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The Main Hall and Cellar portions are about 80% ready and our offices have been operating from this Building since July 2011. All doors, windows are in position, granite flooring of the Main Hall and the cellar (including a kitchenette, wash room and toilet) is completed. Electrical wiring of the entire building is over, with lights and fans ready to be fitted. Water supply and plumbing works are ready to be commissioned as soon as permission is granted by the local authorities. Staircase room and steps right from Cellar to the present roof of the building have also been granite- paved and ready for use. A recent photo taken at the time of the 22^nd Annual General Body Meeting in June 2011 should give you an idea of the progress we have been talking of.

But then what is holding us up from 100% completion of the Building? Funds, funds and funds, that is all! There is a serious shortage of incoming funds and work can go on only in bits and pieces, so to speak! And that is where you, as our site-visitor, please help us by donating generously!

The annual Ashadha Lakshmi Puja was held on the new Bhavana premises on the 17^th of July, 2009. Organised by our Mahila Vibhaga and ably assisted by Sri K.G.Bharathy, the Puja attracted a large number of Members and their families (about 75 in all). A few photos are also put up here.

The 20^th Annual Day Celebration was coupled with the release of the Souvenir brought out to commemorate 20 years' service to the community in general. The function was held on 5^th July in our own premises, the BADAGANADU BHAVANA, where the roof of the first floor hall had been completed and the scaffolding removed just in time. The walls, windows and doors were still missing but that did not deter our Members from attending the function in record numbers (about 175!!). Of course, a beautiful shamiana and other stage decorations gave the building a festive look as you can see from the few photos elsewhere. It was naturally followed by a gala lunch in the cellar hall which was appreciated by one and all.

As we have been updating you in our Badaganadu Bhavana building project section, we achieved the first major success in that the cellar/basement of our building was completed (nearly 75%) and we could hold our 19^th Annual General Body Meeting there and feed the 120-odd Members who participated with a traditional Plantain-leaf, Obbattu lunch! Work on the Ground Floor has now been taken up and we are hopeful of its completion by March 2009.

As you can see from the accompanying photos, the roof of the cellar portion has been cast and after a 3week-long period of curing, facilitated by intermittent rains, the centering has also been removed. Next thing is to build the walls for the cellar and we have a "roof on our heads"! Whether or not we will be able to build the main hall above the cellar, we are determined to have the next Annual General Body Meeting in our own premises - tentatively, on the 9^th November 2008!

The Bhavana Building work has made some progress as you can see from the attached photos.