This write up is meant for those who could not participate in this year's Sensational Reunion due to their own unavoidable personal reasons.
Ramji, Kadir ,Thukkaram,Param and Baby had decided on a choicest,lovely location, called Vaal Parai ( வால் பாறை )
A few of the enthusiastic participants, such as,Nanda flew from Bombay, Ramji drove all the way from Trivandrum to the destinaton by Road , K.S.Chami ,Ramki , Mani and P.V.Vaidya from Coimbatore, Swamy and V.Lakshminararayanan flew from USA , Shan, Param, Kadir , Baby,Thukkaram, Damu etc. travelled from Chennai , Ananth, Kannan, Krishnamurthy of Tata Power and Zahoor flew from Bangalore , ( அடியேன் தாசன் , வாகையழகன் , அதாவது , ஜெயராமன் ) that is self and my only better half, Gowri RAILED from Bangalore........... and a sum total of whopping 32 vibrant youngsters of average age of 70 years reached the Great Mount Resort at Pollachi to celebrate the fantastic fun of being with each other's valuable company on their 53rd year after leaving their Almamater !
At the reception counter , we all were given a warm welcome not only by Resort Receptionist but also by our ever loving Kadir and Thukkaram with cool welcome drinks.
After occupying our respective lovely cottages in the midst of Splendid Mother Nature and after refreshing ourselves, we assembled in an Amphi Theater, wherein, our dear Thukkaram invited all of us to occupy our seats and briefed us about our three days sojourn and after a while, we all stood in silence for two minutes, paying homage to the departed souls of our GE-64 ites , Prof.Rajaram and Works Director, Ashok Leyland, Shri Audimoolam.
Later on , we all once again reassembled in warm dining hall and had tasty meal with varieties of items as Buffet Dinner.
Day -1 comprised of forest visit and Day-2 was comprising of visit to Tea Estates , Dam sites, such as Thunikkadavu, Parambukkulam Aaliyar Dam , Balaji Temple in the midst of Lovely Tea Estates. We also saw elephant training center and a surprise Lunch Offer by Parry Estates Manager with extra ordinary warmth and affection, courtesy , Plantation Ramachandran's amazing intimacy with such Royal Dynasties. Ramji took us for a two hour tour of Coffee Plantations and Coffee Seed Processing Plant which was really highly educative for all of us.
The whole group wants to record here our deep indebtedness with profound gratitude to Ramji,Kadir, Thukkaram and Baby , because of whom we all had a wonderful three and a half day most memorable sojourn at Pollachi.
Ramki and Kannan enthralled us while having spiritual discussions on the evenings of Day-2 and Day-3.
On the whole it was one of the most memorable three and a half days in our lives .
Enroute back to Coimbatore, self and Kannan had a Divine Darshan of Eechanari Ganapathy Temple nearer to the main city, which was yet another heartening experience.
I was personally moved by seeing and observing Zahoor's sincerety in his leading a highly disciplined way of his life ,for doing his routine prayers and Namaaz very regularly.
We all were honoured and were given a highest respect by Mount Resort choosing , our dear Kadir to Hoist the National Flag , on the Republic Day,which we all felt as though that our own Almamater is given its due status as it is the oldest Engineering College in India , being honoured.
Tentatively, it was decided to have three days trip for GE-64 Group to Goa for 2019, 26th Jan.
P.S :- For all the other sensational photographs , please see GE-64 whats app group messages.
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