for public in Chennai.
Contact: A.S.Srinivasan, Email: rootwalk@gmail.com
Mobile: +918939041234 0r
Ramesh Yanthra, M.F.A., Email: rameshyanthra@gmail.com
Mobile: +918754506484
For details, visit – https://www.facebook.com/events/249267165466228/
http://www.rootwalk.com/events/documentary-screening-on-gudiyam-caves/
An introduction to the fascinating history of cinema in Chennai followed by a walk across Prasad Studios and Prasad Labs. This walk will offer a unique opportunity to see what an actual studio floor looks like.
Lead: The walk will be led by Mr. Venkatesh Chakravarthy, Regional Director of L.V. Prasad Film & TV Academy
Date: Saturday, 13th August 2016
Timings: 3.30 p.m. -6.00 p.m.
Starting and Ending Point: Entrance gate of L. V. Prasad Academy, Saligramam
Registration: There are NO charges for this walk. However, prior registration is required so that necessary arrangements can be made to visit the studio floors. Please register by sending mail to: rajith.bala@gmail.com
Stories of Madrasapattinam through the eyes of Storyteller Jeeva Raghunath.
Date: Sunday 28th August
Time : 1-2pm
Venue: Aloft, Chennai. 102, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, OMR – IT Expressway,Sholinganallur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600119
Organised by Kathai Kalatta. Contact: +918939276561 / 04428211170
Stories of Madrasapattinam through the eyes of Storyteller Jeeva Raghunath.
Date: Saturday 27th August
Time : 7.30pm – 8.30 pm
Venue: Southern Spice restaurant, The Residency Towers, No. 115 Sir Thyagaraya Road ,T – Nagar, Chennai – 600017
Organised by Kathai Kalatta. Contact: +918939276561 / 04428211170
Stories of Madrasapattinam through the eyes of Storyteller Jeeva Raghunath.
Date: Thursday : 25th August
Time : 1.30 – 2.30 pm
Venue: Malgudy Restaurant,Hotel Savera, 146, Dr.Radhakrishnan Road, Mylapore, Chennai – 600004
Organised by Kathai Kalatta. Contact: +918939276561 / 04428211170
Stories of Madrasapattinam through the eyes of Storyteller Jeeva Raghunath
Date: Sunday : 21st August
Time : 1.30 – 2.30 pm
Venue: The Spice Jar restaurant at The Residency, 49, Gopathi Narayanaswami Chetty Road, Chennai – 600017
Organised by Kathai Kalatta. Contact: +918939276561 / 04428211170
Starting point: Pezhalwar Street and temple junction (next to temple car)
Organised by Nam Veedu, Nam Oor, Nam Kadhai. Registration: annanagarshg@gmail.com
History, Art, Architecture and Traditional Games by Dr Chithra Madhavan, historian with Vinita Sidhartha of Kreeda.
Between 6.30 a.m. and 8.30 a.m. A fee of Rs.300/- per person will be charged for this tour.
During this session, Vinita Sidhartha from Kreeda will talk about the games and their link to life as we know it today. A history of the games, our learning from them will all be covered. Those who attend will be encouraged to find the boards when they visit the temple.
Organised by Namma Mylapore. To register, contact nammamylapore10@gmail.com
A tour of the Bronze Gallery, Madras Government Museum, Egmore led by historian Dr. Chithra Madhavan.
Between 11a.m. and 1 p.m. A fee of Rs.300/- per person will be charged for this tour.
Organised by Namma Mylapore. To register, contact nammamylapore10@gmail.com
Speakers: Saranya Narayan and Usha Kumar
Time: Between 4 and 6 p.m.
The focus is on a sliver of Chennai which still breathes Madras and remains almost the epicentre of the city. The speakers would unravel the heritage of the tree laden avenue known as Sterling Road which leads to Tank Bund Road and further to Nungambakkam Railway station and beyond. People, institutions and memories will be the fodder for this presentation.
Saranya Narayan and Usha Kumar have been residents of the area for over fifty years and friends and school mates for almost the same number of years.
Usha is a partner in one of the City’s reputed travel agencies, Magellan Travel Services (P) Ltd. and is a history buff, a blogger of sorts, a quiz enthusiast and a keen observer of the world around.
Saranya is a Doctor by profession and is a Co-founder and Medical Director of Jeevan Blood Bank and Stem Cell Bank. Her other interests are travelling with a bucket list that seems to be ever expanding, experimenting with new recipes, reading and writing.
Usha can be reached on: 9840069129 and Saranya on: 9840419809.
Venue: A 128-year-old residence belonging to the Indian Railways at 139 – YAMUNA, Bungalow, Southern Railway Officer’s Enclave, Sterling Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600034. Opposite Konica Photo Studio.
Talk by Dr. Amaladass Anand.
From 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Venue: Dhyana Ashram, 25, Madha Church Road, R. A. Puram, Chennai- 600028
Talk by Dr. Amaladass Anand.
From 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Venue: Dhyana Ashram, 25, Madha Church Road, R. A. Puram, Chennai- 600028
Talk by Mr. K. R. A. Narasiah on காலனி ஆட்சியில் தென்னக மொழிகள் – வளர்ச்சியும் வரலாறும்
At 5.30 p.m.
Venue: Roja Muthiah Research Library, 3rd Cross Road, CPT Campus, Rajiv Gandhi IT Expressway, Taramani.
Contact: 044-22542551
Organised by Roja Muthiah Research Library
Talk by Dr. S. Suresh, State Convenor, Tamil Nadu Chapter, INTACH.
At 5.30 p.m.
Venue: Roja Muthiah Research Library, 3rd Cross Road, CPT Campus, Rajiv Gandhi IT Expressway, Taramani.
Contact: 044-22542551
Organised by Roja Muthiah Research Library