{"id":8,"date":"2023-06-17T12:11:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T12:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2023-11-02T06:01:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T06:01:42","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f448cb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f448cb\" 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-b3d376a\" data-id=\"b3d376a\" 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\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-33d5ca5e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33d5ca5e\" 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-4c64adcb\" data-id=\"4c64adcb\" 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-9858057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9858057\" 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=\"1650\" height=\"1248\" src=\"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/last.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2381\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/last.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/last-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/last-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/last-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/last-1536x1162.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/last-1200x908.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/>\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-78e7ab33\" data-id=\"78e7ab33\" 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-5ea31891 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"5ea31891\" 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\"><h2 class=\"elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Us\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Welcome to Andhra Balananda Sangham (ABS)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to Andhra Balananda Sangham, fondly referred to by many as Balanandam.<\/p>\n<p>Balanandam is the first children's organization for Telugu speaking children founded by Sri. Nyayapathi Raghava Rao and Smt. Nyayapathi Kameswari, popularly known as \"Annayya\" and \"Akkayya\".<\/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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1e47f1 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-button\" data-id=\"f1e47f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\t\t<div class=\"ekit-btn-wraper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a  class=\"elementskit-btn  whitespace--normal\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        <\/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-10526be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10526be\" 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-5db4174\" data-id=\"5db4174\" 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-986a111 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"986a111\" 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><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They were amongst the first people to recognize that children who develop their talent in different cultural fields and in a stress free atmosphere grow up to be more responsible and successful citizens. Their theory proved to be correct when we see the number of people successful in their chosen fields, who were groomed by them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-align: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.015em; color: #000000;\">Sri. N. Raghava Rao along with his wife Smt.N. Kameswari are well known for developing childrens personality through fine arts. Scores of people were encouraged by them and have made their mark in various fields.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-align: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.015em; color: #000000;\">Both Annayya and Akkayya were honoured, not only by many associations throughout the state, but also the Government of Andhra Pradesh for their pioneering work.<\/span><\/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-0bd7250 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bd7250\" 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<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Our Mission<\/span><\/h4><div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The main objective of Balanandam is to encourage all children irrespective of their religion, caste or financial status to develop their talent in a stress free atmosphere.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is a well known fact that the children these days are more exposed to adult themes in the media. Many works of Annayya and Akkayya and also of other writers of children\u2019s books are lying in boxes waiting to see the light. The children need such literature available to them. Many songs written for them are lying unutilized. They need to be recorded and should be heard by children. There is so much theatrical talent in children, which needs a platform. Unadulterated children\u2019s entertainment should be encouraged so that they will learn the right values and grow up to be good citizens.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Andhra Balananda Sangham is committed to encourage the usage of Telugu amongst Telugu speaking children. It was the dream of Annayya and Akkayya that children should respect and learn to speak their mother tongue. Keeping their ideals intact, all the activities are conducted in Telugu at Balanandam even today.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The member ship fee, which started as One rupee per annum in 1940 has become Rs.100 as Life membership. They cease to be child members when they attain 15yrs of age.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00ad<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-492c25e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"492c25e\" 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<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline-block; width: 540px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.27px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #fcfcfc; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Inter var', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/div><h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: none; font-size: 30px; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; font-feature-settings: 'lnum'; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #fcfcfc; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s; color: #330099; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px 0px 0px; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Our Regular Activities<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Apart from organising various events every year,we offer many coaching classes in different art forms every day. They are as follows:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.015em; color: #000000;\"><b>Bharatanatyam<\/b> classes are run <b>thrice a week<\/b>. Trained dance teacher conducts these classes right from basics to arangaetram level. These children participate in many programmes and their ballets are well appreciated. The senior student&#8217;s group were invited to participate in different dance festivals held in other states like Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and in different districts of Telangana.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Carnatic<\/b> music classes are run <b>twice a week<\/b>. This is purely teaching classical music for children who are interested to learn the traditional way.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We conduct<b> Drawing <\/b>and <b>Painting<\/b> classes twice a week. These children participate in different art exhibitions and competitions. Also we hold art exhibitions and exhibit art work of our students. Many well known artists are invited to interact with these children.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Balanandam Choir<\/b>:\u00a0 Light Music is very popular and children really enjoy learning. We identify talented children and make them a part of Choir . This group meets on every Sunday for two hours to learn songs in light music genre. This group has become very popular and well appreciated by the public. They are also invited to participate in programmes organised by other organisations in different auditoriums and events. Also they are taught techniques in singing in recording studios.every year they record a few songs and a ballet with orchestra in professional studio. These songs are performed on stage during Balanandam events held yearly in reputed Auditoriums.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Summer Camp<\/b>:\u00a0 In summer we also run Summer Camp for a month. Children learn Group dances, Light Music, Drama, Mime, Drawing and Painting. We celebrate events like Gurupuja, Batukamma festival vinayaka chavithi and Rama Navami Bhavan, bhogipallu during Sankranthi.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Theatre festival competitions<\/b>:\u00a0 We conduct Theatre festival competitions every year from November to January for all children. The competitions are held in our &#8221; Balanandam Bhavan&#8221; Mini Auditorium. All children are welcome to participate in any competition they like. The events are different genres of music and dance and also in some more disciplines like fancy dress, telugu padyaalu, drawing and painting etc. Trophies and certificates are given to winners on our anniversary day which is a big event. All competitions are held only in TELUGU.<\/span><\/p><div><div>\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div><div>\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-432b504 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"432b504\" 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-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-15e499c\" data-id=\"15e499c\" 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-3314d0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3314d0c\" 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<div style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.27px;\"><div><div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div><\/div><p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This organization has no financial support from any Government institution. It is running purely with the assistance of the kind hearted public. It is a non profit organization established solely with a view to make childhood an enjoyable phase.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #0e0d0d;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">BALANANDAM IS OPEN TO ALL CHILDREN WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING FINE ARTS<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"color: #0e0d0d; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: -0.27px;\"><p dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\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-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f88950f\" data-id=\"f88950f\" 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-b38988b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b38988b\" 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\/10\/balanandanam.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1870\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/balanandanam.jpg 500w, https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/balanandanam-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\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-d9c68c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9c68c7\" 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-d3a223d\" data-id=\"d3a223d\" 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-cd050ab elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cd050ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/balanandam.co.in\/?page_id=1375\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us Welcome to Andhra Balananda Sangham (ABS) Welcome to Andhra Balananda Sangham, fondly referred to by many as Balanandam. 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