Playing Hunter with Coimbatore

Even as the RUN FOR COIMBATORE event ceased, the excitement enhanced in the air as Treasure Hunt was all set to start. It was like Sachin Tendulkar coming in after a Virender Sehwag blkitzkrieg. The Treasure Hunt was organized on 4 January 2008 with the theme “The Brands of Coimbatore”. And Coimbatore being Narain Karthikeyan's city, it was a Treasure Hunt based on cars.

The starting point for the Treasure Hunt was Atmos, Race Course. The first car was flagged off by Mr Shankar Vanavarayar, Event Chair, Coimbatore Vizha & Chief Executive, Sakthi Textiles.

The hunt had 3 legs with 5 puzzles to be solved and one clue to move to the next level. The check points were at 3 different museums in Coimbatore – Forest College Museum, G D Naidu Museum and Gandhi Museum. A total of 30 teams comprising of 4 members per team participated.

The winners were Mr Annush Ramaswamy & Team, Mr Prasanna Krishna & Team, Mr Aravind Selvapathy & Team and Ms Dhiya & Team. The Treasure Hunt was organized directly by Young Indians & was led by the dynamic duo of Mr H Vijayanth, Member - Young Indians & Properietor, Hashmee Enterprises & Mr Rajeev Kamineni, Member - Young Indians & Director, Oxford Book Store.

RUN FOR COIMBATORE - A RUNAWAY HIT

The second day of Coimbatore Vizha started with a Mini Marathon on the theme “Run for Coimbatore” was organised with the support of Kovai Athletic Club. The Marathon was flagged off by Mr Panchatcharam, Assistant Commissioner Traffic, Coimbatore & Mr Shankar Vanavarayar, Event Chair, Coimbatore Vizha & Chief Executive, Sakthi Textiles.

About 2000 participants enrolled and they were divided into 4 categories Boys - 5 km(Students), Girls - 3 km(Students), Men - 10 km(Professionals) & Women - 5 km (Professionals). The Men category had to run for 10 Kms.

Mr Thiyodar, Regional Assistant Director, Tamil Nadu Sports Development Corporation gave away the prizes for the Men Category. The prizes were won by Mr A Venkatesh Raj, Kovai Athletic Club, Mr T Raj, Athletic Foundation & Mr P Boopathi Kumar, Athletic Foundation. Mr S Srinivasan, Secretary, Kovai Athletic Club gave away the prizes for the Women Category. The were won by Ms S Padmavathi, Ms Usha Nandini & Ms Syndhya Mari Marasrat. Mr Giri, Programme Head, Hello FM gave away the prizes for the Boys Category. The prizes in this category were won by Mr R Vijayan, Govt HR Sec School, Madukarai, Mr P Karthi, Kovai Athletic Club & Mr V Arulprakash, Govt HR Sec School, Solayur Anaikkatti. Mr Rohit Rajendran, Chair – Young Indians & Executive Director, Premier Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd gave away the prizes in this Category. The prizes in this category were won by Ms P Dhana Priya, Chatrapathy Shivaji Sports Club, Ms P Siva Ranjani, Mariammal Girls School Pollachi & Ms T Kiruthika, Mariammal Girls School Pollachi. Mr Dipendar Singh, Proprietor, Popular Automobiles delivered the Vote of Thanks after the prize distribution ceremony.

The event was well organised, well participated and the spirit of the event was well received. All was well with the event and it invariably ended well.

Coimbatore Vizha - January 04 - Preview

Coimbatore Vizha goes high octane this Sunday, 04 January 2009. The day would start on a healthy note with Marathon RUN FOR COIMBATORE starting at 07.00 AM in the Nehru Stadium. Another star attraction of the day would be The Treasure Hunt scheduled to start from ATMOS, Race Course from 10.00 AM.

After RUN FOR COIMBATORE, you have to run into and hunt out at our regular programmes -
Painting Competition at Lalit Kalakshetra Centre , Painting Exhibit of Line Drawings of Coimbatore at Sanmarga Sangam, Tree Plantation Drive at Vellalur Garbage Yard , Tour of Gee Dee Museum & Photography Displays of Important Visitors of Coimbatore in the last 80 years at Gee Dee Museum from 10.00 AM to 06.00 PM.

Spend a part of your Sunday in celebrating the spirit of our city.

Multi Faith Meeting - Children show the way

Coimbatore Vizha took an auspicious start with the Multi Faith Meeting led by the Children of Coimbatore. Around 150 school children participated in the multi faith prayer meeting and rally aimed at unity and togetherness, one of the key traits of Coimbatore.

The Multi Faith Meeting, the cradle of Coimbatore Vizha started at 09.00 AM rightly at Koniamman temple, the nemesis of Coimbatore. The children cut across different faiths assembled for the prayer meeting at Koniamman Temple. Ms. Vinoo Aram and Mr.Parthiban of Shanthi Ashram explained the objective of the multi faith meeting which was well received by the children. The Gurukkal of Koniamman Temple provided valuable insights about the temple and Hinduism. After participating in the special pooja, the children marched towards St. Michaels Church in the vicinity of the temple. In a special prayer meeting held in the church, Dr.B.K.Krishnaraj Vanavarayar addressed the students on understanding different faiths and respecting them to the core. Needless to say, Dr.Vanavarayar and his speech were a hit. The children then progressed to Jain Temple in RS Puram and came to terms with the essence of Jainism. After the special prayer in Jain Temple, the children assembled at Gurdhwara near Mettupalayam Road. Sri. Amarjit Singh Chandok spoke on the facets of Sikhism which was followed by a special prayer. Gurdhwara also hosted a special lunch for all children. The prayers at all the holy places were aimed for a secure and prosperous Coimbatore.

The essence of the Multi Faith Meeting was to instill a sense of respect towards all faiths among the future Coimbatoreans. The children took the objective to the core and observed various faiths keenly. For many of them, it was their first exposure to places of different faiths and they were surprised, pleased and gratified.

The start of Coimbatore Vizha also saw the assembly of whos who in Coimbatore. The local media were abuzz in slicing a piece of this history. The start of Coimbatorwe Vizha augured well for the future - the future of Coimbatore and the future of Coimbatore Vizha. The Celebration has just begun.

Coimbatore Vizha @ January 03 - Preview

Coimbatore Vizha starts with grace and poise with the Multifaith Prayer starting by 08.30 AM of January 03 2009 at Koni Amman Temple and finishing at Gurudhwara.

It is followed by Painting Competition at Lalit Kalakshetra Centres , Painting Exhibit of Line Drawings of Coimbatore at Sanmarga Sangam, Tree Plantation Drive at Vellalur Garbage Yard , Tour of Gee Dee Museum & Photography Displays of Important Visitors of Coimbatore in the last 80 years at Gee Dee Museum from 10.00 AM to 06.00 PM.

In Sanmarga Sangam, a lecture on History of Coimbatore will be delivered between 04.30 pm to 06.00 pm. Moreover, the tridevs -Design Competition, Short Film Competition and Photography Competition are going on

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Celebrating the Spirit of Coimbatore

Coimbatore Vizha is an endeavour to bring alive the spirit of celebration in the city. Coimbatore Vizha will give both residents and travellers a chance to see the different sides of the city: its entrepreneurial spirit and life in the lighter vein in a week’s duration. It is an effort to bring alive the strong cosmopolitan traits of Coimbatore and project the city as a happening, must see destination on the global map.

Coimbatore Vizha organised by the Coimbatore Chapter of Young Indians between January 03, 2009 and January 11, 2009...Lets Celebrate the spirit of our city...31 Hosting Organisations, 26 Programmes and 9 Competitions...Its time for Coimbatore to come and cheer together...

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