November 3, 2012
The 105th Jyotirgamaya project was inaugurated by MW The Grand Master on
Saturday 3rd November 2012 at Lavada, located 200 km from Nagpur
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May 13, 2012
The 100th Jyotirgamaya project of the
Grand Lodge of India was inaugurated by MW The Grand Master on May 13, 2012 at
Vettathoor village near Wynad in Kerala. He was accompanied by RW The Regional
Grand Master (RGLSI) and a host of other masons and ladies. Photographs were
contributed by Bro. Dr. Shaji Thomas
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May 2, 2012
MW The Grand Master inaugurated the solar
installation at Bhavai village near Nagpur on 2nd May 2012, marking the
completion of the 99th Jyotirgamaya project. These photos were contributed by
Bro. Chetan Thakur.
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March 19, 2012
MW The Grand Master, MW Bro. Capt. Dr. Balaram Biswakumar, inaugurated the solar
installations at Pedapadu near Araku in Visakhapatnam district and four other
villages near Chintapalli on Monday 19th March 2012. He was accompanied by RW
Bro.Vasudev Masurekar, The Deputy Grand Master and Grand Master elect, RW Bro. R
Sushil Raj, RW The RGM, RGLSI and several other freemasons. Rice and provisions
were distributed in all the villages and the WM and brethren of Lodge University
No. 142 conducted a medical camp at Pedapadu.
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February 2, 2012
A Jyotirgamaya project was inaugurated by MW The Grand
Master on 2nd February 2012 at Uppukaramedu on the outskirts of Chennai. He was
accompanied by RW The Regional Grand Master (RGLSI) and a host of other masons.
Photos taken by Bro. Sreenivasan Ganeshram are attached.
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January 14, 2012
MW The
Grand Master inaugurated the first Jyotirgamaya project of the masonic year at
Dangarpada, a small hamlet near Charoti located on the outskirts of Mumbai on
Saturday 14th January 2012. He was accompanied by a large number of brethren
including RW The Regional Grand Master of RGLWI and the RW The Grand Master
Elect. Photos taken by Bro. Sumit Kumar are displayed in the album.
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DECEMBER 13, 2011
Settibanda
near Araku valley was one among the many villages electrified under the
Jyotirgamaya project of the Grand Lodge of India. This village was adopted by
Lodge University No. 142 and in deference to the wishes of MW The Grand Master,
the Lodge has decided to use it as the base for their future charitable
activities. Accordingly, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the Regional
Grand Lodge of Southern India, the Worshipful Master and brethren of this Lodge
went all the way to the village and distributed 40 pairs of clothes worth Rs.
7,500/- to all the children of the village (two half pants and shirts for each
boy and two gowns for each girl) and 35 bags containing 10 kgs of rice and 1kg
of dal each, worth Rs. 8,000/- to the households in the village
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NOVEMBER 13, 2011
On Sunday,
13th November 2011, MW The Grand Master inaugurated the solar installation at
Katkaripada village located 120 km from Mumbai. He was accompanied by RW Bro.
Zawareh Wadia, the Dy. Regional Grand Master of the Regional Grand Lodge of
Western India and a host of other masons. This marked the 81st project in the
57th village under the Jyotirgamaya project and also the last before the Grand
Festival being held later this month.
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NOVEMBER 12, 2011
Solar
installations at eight villages were inaugurated under the Jyotirgamaya project
on 12th November 2011 near Chiroti, located 120 km from Mumbai. MW The Grand
Master was accompanied by The Deputy Regional Grand Master of the Regional Grand
Lodge of Western India, RW Bro. Zawareh Wadia, Past Grand Master, MW Bro. D D
Udeshi, Mrs. Udeshi, Past Regional Grand Master of the Regional Grand Lodge of
Western India, RW Bro. Vasudev Masurekar, the Chairperson of the Masonic Ladies
Association of Mumbai, Mrs. Sandhya Dhruv and a host of other masons and ladies.
The highlights of the programme included the sponsoring of a Jyotirgamaya
project by the Masonic Ladies Association of Mumbai. It is noteworthy that the
equipment for all the projects today were assembled and installed by the deaf
and dumb students of Pragathi Prathishtan
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NOVEMBER 6, 2011
MW The Grand Master
inaugurated the solar installations at three villages near Sawai Madhopur in
Rajhasthan on Sunday 6th November 2011. Accompanied by RW The Regional Grand
Master (RGLNI) and others, seventy houses benefitted from this Jyotirgamaya
project which was sponsored by Lodge Indus No. 4, which also promised to conduct
a medical check up for the inmates of the three villages, as part of their
ongoing charity projects in these villages.
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October 16, 2011
MW The Grand Master inaugurated a Jyothirgamaya project at Marodpar, Tahsil-
Bhamragad, Distt. –Gadchiroli; in the Western Region on 16th October 2011. I
quote Bro. Jiten Srivatsava as follows:
“This project was about abt 36 Km. ( to and fro) from the motarable road and we
reached there by means of a tractor, atop a trolley , traversing thru deep
jungles and all our body parts had a natural massage for almost 4hrs. Still
everyone , especially the GM , enjoyed the journey all along. You will find
snaps of GM at all vantage positions, be it at steering wheel, next to driver or
in the trolley, Hats off to his tenacity and fitness.”
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October 16, 2011
MW The Grand Master literally brought light from darkness to Juvvi village
Bhamragad Tahsil, Gadchiroli District in the Western Region when he inaugurated
the solar installation there in pitch darkness. Another unique Jyothirgamaya
project which involved eight hours of journey by road from Nagpur and a 35 km
long tractor ride
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October 8, 2011
After the storm comes the calm and so it was with the inauguration of the solar
installation at Chiddibelli village an hour away from Dehradun where there was
no trekking or mountain climbing involved
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October 7, 2011
MW The Grand Master
inaugurated the solar installation at Ladoor near Mussoorie. What proved to be
the toughest Jyothirgamaya project thus far saw MW The Grand Master, RW The
Regional Grand Master (RGLNI) and several other freemasons and their families
overcome extremely treacherous mountain terrain involving a total trek of more
than 11 kilometres which took more than six and a half hours
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JULY 4, 2011
MW The
Grand Master, accompanied by RW The Regional Grand Master (RGLSI) and several
other masons, inaugurated the solar installation at Vanankulam near Kodaikanal
in an area infected by Naxals which necessitated the deployment of police
personnel as security. The route itself tested the rock climbing skills and
stamina of all the masons who made the trip.
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OCTOBER 2, 2011
Accompanied by a huge gathering of masons from
Salem, Erode, Coimbatore, Bangalore and other centres, MW The Grand Master
traversed the waters of Bhavani Sagar by boat and inaugurated the solar
installation at Uppupalam on 2nd October 2011. To commemorate the 50th of the
Jyothirgamaya projects this year, a specially designed T shirt was released.
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SEPTEMBER
15, 2011
The
Jyothirgamaya project continued in full swing, this time at two villages near
Gorakhpur in the Eastern Region. Accompanied by RW The Regional Grand Master,
RGLEI, R W Bro. Raja Mukherjee, M W The Grand Master inaugurated the solar
installations at these two villages on Thursday 15th September 2011. The forces
of nature appeared to bless the project by holding off till the completion of
the projects after which torrential rain resulted in M W The Grand Master
missing his flight and landing home at Chennai well into the early hours of this
morning.
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SEPTEMBER
11, 2011
The Jyothirgamaya project came back to the place where it all started – near
Visakhapatnam. On Sunday, September 11, 2011, MW The Grand Master inaugurated
solar installations at four villages in the Araku valley area in severely trying
conditions. The first village, Salmanda, involved a trek of more than three km
through narrow, steep mountainous paths and sheer rock while the others involved
MW The Grand Master’s jeep getting stuck in the midst of a mountain stream,
wading barefoot across a flow of water and going through slush. The turnout of
masons was massive with 55 brethren and nine ladies coming to Araku the previous
night itself to facilitate early commencement and finish of all the projects on
the next day. With these, the total number of projects executed under the
Jyothirgamaya scheme touched 49, one short of the minimum target of 50.
The villages were adopted by four Lodges based at Visakapatnam, who used this
opportunity to carry out other charity projects in these villages like a medical
camp, distribution of rice and foodgrains, donation of notebooks and slates to
children, etc.
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2011
M W The
Grand Master, M W Bro. Capt. Dr. Balaram Biswakumar accompanied by R W The
Regional Grand Master of the Regional Grand Lodge of Southern India and a large
number of masons from the Southern and Western Regions, inaugurated the solar
installations at eight hamlets near Hubli in the State of Karnataka. The
projects were sponsored by Lodge Dharwar No. 54
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AUGUST 26, 2011
The Jyothirgamaya project
moved to the North East with the inauguration of a solar installation by MW The
Grand Master at Amrengkona, a tribal village two hours away from Gauhati on 26th
August 2011.
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AUGUST 25, 2011
MW The Grand Master
inaugurated the solar installations at Patragonda, a tribal village near Ranchi
on 25th August 2011 and also a school for tribal children located in the same
village being run by the Akshara Trust
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JULY 23, 2011
After a wet experience in the West, the Jyothirgamaya project moved South
once again when MW The Grand Master inaugurated the solar installations at
Pallikadu, located near Salem, after a strenuous mountaineering experience
which left one and all completely exhausted. On this occasion, brethren
from Salem contributed more than Rs. 2 Lakhs to the cause of
Jyothirgamaya.
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JULY 19, 2011
MW The Grand Master Capt. Dr. Balaram
Biswakumar, inaugurated the solar installation at Raksha, a village 280 km
from Nagpur, located atop an extension of the Aravali mountain range. In
spite of incessant showers and a slushy approach, more than 50 brethren
including Past Grand Master, MW Bro. D D Udeshi, with their ladies
attended the function. This project was sponsored by the Masonic Ladies
Association of the Regional Grand Lodge of Western India, on whose behalf,
its Chairperson, Heena Udeshi handed over an amount of Rs. 3 Lakhs to the
Grand Lodge of India Fund of Benevolence. In addition, donations of more
than Rs. 1.5 Lakhs were made by the brethren.
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JULY 18, 2011
MW The Grand Master Capt. Dr. Balaram
Biswakumar, inaugurated the solar installation at Regulagandi, a village
five and a half hours away from Hyderabad, in the midst of what is
acknowledged as the hottest region in the country. This is a project of
Lodge Moreland No. 25, Hyderabad. On the previous evening, the generous
brethren of Hyderabad donated an amount of Rs. 6.50 Lakhs to the cause of
Jyothirgamaya.
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MAY 30, 2011
MW The Grand Master inaugurated the solar
installations at the villages of Fhugala and Anganwadi near Nasik in
Maharashtra, these being the largest Jyothirgamaya projects executed thus
far. A total of nearly 170 units were electrified and the facility of light
was extended to more than 1,000 beneficiaries. Both the villages were
projects of Lodge Fulchand Patel No. 163, whose brethren made a donation of
nearly Rs. 5 Lakhs to the GLI Fund of Benevolence later in the evening.
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MAY 26, 2011
The Jyothirgamaya project has now gone to the Eastern Region
with M W The Grand Master inaugurating the first solar installation in this
Region at Kodopur village located 34 km from Varanasi on the banks of the
Ganges on Thursday, 26th May 2011.
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MAY 22, 2011
The Jyothirgamaya portfolio of the GLI
continues to grow with the addition of two more villages in the Southern. On
Sunday, 22nd May 2011, RW Bro. R Sushil Raj inaugurated the solar
installations at Mayre and Karanje situated four hours away from Belgaum
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MAY 8, 2011
The Jyothirgamaya project continues in full swing with the inauguration of solar
power in NALWAS, a hamlet located nearly 200 km from Ahmedabad. In near heatwave
conditions MW The Grand Master, RW The RGM, RGLWI and a host of brethren from
Lodge Fellowship and their families braved the weather and treacherous terrain
to bring light to this village on Sunday, 8th May 2011
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APRIL 24, 2011
The journey from darkness to light
continues with the electrification of two more villages in Maharashtra -
Mangurda and Varpod - located in mountainous terrain about 180 km from Nagpur - 24 April 2011
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MAY 1, 2011
MW The Grand Master inaugurated the solar installation of a village near Alwar
in the Northern Region on Sunday 1st May 2011.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2011
"We are happy to inform you that the first JYOTIRGAMAYA project of the Grand
Lodge of India was inaugurated on February 9, 2011, by MW The Grand Master
at Kapparimjji village near Visakhapatnam."
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