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Lodges Under Jurisdiction

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Lodge Name
No.
City
 W.Master
Secretary
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BANGALORE
15
BANGALORE      
SOUTHERN CROSS
24
OORGAUM,KGF      
UNITED SERVICES
58
BANGALORE      
GIBBS
86
BANGALORE      
STAR OF THE SOUTH
101
BANGALORE      
THIRUNAL
179
BANGALORE      
SAINIK
196
BANGALORE      
PROFESSIONALS
268
BANGALORE      
SANJEEVINI
300
BANGALORE      
SAATVIK
370
BANGALORE      
 
Activity Reports - 2011
February March April May June July August September October November December
REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2011
NAME OF THE LODGE WORKING DURING THE MONTH CHARITY OTHER ACTIVITIES
     
LODGE BANGALORE NO.15

Long Term Service

Jewels Presentation

Jyothirgamaya Project  donation 

W. Bro D.K. Vasudev Rs. 15,000
Bro. K Subramani Rs. 10,008
Bro. S Kongovi    Rs. 25,000
W. Bro P G Kulkarni  Rs. 5,000
R.W. Bro Shantaram  Rs. 25,000
Tara Old Age Home contribution
Bro K Subramani Rs. 3,501
W. Bro L Radhakrishna  Rs. 3,500
Bro. Raunak sudhakar
Bro MS Ravi Rs. 3,500
Freemasons Hospital Donation
Bro K Subramani Rs 25,000 

MW the Grand Master Presented Long Term Service Jewels to the following Brethren in the Presence of R.W the Regional Grand Master
W. Bro. D.K. Vasudev 50 Yrs
R.W. Bro V G Joshi 40 Yrs
Bro K Subramani 25 Yrs
Bro S Kongovi 25 Yrs
W. Bro. P G Kulkarni 25 Yrs
W. Bro D K Ravi 25 Yrs
W Bro BSC Rao 25 yrs
the Meeting was attended by
over 110 Brethren.
LODGE SOUTHERN CROSS NO. 24 Bro Uday Ravishankar and Bro Arjun Nayak, Passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft.    
LODGE UNITED SERVICES NO. 58 Bro Madhu Arvind and Bro. Rakesh Ravinder Nair, were Initiated into freemasonry    
LODGE GIBBS NO. 86 Bro Dr Sudhakar and Bro BLK Rajan raised to the sublime Degree of Master Mason Rs. 15,000 - towards Jyothirgamaya Project Rs. 5,000 towards Kirana Trust Rs. 1,000 towards ongoing charity per month  
LODGE STAR OF THE SOUTH NO. 101 Bro N V Sriranga Sai and Bro Dr Girish Narayan were raised to the sublime Degree of Master Mason    
LODGE TIRUNAL NO. 179 Passing Ceremony conducted - Bro Vikram Balakrishna and Bro. Raghupathi Sarangan    
LODGE SAINIK NO.196 Bro. Dhananjay Vidypathi Joshi was initiated into Freemasonry. W. Bro. Sreevatsa became a rejoining member    
LODGE PROFESSIONALS NO 268 No Working - Bye Laws Read - Bro. TR Venkateswaran became a joing Member of the lodge from Lodge Accountants Chennai    
LODGE SANJEEVANI NO. 300    
LODGE SAATVIK NO 370 Bro Ankit Sharma and Bro Kartick Ganapathy were Inititated into Freemasonry    
OTHER EVENTS
MW The Grand Master and RW Regional Grand Master visited the Old Age Home run by the Bangalore freemasons' Society on 23rd April 2011 and  a  luncheon Meeting was organised  with the Residents of the Old Age Home.  Both the MW GM  and RW RGM made individual donations  to the Old Age Home.
A meeting of the Masters and Secretaries of all Lodges in the Bangalore Area with R.W. Regional Grand Master was held on 23rd April 2011
A meeting of the Maters and Secretaries of all Lodges in the Bangalore Area with the ARGM was held on 30th April 2011  for the  kicking off the Ritual Working competition.

 

The Schedule for the Ritual working competition has been finalized as follows:-
Lodge Bangalore No.15                   14th June 2011
Lodge Southern Cross No. 24          18th June 2011
Lodge United Services No. 58         22nd June 2011
Lodge GibbsNo. 86                         19th May 2011
Lodge Star of the South No.101         4th June 2011
Lodge Tirunal No. 179                      21st May 2011
Lodge Sainik No. 196                       13th June 2011
Lodge Professionals No. 268             11th May 2011
Lodge Sanjeevani No. 300               Not confirmed yet
Lodge Saatvik No. 370                     16th May 2011

 
 
REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2011
Sl No.  NAME OF THE LODGE WORKING DURING THE MONTH CHARITY OTHER ACTIVITIES
     
1 LODGE BANGALORE NO.15 Bro. Harshvardhan Kodandram was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason Jyothirgamaya Project  donation                                   Rs. 15,000                                        Rs. 2,500/- to Student HemanthKumar towards fees                  Rs. 2,500/- Student Sushmitha towards fees                                      Rs.3,500/- towards Nursery School sponsorhsip- Salary to Teacher  
     
     
2 LODGE SOUTHERN CROSS NO. 24 Bro Mukunda Madehalli Venugopal was passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft initiated in Lodge United Services No. 58 Bangalore A Cataract Eye Operation for Mr. Guru Aged 78 Years was sponsored by the members of the lodge at BEML Medical Centre  
     
     
3 LODGE UNITED SERVICES NO. 58 Past Masters' Nite -Bro Madhu Arvind was Passed to the degree of Fellow Craft Rs. 4,500/- for a Wheel chair to be presented on the occasion of Universal Brotherhood day.                   W. Bro. PC Dhananjeya,  W. Bro. Sudhakar Reddy and Bro Anil Kumar also contributed Rs. 4,500/- each towards the Wheel chair donation Bro Mukunda Madehalli Venugopal was passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft in Lodge Southern Cross Oorgaum KGF on 21st May 2011
     
     
4 LODGE GIBBS NO. 86 Ritual Working Competition 1st Stage. - Bro Dr M.S. Dinakar was Initiated into Freemasonry Rs. 4,500 - towards Wheel chair on the occasion of Universal Bortherhood day.                                                       Rs. 500/- towards Freemasons' children clinic and Rs. 500/- to Ms. Swarnlatha as part of the monthly charity programme.  
     
     
5 LODGE STAR OF THE SOUTH NO. 101 Bro Raghuram Nambiar was passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft Rs. 4,500/- towards the Cost of One wheel chair to be donated on the occasion of Universal Brotherhood Day Memorial Service  for Late W. Bro S. Raju who passed away on 3rd april 2011 was held on 7th May 2011 when the ARGM was present as also the Members of the Late W. Bro S. Raju's family.
     
     
6 LODGE TIRUNAL NO. 179 Ritual Working Competition 1st Stage. - Bro Madhusudhan Rao was Raised to the Degree of Master Mason Rs. 4,500/- for a Wheel chair to be presented on the occasion of Universal Brotherhood day.                   W. Bro. D.V. Ramanaprasad, W. Bro. V.s. Gunashekar also contributed Rs. 4,500/- each towards the Wheel chair donation                Rs. 10,500/- towards TARA Old Age home                                              Rs. 10,000 towards Educational Assistance                                                   Rs. 2,000 towards Health Care.  
     
     
7 LODGE SAINIK NO.196 Bro. Dhananjay Vidypathi Joshi  and Bro Sandeep Menon were Passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft. The Lodge is continuing its support to the Sparsha Project involving providing food and shelter to the children of displaced migrant workers.   Besides providing regular rations, 250 note books and pencils were handed over  
     
       
8 LODGE PROFESSIONALS NO 268 Ritual Working Competition 1st Stage- Bro. Sreedhar Nagaraja Adiga was Raised to the sublime Degree of a Master Mason    
     
     
9 LODGE SANJEEVANI NO. 300    
     
     
10 LODGE SAATVIK NO 370 Ritual Working competition 1st Stage -Bro Rathnam Subramaniam was Inititated into Freemasonry   Bro Anil Srivatsa became a Joining Member of  the Lodge from a Lodge  in the United States.
OTHER EVENTS
1 A meeting of the Maters and Secretaries of all Lodges in the Bangalore Area with the ARGM was held on 31st Mayl 2011  for Discussing the arrangements for the Universal Brotherhood Day Celebrations.
2 A meeting of the Master Masons of all Lodges in the Bangalore Area with R.W. Regional Grand Master was held on 24th May 2011.
3 The ARGM attended the Memorial Service for Late W. Bro S Raju on 7th May 2011 cinducted by Lodge Star of the South No.101
4 The ARGM attended the Past Masters Nite  of Lodge United Services No.58 on 25th May 2011 when R.W. Bro. C V Jagannathan took the Eastern Chair.
5 The Schedule of Ritual working competition completed during May 2011:-
Lodge GibbsNo. 86                        19th May 2011             - Intitiation
Lodge Tirunal No. 179                     21st May 2011             - Raising
Lodge Professionals No. 268            11th May 2011           - Raising
Lodge Saatvik No. 370                    16th May 2011            - Initiation