"DOOT" centenary celbrations, 23rd Jan Sun, 2011 Anand, India

 The celebration started with a "Samaiyu" in the traditional Gujarati manner through the Gamdi village road to the St Xavier's School campus at 1.30 pm with four Dharmadhyksho of Gujarat and a large group of people who attended the function.

After the Paramyagna the entertainment and felicitation of some of those innumerable people who served the publication of Doot started at 4.30 pm.

There were wonderful dances by groups from different parts of Gujarat.

A DVD on Mother Teresa

A DVD on Mother Teresa with two chapters.

1. Prepared at the beatification of Mother Teresa with her own words in English and short translation of the points in Gujarati.

2. Prepared for the 100th Birth Anniversary of Mother Teresa. This was shown at Petlad, Ahmedabad and Vadodara for the Birth day celebrations. The dances prepared by Jyothi and Elisa of Nadiad depicts Mother Teresa's service for the poorest of the poor. The subtitles in English makes these dances understandable for those who do not follow Gujarati.

Mother Teresa - 100th birth Aniversary celebration Amdavad-5th Sept

The Celebrations were in the  grand new hall on the top of St Xavier's College, Ahmedbabd,India. A large audience attended the function.

The final item was a colorful multimedia programme. Dancers from Nadiad performed wonderfully well in pure Indian dances depicting the activities and messages of Mother Teresa. Jyoti and Elisa did the choreography and direction. Sachin Desai prepared the movie at Gurjarvani studios for the same presentation . Ashok vaghela coordinated the  presentations which were shown in Petald on 29th Aug 2010 and today in Ahmadabad.

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Devasia M

The Lady who took the role of MT at Petlad and Amdavad