JAN 04 2010 – “WORLD BRAILLE DAY”
By VT Hyderabad
“Their fingers have eyes…Their ears have vision…
Their hearts of courage…Their lives are full of zeal.
They are deprived of vision.
Yet their vision is fair and realistic. Lets encourage them !”
Commemorating the birthday of Louis Braille (Jan 4), the inventor of Braille script for blind, a walkathon to bring awareness of blind people was organized by VT Kukatpally, Hyderabad on Jan 4th 2010.
The 2.5 km awareness walkathon commenced from Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple at 11:40 am covering Sri Venkateswara Temple bus stand, main road, Remedy Hospital Road finally reaching the Kanyaka Parameswari temple by 12:40 pm. Several school students and blind school students participated in the awareness walkathon.
In this regard, a meeting was organized by Sriman Yogesh in the meeting hall of Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple at 10 am. Several officials including Smt. Gayatri – Current President of Nethra Vidyalaya Committee, Sriman Subbaraju, Sriman Panduranga Rao – current members attended the awareness meeting. Previous Nethra Vidyalaya committe members Sriman Varakumar Gupta, Sriman Santhosh Kumar, Sriman Padmanabham also attended the gathering.
Sriman Srikanth Reddy from Boston gave an inspiring message to the volunteers.
Distinguished guests at the event included Chief Guest Sriman Y.P. Srinivas, Eye Specialist Sriman Dr. J S Rao, Ma:le Chenchu Reddy Memorial Trust Chairman Sriman Krishna Reddy, Kukatpally Congress Corporator Sriman G Vengal Rao, Vivekananda Colony TDP Corporator Sriman M Ranga Rao, Kukatpally Yuva Vikas President Sriman Go:ne Srinivas, Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple kalyana Mandapam President Sriman V H Kumaraswamy. The guests spoke about the importance of giving encouragement to the blind people. and remembered the greatness of Louis Braille. VT gave away VT diaries and mementos to the honorable guests. As a noble gesture, Nakoda Jewellers donated fruits and towels to the blind students on this occassion.
Speaking on the occassion, Chief Guest Sriman Y.P. Srinivas highlighted the importance of spreading awareness about blind and serving the society as guided by VT Founder HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji.