Posts Tagged ‘Vepery’

Commoners of Chennai – week 2

Hari, is a parking attendant at Doveton, Near Vepery. He’s been working there for a few years now.
He was very happy to pose for a picture. and was curious if i’m going to publish his face in a newspaper.

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Salvation Army

Its objects are ‘the advancement of the Christian religion… of education, the relief of poverty, and other charitable objects beneficial to society or the community of mankind as a whole.’ … they have adopted the certain soldierly features such as uniforms, flags and ranks to identify, inspire and regulate its endeavours.
Their Chennai operations is one [...]

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I can’t resist

Me can’t resist English ishpellings ….. or is it the SMS english of these days, one wonders.

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At his service

Evangelical Literature Service, Headquartered in Chennai with 13 odd branches across 7 states of India, is into Christian Literature service. Predominantly in English and some in 4 different regional languages. This is part of the CLC International of UK, which is a worldwide literature mission for Christianity.
Seen here is one of their branches near Doveton, [...]

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Sree Narayana Mandiram

Sree Narayana Guru, is to be credited to have changed the entire social fabric of Kerala in his days. Many credit him for the enviable position of Kerala among the other states with regard to the social development.
The temple dedicated for this Guru could be seen near Vepery, at the Narayana Guru Salai (named [...]

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The Young Men ….

The Young Mens Christian Association aka YMCA has quite a few branches in Chennai. Namely at Kilpauk, Royapettah, Vepery, Nandanam & Ashok Nagar. This International Youth Centre, near the Doveton Clock tower, is their latest renovation in Vepery into a well equipped and maintained facility. They boast a gymnasium, swimming pool, well appointed rooms, a [...]

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