Dubai: The Ganiga Samaja UAE organized a spectacular celebration for its 9th anniversary on Friday 24th April 2015 at Fortune Grand Hotel Bur Dubai. Over a 100 Ganiga’s were present from various parts of UAE for the event.
Raghavendra Ganiga started the program by inviting the Ganiga Samaja UAE Founder, President and Vice President onto the dais. The day started off with a devotional song sung by Geeta Radhakrishna Shetty, Veena Suresh, Chethna Sumanth, Aarthi Harish Shetty and Mamtha Shetty followed by “lighting of the lamp” by the President and the Managing Committee members.
Inaugurating the function – President Suresh Ganiga, Satheesh Venkatramana (founder), Dayananada Rao (Vice President), Arun Ganiga (Vice President) welcomed all the guests, members and their families to the function. The President and the committee members honored prominent members of others associations who were the guests for the day.
Shashidar Nagaraj from the community and his family members was welcomed him with flower bouquets after he was briefly introduced to the gathering as a philanthropist who runs free kannada classes for children at JSS school , Dubai . Raghavendra Ganiga welcomed all the dignitaries and Mrs. Geetha Radha Krishna Shetty introduced the Dignitaries to the gathering.
A drawing competition was held for kids based on their age categories. All kids of the Samaja participated with keen enthusiasm. The competition was conducted under the supervision of Mrs. Nisha Sachin, Mrs. Divya Prasanna, Mrs. Chethna and Mrs. Anusha Raghavendra. The winners were chosen by Mrs. Mamtha Satheesh.
A scrumptious lunch for all ensued, following which the crowd was entertained with some memorable performances and activities. Dance numbers started with Niriksha , Rithika, Manya, Tanisha, Diya which left a smile on everyone’s face and an energetic dance performance by SPM Group (Sachin, Prasanna, Manoj) in a fusion mix of hindi and kannada film songs kept everyone swaying, clapping and longing to see more.
Songs were also sung by Dinesh and Mrs. Swathi Prasanth and they literally involved the gathering in their music, as they swayed to the melodies rendered by them. The children (Dishitha, Cheethu, Chirag and Kushal) were no less, singing with innocence which brought inner peace to all. Another remarkable performance was by Pavan Charanlal as he sang and played the Guitar with verve and skill.
All the winners were awarded with prizes and certificates along with Chilly Willy gift hamper and all the participants were appreciated for their participation, with participation certificates which would give them and encouraging platform to perform much better every year.
Games were held for kids and couples and they enjoyed their moments in the sun to the fullest!.
Sohan Brahmavar DJ’d effectively, and Pradeep, Manoj, Harish, Ms. Nathasha & Ms. Niriksha took care of the photography.
Self introductory speeches were given by new and old members of samaja who attended the function this year.
The program concluded with a lucky dip for all members. Mrs.Anusha Raghavendra won a 32”inch Samsung LED TV and a Samsung Mobile phone went to Subhash Salian.
Raghavendra delivered the vote of thanks which was followed by Satheesh Venkataramana and by the President Suresh Ganiga thanking each and every one for attending the get together and making it memorable and hoping for the same support in the coming years.
A new committee took over the reigns at the Annual meeting as follows:
