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.