The document provides a summary of a virtual tour presentation given by Guru C.V. Gopinath about the trek to Manasarovara and Kailasa mountain range. It describes how the presentation included commentary, audio, and stunning visuals that transported listeners on a hair-raising experience of the trek. The visuals gave viewers a feeling of the path and the magnificence of the mountains from different angles. The presentation concluded with the singing of Rudra and helped listeners feel the aura and existence of God.

1. Issue : 6 Volume : 32 08-08-2012 Pages -4
A Virtual Visit to the Lord ’s Abode
Virtual Visit to the Lord s Abode
F ull House, pin-drop silence,
aura of benevolence, self
actualization and submission
to the almighty marked the evening
of the first day of the August year.
modulated to the context gave the
listeners a real time feeling of the
trek-path. The visuals were
mindboggling and breathtaking. It
some times made us feel how weak
An excellent rendering of stuthis, we are on this Earth but yet brag on
stothras and shlokas with the right our strengths. The most beautiful
mix of commentary marked a great part of the visuals was the serene
audio-visual presentation of the lake of the Gandharvas and Gods –
master, guru C.V.Gopinath on the The Manasasarovara and the awe-
trek of Manasasarovara and Kailasa inspiring mountain, the abode of
mountain range. Lord Shiva – The Kailasa. The
The evening had fairly filling magnificent views of the mountain
fellowship, courtesy Inner wheel from different directions and at
sisters, which prepared us for the different times of day and night
long haul of the trek which were simply a hair rising
ultimately took two hours to experience. At the end it was a
complete. The fellowship marked realization of God's existence and
great attendance of Rotarians thanks his creativity in giving us the human
to Inner Wheel sisters again apart beings a thought process to absorb
from club guests. and enjoy his creation. Guruji
After the protocol with Rtn. concluded his audio-visual treat
Bheemanna being lucky to get full with the rendering of Rudra and the
breath blessings in Sanskrit from Chamaka with his thunderous yet
guruji to mark his birthday, PDC sweet voice.
Chandrika Raghu introduced the As the president, a Shiva-Bhakta
guest with her usual fluency in himself adjourned the meet,
english peppered with the Rotarians hurried with their Anns
achievements of the great man in his homewards with a feeling of
journey of spiritualism. calmness in their minds probably
As guruji took over the leadership of still under the influence of the aura
the virtual trekkers, time seems to of the Great Lord, our creator –GOD
have gone into oblivion. He initially – G e n e r a t o r, O p e r a t o r a n d
explained through visuals the map Destroyer of this ever evolving
and the path to trek to reach the universe.
glorious destination. His voice .....Rtn.Bhanu
L ast week we had asked the Midtown’s brains to come
up with an intresting TOPIC for the debate competition
U
to be held. Come-on people start pondering, ANNS,
THINK where are you? you folks are the best topic choosers, give it
your best shot.
a Topic Hmmm! wondering who is going to walkaway with the prize
for suggesting the topic.

2. THIRD EYE VIEW by sini
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Touchdown confirmed, safe on Mars. The one-ton,
six-wheeled laboratory named Rover, nailed an
Dear friends, intricate and risky touchdown late on Sunday. When I
heard the news I was glad about the success of man
I would like to appreciate the magnanimity of our reaching out. I hope to edit 'AboutUs' special issue
board members to host dinner for the whole club when man sets foot on Mars, pray for me (Ha!).
and would like to thank them for the same.
Rains – they are in excess or short. Schools closed in
Celebrations at the village was truly a colourful, Coorg for 2 days because of rain and good news for
fun-filled family event. It was indeed a memorable Mysore. Noose was tightening around JUSCo, but
day with lot of fun and frolic and thanks to Inner now it can breathe for a while. Even then use water
wheel sisters for their active participation. . justly.
We the board members wish our annets Manu and Huge parts of North India have spent the night and
Sumukh a “Bon Voyage and all the Very Best in much of the morning of July 30, without any
Life”. electricity after a massive power outage. This is the
worst failure of the Northern Grid since 2001. Seven
Friends lets all join our hands and make states including UP, Punjab, Haryana, and all of
“Samartha - 2012” a grand success. Delhi were plunged into darkness. 370 million people
Vishu were affected - that's more than the population of the
THANK YOU MIDTOWN
United States and Canada combined. This was
because the neighbouring States drew more power
than was authorised. People now we know why we
H onouring the young achievers was a touching
gesture from the Club. We whole heartedly
thank the board for sponsoring the event. Our
hearts was filled to see our children being paraded with
garlands and cheers. It was very motivating for the
should conserve energy. So start it at home today.
LONDON Olympics, so far so good. We can see
ourselves on the medals tally. Usain St. Leo Bolt,
made thunderbolt shy by running the fastest race of
children. The felicitations in the backdrop of village his life. Maybe his parents knew that he is going to
ambiance gave it the Midtown touch. The event will beat the thunder and that’s why they named him
remain in our hearts forever. ‘BOLT’.
Harish, Amitha, Narendra & Meera Happy reading, Cheers!!!
Friendship Dayka
ome August and it's time for celebrating
Dhama chef of Hotel Regalis adjudged
C 'FRIENDSHIP DAY' at Inner-wheel club. On Aug
4th, we along with the other Inner-wheel Clubs of
Mysore got together to strengthen this biggest
ship called FRIENDSHIP at Namanakala Mantapa. The
the best dessert which was won
by IW Central Club. We
would be doing a
joint community
programme started with a lively number on friendship by service project of
Annettes Samyukta and Prerana, thus gaining the Rs.2000/- with the
appreciation of all the members present. Innerwheel winning club.
prayer was by PDC Chandrika Raghu followed by Mr.Dayanidhi also chose the
welcome speech by our president Anupama in her own LUCKY LADY of the day. Then
unique way. Then it was fun time with games being the programme was adjourned for
conducted by Chikni Chaitra, lively Mrs. Shantha aunty the mouth watering NIPATT
(Vyjayanthi's mom from IW club of Secundrabad, MASALE & CHURMURI along
District 315) and Vimala Nagaraj. We were also treated to with kesar badam barfi , hot tea
a few old hindi and kannada numbers on friendship by and coffee. Not to forget, our very
some of our Innerwheel friends. Finally it was judgement bubbly Lavanya 'Seeni'
time for the dessert competition. Mr. Dayanidhi, pastry anchored the programme
meticulously. We all left the
venue with fond memories of
the evening and good taste in
our tongue. Friendship is
the best network in the
world and it is proved
time & again with
such wonderful
programmes.
....Prabha Prahlad

3. VILLAGE
Wooo.... what an evening. It was a message conveyed to all and the meaning of
‘Masth Maja Maadi’ derived. The place was colourful and so were the anns and
annets. The hero’s of the evening Sumukh and Manu were cool and calm and
received the whole of Midtown’s blessings. Cake was cut, games were played,
prizes were won, danced to the beat of drums and what not ? People who
couldn’t dance was relaxing under the banyan tree and sipping tea from the
street vendor. Pencil sketches of ‘WANTED’ people were drawn. Somebody was
driving the auto, a medical student was licking the ice gola. Poultry farmers was
at the ladies tailor shop, just sizing up the designs for their chicks. Father and
daughter was riding the doll horse. A guy from our club was in jail. Nobody
cared about the dinner much because fun was unlimited, but ate because we had
to. Had the thrill of having AG and family amongst us. The evening was nothing
but ‘ All Hell Broke Loose’
Visit

4. NEWS in brief
ROTARY
INFORMATION
Dr. Hemalatha, sister-in-law of
Rtn. R.S.Vishwanath donated
Rs. 55,000/- to the Club towards
community service. President
handing over the cheque to the
P akistan is making progress against
polio in the face of challenging,
sometimes tragic circumstances,
including the recent killing of a local
community polio immunization worker
director of community service. and wounding of two others -- a staff
m e m b e r o f t h e Wo r l d H e a l t h
Rtn. Balu, the Organization and an international
opening and consultant -- in Karachi, Sindh. In
n o t - o u t
batsman of addition, leaders in a small region of the
our club held northern part of the country have banned
a awareness polio vaccinations.
programme WHO issued a statement expressing
under the title condolences to the family of the worker
‘Consumer who died, adding, “The partners of the
Protection Act Global Polio Eradication Initiative
& Food Safety Awareness’ at Sarada Vilas Boys & remain committed to supporting the
Girls School on 1st Aug. About 320 students were government of Pakistan and the people of
benefitted by the programme. Dr. Krishnamurthy, Pakistan in their efforts to eradicate this
former scientist of CFTRI co-ordinated and
educated the students. devastating disease.”
Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria are
Our Club sponsored prizes towards cluster sports the only remaining polio-endemic
of middle school held at Ravandur. About 30 countries in the world. The incidence of
schools and 1000 children’s participated. Prizes polio in Pakistan has dropped by more
worth Rs. 5000/- was handed over to the incharge. than 60 percent this year, with 23 cases
reported as of 12 July, compared with 59
Rtn. Raghu was the speaker at Central Club on 1st cases during the same period last year.
August and he spoke on the topic ‘ Membership
Development’.
Midtown
C lown
Meghana Manikam, the B.E. graduate in Electronics & Nobody teaches volcanoes to erupt,
Communications from Vidya Vardhaka Engineering tsunamis to devastate, or hurricanes to
College is all set to land in Stanford University, San sway around.
Francisco, California, USA to do her masters in
Engineering Science & Management. She is the annet of And no one teaches anybody how to
our Rtn. Manikam & Sampoorna. Our president and choose a wife.
members congratulate her and wish her all success in
her educational endeavor. NATURAL DISASTERS JUST HAPPEN.
Wedding
Anniversary 1. Is it the TRUTH ?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned ?
August 11
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS ?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned ?
NEXT WEEK IN MIDTOWN Q uiz Q.: How many members usually
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION comprise a GSE team ?
Venue: RMA, Hootagalli, Mysore a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6 e)7
Date : 15.08.2012, Time : 9 am (Last week’s answer : Silvester Schiele)