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“வெள்ள ோட்டம்” விழோ மலர் February 18, 2018

CANCER INSTITUTE FOUNDATION

Cancer Institute Foundation

is proud to invite you to the

historic Tamil play

“veLLOttam”. The proceeds

from this show will be used to

fund the operational

expenses of Cancer Screening

Center in Thiruvannamali.

As you know Cancer Institute Foundation has

embarked on a project to set up Cancer

Screening Centers in every district of Tamil

Nadu. In the initial phase, centers will be

established in Pudukkottai, Thiruvannamali and

Namakkal. In subsequent phases we will cover

the rest of the districts of Tamil Nadu.

Pudukkottai old General Hospital

We are glad to inform that we have secured land

and building in all three locations –

Pudukkottai, Thiruvannamali & Namakkal. We

are also glad to inform you that we have fully

funded the operational cost of running the

Pudukkottai center.

Building in Pudukkottai old GH

In Pudukkottai we have secured a separate

building in the old General Hospital. The entire

building has been allocated to the use of Cancer

Screening Center.

In Thiruvannamali we have secured a few rooms

in the Medical College Hospital.

Thiruvannamali Medical College Hospital

We request you to donate generously for this

cause. Screening and early detection of cancer

saves lives!

Here is the state of cancer in India.

▪ One million new cases per year

▪ Two people diagnosed every minute

with cancer

▪ Second most common cause of death

after cardiovascular disease

▪ Six percent of all deaths caused by

cancer

▪ One woman dies of cervical cancer every

eight minutes

▪ More women die of cervical cancer in

India than in any other country

Early detection of cancer saves lives!

▪ Vaccines, tests for HPV virus & pre-

cancerous lesions are available

▪ Breast, cervical, oral & colorectal

cancers detected early can be cured

We want to take this opportunity to thank all our

volunteers, sponsors, donors and their families.

We cannot achieve these milestones without

your continued support.

We want to thank Bay Area Tamil Manram and

Bharati Tamil Sangam for supporting this

project from the beginning.

Our special thanks to cast and crew of Abirami

Fine Arts for working tirelessly to bring this play

to us. Out of passion for this art form and being

staunch supporters of CIF, actors have spent

their own money in making the colorful

costumes you are going to see today! You can be

rest assured that 100% of your donations will go

directly to this project.

We thank you once again for being here this

afternoon. Now sit back, relax and enjoy!

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“வெள்ள ோட்டம்” விழோ மலர் February 18, 2018

CANCER INSTITUTE FOUNDATION

“veLLOttam” Cast & Crew (in alphabetical order)

Agas Somasundaram

Mookkan & Nakkirar

Ananthakrishnan

Kulasekara Valluvar

Bagirathi Seshappan

Direction & Script

Bharathi Ram

Vasuki

Ganapathy

Kapilar

Girija Mohan

Pookkari

Guna Pathakkam

Manimaran

Hema Kannan

Dance Coordinator

Isha Srikanth

Mallika

Kanchana Murali

Chera Rani

Karpagam Ramki Lighthing Manager

Kumaraguru

Poovazuthi

Latha Sundar

Manipallava Rani

Murali Jambu

Cheraman

Nalayini Avvaiyaar

Nithyavathi

Prop Manager

Pankaj Murali

Pandiya Rani

Ramesh Sathiyam

Maran Pandiyan

Sankar Natarajan

Gonvidu

Sharanya

Chitra

Siva Raja

Ukkira Peruvazuthi

Sridharan Minor

Music & Asst. Director

Srikanth Ragavendra

Valluvar

Sriraman Sabesan

Pandian Neduncheziyan

Sriranjani Mohan

Thenmozhi

Suganthi Alagumalai

Shenbagam/Chennamma

Sundar Natarajan

Muthu & Paranar

Venu Subramanian

Asst Director & Stage Mgr

Viji Sriraman

Costume Manager

Visalakshi Muthu

Poovizhi

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CANCER INSTITUTE FOUNDATION

“veLLOttam” Synopsis

The Pandiya dynasty was an ancient Tamil

dynasty, one of the three Tamil dynasties. The

early Pandiyas ruled parts of Southern India

from at least 4th century BCE. They ruled their

country Pandya Nadu from Madurai. The

Pandiya empire was home to temples including

Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, among

others.

This play focuses on the Pandiya King

Nedunchezhiyan, who is considered the greatest

of all the early Pandiya kings. It is said that a

coalition of his neighbors including the Cheras,

Cholas and five other kingdoms, met him at a

pitched battle in Talaialanganam, in present-

day Tanjore district. Nedunchezhiyan emerged

victorious in the battle and came to be known as

Talaialanganathu Seruvendra Pandiyan.

The play depicts the foiled plot on the life of

Nedunchezhiyan’s son, Ukkira Peruvazhudi, the

weddings of his son, Ukkirap Peruvaludi, his

foster son Poovazuthi, and Nedumara Valluvar

(who later becomes Thiruvalluvar in later years).

The play starts on the first day of Chitthirai

Thiruvizha (festival) in Madurai Meenakshi

Amman Temple and end on the last day of

Chitthirai Thiruvizha 51 years later.

Due to 50 years of famine in Tamil Nadu, the

Tamil Sangam was dispersed. The play also

depicts the resurrection of Tamil Sangams.

These were assemblies of Tamil scholars and

poets that, according to traditional Tamil

accounts, occurred in the remote past. Legend

has it that the third assembly of the Sangam was

held in the present-day city of Madurai. Poetry,

music and dancing were popular among the

people of the Sangam age. They were experts in

folk songs and folk dances. The arts of music and

dancing were highly developed.

The play ends with the release of the one of the

legendary works, Thirukkural to the world.

The play is staged by Abirami Fine Arts and is

completely produced and presented by local

talents in the Bay Area.

Mahathi & Srihari Muthu Kids of Ukkiran & Poovizhi

Back row: Advaitha Agastheeswaran, Dheekshana Surya,

Harshini Jayakumar, Nila Danday Front row: Janani Shankar, Asmita Mogan

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