PRESS RELEASE – 2nd CIGCC 2015
Hari Om !!!
Chinmaya Mission is organizing an International level Geeta Chanting Competition commemorate the Birth Centenary Celebrations of Pujya Swami Chinmayananda. This concept was conceived and executed from the inspiration derived from Swami Chinmayananda who successfully led the first National level Geeta Chanting Competition titled “Chant Geeta – Land Washington in 1991”
To spread the message of Shrimad Bhagawad Geeta among the masses as envisaged by Swami ChinmayanandaChapter XV “Purushottama Yoga” of Shrimad BhagawadGeeta was selected for this International event.
The 2nd Chinmaya International Geeta Chanting Competition 2015 was conducted by Chinmaya Institute of Technology ( Chintech ) as part of the Centenary Celebrations with The Chief Sewak, Shri KK Rajan as the Chief Coordinator, Ms Sugeetha Rajan as the Joint Coordinator, Dr Harikrishnan as International Coordinator, Dr KiranRaveendran as National Coordinator & Mr Ashokan P as Project Assistant.
The competition was categorized as Centre Level, State Level, National Level and International level. This mega event received a very encouraging response from all over the world especially from India with a total registration of more than 1.5 lakhs participants. Andhra Pradesh being at top with almost 44000 registrations followed by Maharashtra 37000, Tamil Nadu 17000 and Kerala 16000 participants approximately.
The Centre Level and State Level competition have already been conducted in the month of October and early November.
The National Level Competition was conducted at ChinmayaVibhooti, Kolwan, Pune on 22nd November, 2015 .It was an enriching experience, to listen to the chanting of Bhagawad Geeta by children from all over the country . Students spiritually elevated the audience in four stages from 9a.m. to 12:30p.m.at ChinmayaVibhooti 140 students from four years to 15yrs participated at the National Level Competition.
The competition held under Categories A, B, C and D was Judged by Acharyas and Sanskrit scholars.
The International Level of competition was held at Chinmaya Vibhooti, Kolwan, Pune on 22nd December, 2015 and had participants from 11 countries Australia, Bahrain, Hongkong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Kenya,
Singapore, New Zealand, UAE ,USA along with participants from India.
Poojya Swami Tejomayananda, Head of Chinmaya Mission Worldwide distributed prizes to the toppers.
Poojya Guruji was immensely happy at the good response of the participants. Poojya Swami Tejomayananda said,
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Chat Geeta Enchant Krishna
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