Major Annual Events for the Club

  • ‘Tamil New Year’ which falls around the 14th of April.
  • ‘Deepavali Festival’ which is one of the most important festival for Hindus falls in the middle of November will be celebrated in a large scale with dance, comedy and fun activities with multicultural focus. Invite to other communities’ members for learning about our culture.
  • Christmas and New Year 2020 will be celebrated in a large scale with several   fun events. The members of various community will be encouraging to participate at the event. We also wish to invite Lord Mayor, Melton city council Cr. Bob Turner and his wife as a chief guest and from Melton city council Mr. Darren Cunningham, Positive Ageing Officer as a guest.
  • Thai Pongal is celebrated on the first day of the month Thai of the Tamil calendar. The day normally falls between 12th and 15th of the month of January in the Christian calendar. Thus, Thai is the first month of the Tamil Calendar, and Pongal is a dish of sweet mixture of rice, moong dal, sugar and milk.Thai Pongal is a thanksgiving ceremony in which the farmers celebrate this event to thank the heavenly Gods like Indra for the timely rains, the Sun and the farm animals for their contribution in providing a rich harvest. The rest of the community joins in celebrating this festival to show their gratitude and solidarity with the farmers in producing food for all.

Tamil Tirukkural added to Melton/Caroline Springs Libraries

Tamil Tirukkural at Deer Park Library
Tamil Tirukkural have been added to Melton and Caroline Springs Libraries Collection

The Tirukkural (Tamil: திருக்குறள், literally Sacred Verses), or shortly the Kural, is a classic Tamil text consisting of 1,330 couplets or Kurals, dealing with the everyday virtues of an individual.[1][2] It is one of the two oldest works now extant in Tamil literature in their entirety, the other being the Tolkappiyam.[3] Considered one of the greatest works ever written on ethics and morality, chiefly secular ethics, it is known for its universality and non-denominational nature.[4] It was authored by Valluvar, also known in full as Thiruvalluvar.

Traditionally praised as “the Universal Veda” and “the Universal Code of Conduct,”[6][7][8] the Kural emphasizes on the vital principles of non-violence, moral vegetarianism or veganism,[a] human brotherhood, absence of desires, path of righteousness and truth, and so forth, besides covering a wide range of subjects such as moral codes of rulers, friendship, agriculture, knowledge and wisdom, sobriety, love, and domestic life.[4] The work is commonly quoted in vegetarian conferences, both in India and abroad.[9] Considered as chef d’oeuvre of both Indian and world literature,[10] the Kural is one of the most important works in the Tamil language and is often called the masterpiece of Tamil Literature, both in its philosophical and literary caliber.[3]