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God's Grace — The Big Work — Roof Concrete — Finished
India’s 65th Independence Day was celebrated on 15th August at 8:00 AM in the new school site. Swami Shantananda Puri was the Chief Guest with some of his devotees in the celebration and unfurling of the National Flag. Swamiji spoke about the responsibilities of the children and blessed them. Swamiji handed over the prizes to the last year X Standard students who got I Rank, II Rank and III Rank in the Government Public Examination. Students March Fast and cultural programs took place in the celebration. It ended with National Anthem and distribution of sweets. With the God’s Grace the roof concrete was finished. The first part was done on 17th August and the second part was done on 20th August. Two groups were engaged in the laying of concrete. Two mixing machines and two lifts were operated each day. In total, 75 men and women worked in the two groups each day. They worked from morning 9:00 to evening 7:00. A special lunch was arranged for all the people in these two days.
Roof concrete is the biggest work in the building construction, because more people are involved in this work, such as steel fitters and centering workers; the concrete mixtures required sand suppliers, water suppliers, blue metal suppliers and cements suppliers and so on. With the God’s Grace, the concrete roof was finished in two days. All was made possible only by obtaining private loans. Now funds are needed to clear the loans. May Arunachala bless you all! With Love,
Steel Structural Framework in Progress
Heartfelt Greetings! Children are happily watching the progress of the new school building and they are very eager to get accommodation in the new classrooms. Three fourths of the centering work has finished. Steel Structural Frame work also has started from the last Friday onwards. Beams steel structural frame work is going on. After this work, roof steel fittings will be done. This will take another one more week. Roof concrete will be done after finishing all these works. 15 tons of steel rods have been bought. But, still it is not enough. Another two or three tons of steel rods are required. Also, all of the work is being accomplished by obtaining loans from private persons. Om Namo Ramana. Yours,
More News Progress on New School, Books and Uniforms Distributed, July 2011 Progress on New School Construction, June-July 2011 New School Foundation Completed, May 2011 Work Progresses on New School Building; Visitors Welcomed, February 2011 News and Stories from 2010 Mr. Tabuchi Visits from Japan, December 2010 Vijayadhasamy Festival Celebrated, October 2010 International Peace Day Celebrated, September 2010 National Independence Day Celebrated, August 2010 Birthdays Celebrated, July 2010 Good Luck and Prosperity, April 2010 February Was a Month of Visitors, February 2010 Republic Day Celebration, January 2010 News and Stories from 2009 Visit from the Japan Ramana Association, September 2009 A Prayer for World Peace and a Day Caring for the Environment, September 2009 Independence Day Celebrated, August 2009 Educational Development Day, July 2009 Ramana Competition, Symposium, Special Visitors, January-February 2009 New School Update, Republic Day Celebrated, January 2009 More News and Stories from 2008 Two Volunteers Teach Students English, December 2008 Children's Day Celebrated, November 2008 Environmental Awareness and Tree Saplings Planting Take Place at New School Site, October 2008 New School Construction Update, October 2008 Japanese Visitors, School Construction Updates, August & September 2008 Independence Day Celebrated at New School Site, August 2008 School Construction Update, August 2008 Educational Development Day, July 2008 New School Needs Your Help, June 2008 Republic Day Celebration, January 2008 More News and Stories from 2007 Get Together Event, December 2007 Bhagavan’s Jayanthi Celebrated and Visit From School Supporters, December 2007 Diwali Celebrated, October 2007 Vinayaka Chadhuthi, September 2007 World Population Day, Teachers' Day Celebrated, September 2007 Independence Day Celebrated, August 2007 New School Contstruction Update, June 2007 Construction Begins on New School Facilities, April 2007 Jayanthi and Republic Day Celebrated, January 2007 More News and Stories from 2006 New School Fundraising, December 2006, and A. Prabahakaran Birthday Celebration, December 2006 Children's Day, November 2006 and Global Community Day, November 2006 Prize Winning in the Ramanar Competition, November 2006 19th Year Inaugural Day & Vijayadhasami Puja, October 2006 School Reopens, June 2006 (also visit the Urgent Needs page for additional information on the new school site, needs, and how your donation can make a difference.) X Standard Public Examination and OWCF Volunteers Teaching, February 2006 More News and Stories from 2005 Sri Ramana Jayanthi Celebration (December 2005) Planting Field Trip (December 2005) Children's Day (November 2005) Additional News and Stories from 2005
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Namaste,
19 tons of steel, 970 bags of cements, 20 loads of sand and 20 loads of blue metals (stone chips) were used. Apart from the two groups, 6 masons and three men did the laying of concrete. Three women supplied water from the new tank by water pump machine. Bore well water was not sufficient, so three tanks of water were bought. 
Namaste,
