{"id":764,"date":"2023-07-08T14:04:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T14:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/?page_id=764"},"modified":"2023-10-28T06:29:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T06:29:43","slug":"the-centenary-celebrations-of-smt-nyaypathi-kameswari-akkayya-february-2008-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/?page_id=764","title":{"rendered":"The Centenary Celebrations of Smt. Nyaypathi Kameswari (Akkayya)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"764\" class=\"elementor elementor-764\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbcb7fa elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbcb7fa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0233dcb\" data-id=\"0233dcb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b345e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b345e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/story_3_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-685\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/story_3_1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/story_3_1-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-549bf3a\" data-id=\"549bf3a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e8921f elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"2e8921f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-text_left\"><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">The Centenary Celebrations of Smt. Nyaypathi Kameswari (Akkayya) (February 2008 - December 2008)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The\u00a0centenary celebrations were launched with fanfare in February, 2008 at a big function. The centenary Logo was inaugurated.<\/p>\n<p>Balanandam organised \u201cAnanda bazaar\u201d a fun filled event with sports and food stalls.<\/p>\n<p>An orphanage called Aadarana was supported by providing food material to nearly 90 children every month for the whole year. The children were main contributors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-91e220c elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"91e220c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ef5ae2\" data-id=\"5ef5ae2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04d1e19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04d1e19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>A story writing competition was held at State Level in Telugu for children aged below 15 years. 19 best stories were selected and published in a book form titled \u201cBala Katha Mala\u201d. The winners were awarded certificates and mementos during the concluding event. The notable factor here, was the winners were mostly from remote villages in all districts of Andhra Pradesh studying in Telugu medium and government schools.<\/p><p>A CD\u00a0named \u201cBala Geyalu\u201d was released, with songs written for children, by Radio Annayya Sri. Nyayapathi Raghava Rao. The songs were sung by the children aged between 8 -13 years.<\/p><p>A book with stories for children, written by Akkayya\u00a0was published, titled \u201cBalanandam volume 2 &#8220;Akkayya kathalu&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ae61f0\" data-id=\"7ae61f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2e7fe0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c2e7fe0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/story_4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-767\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/story_4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/story_4-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-668e64e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"668e64e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d39864\" data-id=\"3d39864\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e199bc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e199bc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A two day workshop for children was held in \u201chow to illustrate stories\u201d with the help of eminent artists. Nearly 100 children participated from the twin cities. The most talented 14 children were selected and they illustrated stories in both the books i.e. Bala Katha Mala and Akkayya Kathalu. These children were awarded certificates and mementos during the concluding event.<\/p><p>A special issue (souvenir) about Akkayya was published with articles about her achievements and life written by many well known personalities.<\/p><p>Akkayya\u2019s centenary was also celebrated in Melbourne, Australia. A cultural programme by children of Melbourne was organized. The children performed musical plays and other dramas written by Akkayya and Annayya. The elders recalled their association with them and Balananda Sangham.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a96e711 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a96e711\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Concluding Event<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01d4501 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01d4501\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The concluding event was held at Ravindra Bharathi on 24th December 2008. Many ex child members not only from twin cities, districts, and other states but also from USA and Australia\u00a0have specially made efforts to attend and participate in the function.<\/p><p>On this occasion Balanandam Sangham released the following:<\/p><ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\"><li>Silver coin commemorating the occasion<\/li><li>Release of the book \u201cBala Katha Mala\u201d stories written and illustrated by children.<\/li><li>Release of \u201cBalanandam volume -2\u00a0Akkayya kathalu\u201d stories written by Akkayya for children and illustrated by children.<\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: -0.015em;\">Release of CD \u201cBala Geyalu\u201d a musical album of children\u2019s songs written by Annayya and sung by children.<\/span><\/li><li>Release of special centenary 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Nyaypathi Kameswari (Akkayya) (February 2008 &#8211; December 2008) The\u00a0centenary celebrations were launched with fanfare in February, 2008 at a big function. The centenary Logo was inaugurated. Balanandam organised \u201cAnanda bazaar\u201d a fun filled event with sports and food stalls. An orphanage called Aadarana was supported by providing food material to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/764"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2377,"href":"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/764\/revisions\/2377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}