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2nd Floor construction commenced

2019: AS promised in the 27th anniversary meeting the executive has taken up the second floor construction work. Second Floor construction work is progressing at brisk pace. Members are requested to donate generously to the PWA for executing the work. Members who have announced donations in the past are requested to handover their contributions at the earliest and participate in this Mahayagnam.

1992: Get together of Padmashali Community was held at Keesara. It was a big gathering of about 200 community brethren. Sri Addgatla Prabhakar and Sri Vanam Shankaraiah graced as Chief Guests. First meeting of the ECIL Area Padmashali Welfare Association was held at Srinivasa Nagar Colony in the residence of Sri Duduka Dasharath. Eighteen members attended the meeting. Five member ad-hoc committee Sarva Sri Chalamala Satyanarayana (President) , Nalla Somaiah (Secretary), Vanam Satyanarayana (Treasurer), Sunkara Prakash (Vice-President), Duduka Dasharath (Joint Secretary) .

1993: First General Body Meeting was held on 20th May, 1993 at Sri M.P.Dass residence. Chief Guest: Sri G. Ram Murthy. Second Annual meeting was held in Karthika Masam on 07-11-1993. Ad-hoc committee which was formed in 1992 continued. Sri Konda Laxman Bapuji was Chief Guest. Sri Komuraiah was guest of honour. Members used to host Sanghams monthly meetings. Later Founder Chairman Sri Pulipati Swami offered a room in his house in Kamala Nagar for setting up Sangham Office.

  • Get together - Chief Guest Sri Konda Laxman Bapuji
  • Office set up at Founder Chairman Sri Pulipati Swami's house

1994: Third Annual meet was held on 25th December, 1994. Sangham Executive Sarva Sri M.P. Das (President), Duduka Dasharath (Secretary), Madatha Ramdas (Treasurer) and Six others. With the active cooperation of Sangham Members a residential plot, 800 square yards, for SANGHAM was bought. Many members also purchased residential plots near it. That area was named as Markandeya Nagar. Since our Padmashali Welfare Association was already registered under Regd. No. 4320/92, a board stating this land belongs to Padmashali Welfare Association was fixed at the site on 16-07-1995. Get together program for the year was held at Mango Groove (Mamidi Thota), Kapra.

1995: Fourth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 1995. Executive was consisted of Sri Duduka Dasharath (President), Sri Sunkari Prakash (Secretary), Sri Vanam Satyanarayana (Treasurer) and six others.

1996: Fifth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 1996. Executive consisted of Sri Chiliveru Paramesha (President), Sri Chalamala Satyanarayana (Secretary), Sri B. Sambasiva Rao (Treasurer) and six others. As a convention get together was held in sanghams own land in Markandeya Nagar. Guests of honour for the function were Sarva Sri Rapolu Chandrakanth, Sangisetty Ravi Kumar, Koorapati Laxminarayana, Sangisetty Ramulu, Ganji Shankar Rao and Prof. Dr. M. Komuraiah. Sports and games were conducted for the children of members and prizes were distributed to winners.

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1997: Sixth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 1997. Executive consisted of Sri Duduka Dasharath (President), Sri Chiliveru Paramesh (Secretary), Sri Vanam Satyanarayana (Treasurer) and six others. As a convention get together was held in sanghams own land in Markandeya Nagar. Guests of honour for the function were Sarva Sri Vanam Sudarshan, Sangisetty Ramulu, Sangisetty Srinivas, Sripathi Kalicharan, and Vaddepalli Krishna.

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1998: Seventh Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 1998. Executive who was formed in 1997 continued. As a convention get together was held in sanghams own land in Markandeya Nagar. Guests of honour for the function were Sarva Sri Nomula Swamy, Vanam Sudarshan, K.Rangaiah, Dr. Padma Yellappa, K.Buggappa, Koorapati Laxminarayana and M. Srinivas.

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1999: Eighth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 1999. New Executive was formed for two years 1999-2001. Sri G. Rajeshwar Rao, President; Sri Madatha Ramdas, Secretary; Sri C. Surya Chandra, Treasurer and Six others were in the Executive. As a convention get together was held in sanghams own land in Markandeya Nagar. Guests of honour for the function were Sarva Sri Chiliveru Prahlada, Guttikonda Pandu, Lakum Bikshapathi, Cherupalli Venugopal and Seeram Satyanarayana.

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2000: Ninth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2000. Executive who was formed in 1999 continued. As a convention get together was held in sanghams own land in Markandeya Nagar. Guests of honour for the function were Sri Puli Veeranna, Honble Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Sarva Sri Jella Markandeyulu, Capt. Srinivas and Gorantala Balaramulu.

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2001: Tenth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2001. New Executive was formed for two years 2001-2003. Sri Sunkara Prakash, President; Sri Chatla Poshetti, Secretary, Sri Jella Laxmaiah, Treasurer and Six others were in the Executive. As a convention get together was held in sanghams own land in Markandeya Nagar. Guests of honour for the function were Sarva Sri Dr. Ravva Srihari, S. Vaddenna, Bhoga Pullaiah, Seeram Satyanarayana, Ale Laxman and Yeligeti Narsaiah.

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2002: Eleventh Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2002. Executive formed in 2001 continued. As a convention get together was held in sanghams own land in Markandeya Nagar. Guests of honour for the function were Smt. Gundu Sudha Rani, TTD Member, Sarva Sri Anumalla Shankaraiah, ACP; Vannala Sree Ramulu, Ex-MLA; Chiliveru Gangadhar , Excise Superintendent; Tatikonda Venkata Rajaiah, Asst. Professor; M. Ravi Prakash, Principal and Dontula Narsing Rao.

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2003: Twelfth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2003. Executive formed in 2003 continued for 3 years 2003-2006. Sri Tatipamula Prabhakar, President; Sri Duduka Dashrath, Secretary; Sri Nakka Gangadhar, Treasurer and Six others were in the Executive. For the first time general body chose founder Sri Pulipati Swamy as Chairman of the Sangham. As a convention get together was held in sanghams own land in Markandeya Nagar. Guests of honour for the function were Distinguished Guest : Sri Ale Narendra, M.P., Chief Guest: Sri Dontula Narsinga Rao; Special Guests: Sarva Sri Seeram Satyanarayana, Katakam Venkata Rao and Maateti Mallikarjun.

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2004: Thirteenth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2004. Executive formed in 2003 continued. As a convention get together was held in sanghams own land in Markandeya Nagar. Many programs were held during the year.

2005: Fourteenth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2005. Executive formed in 2003 continued. During the year Ground Floor was inaugurated on 01-05-2006. As a convention get together was held in Sanghams own premises in Markandeya Nagar. Chief Guest for the function was Sri Dontula Narsing Rao; Hon. Guest Sri Gurram Bala Narsimha; Sarva Sri Tatikonda Pattabhi, Jella Mallaiah, Peramala Chetty Chandra Sekhar and Pendyala Nagabhooshanam were guests for the function.

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2006: Fifteenth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2006. Executive was formed for two years 2006-2008. Sri Madatha Ramdas, President; Sri Aligeti Shankar, Secretary; Sri Nakka Gangadhar, Treasurer and nine others were in the Executive. Sri Pulipati Swamy was chosen as Chairman. As a convention get together was held in sanghams own building in Markandeya Nagar. Chief Guest for the function was Sri Dontula Narsing Rao; Hon. Guest Sri Gurram Bala Narsimha; Sarva Sri G. Ram Murthy, Bodnala Srihari, Tatikonda Pattabhi and Kadiyala Laxminarayana.

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2007: Sixteenth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2007. Executive was formed in 2006 continued. As a convention get together was held in Sangham building at Markandeya Nagar. Chief Guest for the function was Acharya Dr. Ravva Srihari. Guests of honour were Sarva Sri Chanda Somaiah, Dr. Komuraiah, Vadnala Chandra Sekhar, Madatha Narayana Das, Dontula Narsing Rao, Gurram Bala Narasimha and Tatikonda Pattabhi.

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2008: Seventeenth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2008. Executive was formed for three years 2008-2011. Sri Darna Mallaiah, President; Sri Duduka Dasharath, Secretary; Sri Nakka Gangadhar, Treasurer and nine others were in the Executive. Sri Pulipati Swamy was unanimous as Chairman. As a convention get together was held in sanghams building in Markandeya Nagar. Chief Guest of the function was Sri Machha Sudhakar; Guests of honour were Sarva Sri Dontula Narsing Rao, Gurram Bala Narsimha, Tatikonda Pattabhi, Seeram Satyanarayana, Jella Mallaiah and Vangari Mohan Rao. Special Guest of the function was Sri Chagalla Narendranath. Sarva Sri Goverdhana Ramakrishna Kumar , Sangisetty Ramulu , Kandagatla Swamy and Goshika Yadagiri were guests for the function.

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2009: Eighteenth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2009. Executive was formed in 2008 continued. Sangham Chairman Sri Pulipati Swamy passed away on 30-12-2009. Date of Birth: 30-12-1929. During the year First Floor was inaugurated on 01-05-2010. Chief Guest of the function was Sri Chagalla Narendranath. Guests of Honour were Sarva Sri Dontula Narsing Rao, Tatikonda Pattabhi, Jella Mallaiah, Gurram Bala Narasimha, Tumma Madhava Rao, Goshika Yadagiri, Seeram Satyanarayana and Kandagatla Swamy.

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2010: Nineteenth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2010. Executive who was formed in 2008 continued. Annual get together was held at Sanghams Markandeya Bhavan. Chief Guest of the function was Sri Dontula Narsinga Rao. Guests of honor were Sarva Sri Gurram Bal Narasimha, Tatikonda Pattabhi, Jella Mallaiah, Goshika Yadagiri, Tumma Madhava Rao, Seeram Satyanarayana, Macha Sudhakar and Kandagatla Swamy.

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2011: Twentieth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2011. Executive was Sri M.P. Das (President), Swargam Sammaiah (Secretary), C. Surya Chandra (Treasurer) and Six others. Three Directors including two Female members were elected. To increase ladies participation and representation in the Sangham activities for the first time this year two women were included in the committee as directors. Chief Guest of the function was Sri Dontula Narsinga Rao. Guests of honor were Sarva Sri Gurram Bal Narasimha, Tatikonda Pattabhi, Jella Mallaiah, Goshika Yadagiri, Tumma Madhava Rao, Seeram Satyanarayana, Macha Sudhakar and Kandagatla Swamy.

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2012: Twenty First Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2012 at Markandeya Bhavan. Executive who was elected in 2011 continued. Chief Guest of the function was Sri Dontula Narsinga Rao. Guests of honor were Sarva Sri Goshika Yadagiri, Kandagatla Swamy, Guttikonda Pandu, Gurram Bal Narsimha, Tatikonda Pattabhi, T.Venkatesh, Dr. Seeram Satyanarayana , Jella Mallaiah, Dharna Mallaiah, Tumma Madhava Rao, Smt. Arishanapalli Sujatha and Smt. Vanam Dushyanthala.

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2013: 22 nd annual meeting of the Sangham was held in theMarkandeya Bhavan Premises. Scores of members attendedthe meeting and participated actively. Executive committee ;Sri Tatipamula Prabhakar, President; Sri Chiliveru Paramesh,Secretary; Sri Vanam Satyanarayana, Treasurer and Sixothers. Three Directors including two female members werepart of the executive. For the first time advisors wereelected by the executive. Advisors were: Sarva Sri SeeramSatyanarayan, Jella Mallaiah, Chalamalla SatyanaryanDuduka Dasharath and Madatha Ramdas. Chief Guest of theannual meeting was Sri Dontula Narsinga Rao, Distinguishedguest was Padmasri Gajam Anjaiah, and Guests of honor forthe function were Sarva Sri Kandagatla Swamy, Gurram BalNarasimha, Tatikonda Pattabhi, Vaddepally Narayana,Kondabathini Venkataiah, Diddi Omprakash and GanjiChandra Shekar.

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2014: Continuing tradition to conduct annual meeting on Christmas Day the 23rd annual meeting was held on 25-12-2014 at Markandeya Bhavan. The executive who was elected in 2013 continued. As part of annual meeting games and sports for children and families of the members were held. Children also performed dances. Tambola and lucky dip were the main attraction of the function. Many children who qualified with flying colors were awarded meritorious awards. Chief Guest of the function was Sri Donatella Narsing Rao. Honorary Guest was Sri Matati Sachidanandam. Guests of honor were Sarva Sri Kandagatla Swamy, Gurram Bal Narasimha, Tatikonda Pattabhi, Vaddepally Narayana, Gadipally Bhaskar, Vadlakonda Sunil Kumar, Seeram Jagga Rao, Tumma Madhava Rao and Chiliveru Yadagiri.

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2015: Twenty fourth annual meeting of the Sangham was held on 25-12-2015 at Markandeya Bhavan. Executive for the period 2015-17 was elected; Sri Nara Janardhan, President; Sri Ravirala Muthyalu, Secretary; Sri Rama Ramdev, Treasurer and Nine others. As part of annual meeting games and sports for members families were conducted. Cultural Programs and other events were held. Tambola and lucky dip were the special attraction during annual meet. Chief Guest of the function was Sri Dontula Narsinga Rao; Distinguished guest was Sri Cheripally Yadagiri , Guests of honor were Sarva Sri Gurram Bal Narasimha, Baisa Devadas, Tatikonda Pattabhi, Seeram Jagga Rao, Vaddepally Narayana , Tumma Madhava Rao, Goshika Yadagiri, Komati Satyanarayana and Kandagatla Swamy.

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Activities during Silver Jubilee Year 2016: Many activities were taken up during 2015-17. Executive who were elected for year Sri Nara Janardhan(President), Sri Ravirala Muthyalu (Secretary), Sri Rama Ramdev (Treasurer) and Six others. Threedirectors were also elected. This was Silver Jubilee Year for Sangham, one of the major activities takenup during this period was publication of directory, consisting details of 400 members and their families.Pending development works of the sangham building like plastering and re flooring of ground floor,toilets renovations, laying of granite steps, fixing of wash basins in the temporary dining hall were takenup. Apart from that green belt program of State Government Haritha Haaram was taken up withenthusiasm. This being the silver jubilee year the then executive decided to felicitate all members whoactively involved in the development of association during 1992-2017, who include members whoworked in various committees, advisors etc. For the first time in the history of association multi-colorcalendar was printed in silver jubilee year and genealogical tree photos were distributed to all members.

Chief Guest of the get together function was Sri B.S. Ramulu. Distinguished guest were Smt. GunduSudha Rani and Sri Chinta Prabhakar. Guests of Honor were Sarva Sri Gadipalli Bhaskar, DontulaNarsinga Rao, Baisa Devadas, Gurram Bal Narasimha, Tatikonda Pattabhi, Tumma Madhava Rao, SeeramJagga Rao, Vaddepally Narayana, Myadam Babu Rao, Sayini Amrutham, Kandagatla Swamy and Smt.Vanam Dushyanthala.

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2017: Twenty Sixth Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2017 at Markandeya Bhavan, Markandeya Nagar. Executive Sri Darna Mallaiah (President), Sri Duruka Dasharath (Secretary), Sri Vanam Manikyam and Six Others. Three Directors including two Female members were elected. Variety Cultural Program and games were conducted for couples and ladies. Chief guest of the function was Sri B.S. Ramulu. Distinguished guest were Sri Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar, Smt. Gundu Sudha Rani and Sri Gadipally Bhaskar. Guests of Honour were Sarva Sri Dontula Narsinga Rao, Tatikonda Pattabhi, Gurram Bal Narasimha, Vaddepally Narayana, Chintakindi Satyamurthy,Vengala Madhusudan, Seethanjaneyulu, Dr. Guddeti Mohan, Miriyala Prabhakar,Myadam Babu Rao, Sayini Amrutham and Smt. Shanti Saijen Shekar .

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2018: Twenty Seventh Annual meeting was held on 25th December, 2018 at Markandeya Bhavan. Executive who was elected in 2017 continued. Women Directors in the present body conducted Variety Cultural Program and games for couples and ladies. Sangham also organized free medical camp in the Markandeya Bhavan premises, wherein eye , dental and blood pressure, sugar tests were conducted. For the first time multi color invitations were printed this year. Chief Guest of the function was Sri Dontula Narsinga Rao. Distinguished guests Sarva Sri Tatikonda Pattabhi, Gurram Bal Narsimha, Tumma Madhava Rao, Kodam Satyanarayana ,Gadipalli Bhaskar, Vengala Madhusudan. Guests of honor were Sarva Sri Chintakindi Satyamurthy, Vaddepalli Narayana, Dr. Guddeti Mohan and Vengala Damodhar.

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