Ikebana and us

  Annual Exhibition 2025 All the members eagerly look forward to displaying their creativity at the Annual Exhibition. The process of planning and executing is always very exciting. This year our annual exhibition entitled “Ikebana And Us” was held from March 27 to March 31 at Lalit Kala Academi. The venue was prepared and the arrangements were made by the enthusiastic members  the day before the exhibition was inaugurated.  The exhibition was inaugurated on March 27 by the Japanese Consul-General Takahashi Moneo who was accompanied by his wife Ms. Takahashi Mitsu gracefully draped in a saree.  Nancy Secrest, the national secretary of the American section of the Theosophical Society was present too. The other distinguished guests were Maria Artamma, Mr and Mrs. M.R. Ranganathan, Mr. And Mrs. C. Sriram, Mr. Gopinath, Mrs. And Mr. Sivan Kumar  and Mr. Yogesh.  The guests were introduced by Sensei Chitra Thiagarajan. Vote of thanks was delivered by Sensei Moll...

Our April meeting was held on the 5 Th of April 2025 at ABK with 14 members in attendance. Our Chairperson Mrs Malathi Pandurang introduced Mrs Sujata Saravanan , consultant and therapist at Krishnamachari Yoga Mandiram to speak to us on Health and Physical fitness in Mindful wellness. Mrs Sujata Saravanan stressed on the benefits of meditation in our lives. After the meeting some of our members got together at a restaurant for a happy meal. Five of our members including our Chairperson attended the Ikebana internationa convention in Kyoto. Our members Mrs Molly Cherian, Mrs Bhuvana Sivashankaran and Mrs Chelvi Gopinath attended a workshop  at the Sogetsu  HQ in Tokyo.