After years of toil and hard work, the Sai Mandir at Julepalle was finally inaugurated on the 2nd of June 2010. On this occasion, a bust sized idol of Late Sri Donepudi Lakshminarayana was also inaugurated by his younger brother Sri Donepudi Venkayya on 1st June. A remembrance meeting was held on this occasion where the speakers spoke about the qualities of Sri Lakshminarayana.
Sri Ramana Prasthanamu, a book written by Sri Donepudi Venkayya was released by Sri Donepudi Subrahmanya Sastry, the president of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Trust. Along with this book ‘Sri Devi Ashwadhati’, a book written by Sri Mellacheruvu Bhanuprasad was also re-released after its reprint. The programme went on as per the following schedule. The programme was anchored by Sri C.L.Giridhar.
• Invitation of dignitaries on the dais (Sri Donepudi Venkayya, Sri C.S.S.S.Prasad, Sri M. Bhanuprasad Rao, Sri D.V.S.Sastry)
• Invocation song by Sri D.Varalakshmi
• Inaugural address by Sri D.V.S.Sastry giving brief of the activities of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Trust
• Inauguration of the bust sized idol of Sri Donepudi Lakshminarayana by Sri Donepudi Venkayya
• Address by Sri Donepudi Venkayya
• Address by Sri Donepudi Sri Ramamurthy
• Address by Sri C.S.S.S.Prasad
• Address by Sri M.Bhanuprasad Rao
• Address by Smt Kanthamma
• Address by Sri DBK Murthy
• Address by Sri D.R.Sarma outlining the contents of ‘Smrithi Patham’, a book containing reminisces of various people about Sri Donepudi Lakshminarayana.
• Release of ‘Ramana Prasthanamu’ by Sri D.V.S.Sastry
• Release of ‘Devi Ashwadhati’ by Sri. C.S.S.S.Prasad
• Address by Sri Markandeya Sharma outlining the contents of ‘Ramana Prasthanamu’
• Address by Sri D.Naresh Babu outlining the contents of ‘Devi Ashwadhati’
• Vote of thanks by Sri Donepudi Narasayya
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