Twenty-two Distinguished Tamil Women Receive the KAILASA® Om Awards, on Tamil Heritage Month Celebration

January 29, 2022 commemorated the importance of the ancient enlightened Tamil civilization and the contribution of the Tamil community to the world. This year’s celebration honored Tamil women for their excellence in various fields. Twenty-two (22) women listed below were selected for five distinctive KAILASA® Om awards for their success and contribution to the community and worldwide.

The KAILASA Om awards conferred were:

Devi Annapurneshwari Humanitarian Award

Devi Meenakshi Administration Award

Devi Mariamman Health Science Award

Devi Kamakshi World Peace Award

Devi Saraswati Arts & Culture Award

The program began with the award ceremony and personal greetings from dignitaries to The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (SPH), The Sovereign of the Sovereign State of SHRIKAILASA, Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam. The dignitaries included statesmen, decision-makers and leaders of various communities representing 8 provinces from Canada – Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta, Manitoba, and British Columbia – as well as other countries.

Through the international Nithyananda Live TV, KAILASA ecosystems and Hindus around the globe celebrated this day with pride. Dignitaries and many other viewers worldwide expressed their appreciation for the celebration and the special live address — a breakthrough revelation by The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam on the ancient conscious centric, enlightenment-based Tamil Hindu culture.

Showing His respects, The SPH started by congratulating the recipients of the awards and then conveyed the deeper truths and significance of the Tamil Hindu culture. He revealed Tamil Hindu culture is “conscious centric” and “aligned to the natural law of the— enlightened civilization”. In His own divine words, The SPH explained; “When I say enlightened, absolutely in tune with the cosmos and deeply grounded, connected to nature. The all-powerful, the all-knowing, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, conscious, and intelligent. Whether the way our diet structure (what we eat) is formed, the way we grow our food, the way we dress up, we jewel ourselves, our arts, music, dance, our concepts about life, religion, rituals, spirituality, celebrations, festivals— everything in enlightenment centered. We celebrate our existence as consciousness.”

The SPH revealed that “Tamil culture is all about enlightening human beings” and “it can give great superconscious breakthroughs to human beings.” The Tamil heritage in fact “respects creativity, innovation, exploration, the various possibilities, and powers of the consciousness – whether in the field of medicine, health, longevity, superconscious abilities, possibilities, powers of human beings in every level”.

The SPH explained the deeper significance of the Tamil language and the Sanskrit language which are the most ancient languages to date.

“The method, vibration, the language modulation in which the Tamilians communicated with the vertical time zone beings evolved as Sanskrit. So please understand, Grantha (script), the Sanskrit verbalization, Tamil verbalization- all three are from the source called Thamili. So the language Thamili is not just a language, it’s a culture. Only if you understand the culture of Tamil you will even understand the basic definition of the language Tamil. That is the reason the modern-day even the sincere who are interested in Tamil culture are struggling between the question; Tamil or Sanskrit. Which is older? Which is higher? People use the language to destroy the culture. The most unfortunate thing that happened with the Tamilians is — we allowed the people who don’t understand, to use our language to hurt our culture.”

The award recipients of KAILASA OM Award:

1. Malliha Wilson, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Devi Meenakshi Administration Award
2. Sarika Navanathan, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Devi Kamakshi World Peace Award
3. Dr. Kavishangari Jeyalogaindran, Sri Lanka: Devi Mariamman Health Science Award
4. Dr. Jamuna Krishnaraj, Chennai, India: Devi Saraswati Arts & Culture Award
5. Inthugadevi Ganesh, Sri Lanka: Devi Saraswati Arts & Culture Award
6. Kajaniparatha Sasikumar, Pickering, Ontario, Canada: Devi Meenakshi Administration Award
7. Mrs. Aruleshwary Vethnayangam, Sri Lanka: Devi Saraswati Arts & Culture Award
8. Saji Rani, Sri Lanka: Devi Annapurneshwari Humanitarian Award
9. Nivetha Gnanapragasam, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka: Devi Kamakshi World Peace Award
10. Yadharshana Puthirasigamoney, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka: Devi Meenakshi Administration Award
11. Meena Thavaratnam, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Devi Saraswati Arts & Culture Award
12. Mithuna Thayalan, Batticalo, Sri Lanka: Devi Saraswati Arts & Culture Award
13. S.Devapriya, Sri Lanka: Devi Meenakshi Administration Award
14. Cayathri Divakalala, New Zealand: Devi Kamakshi World Peace Award
15. N.K. Hemalatha, India: Devi Saraswati Arts & Culture Award
16. Dr. Pushkala Badarinarayan MD, India: Devi Mariamman Health Science Award
17. Miss Rajani Nadarajah, Sri Lanka: Devi Saraswati Arts & Culture Award
18. S. Radha Thevar, Chennai, India: Devi Kamakshi World Peace Award
19. Dr. E. Sudha, Chennai, India: Devi Saraswati Arts & Culture Award
20. Indhumathi J.C, India: Devi Kamakshi World Peace Award
21. Dr. Puvanalogini Jeevanathan, Sri Lanka: Devi Mariamman Health Science Award
22. Sivajothy, Sri Lanka: Devi Annapurneshwari Humanitarian Award

Guests of honor who joined the celebration:

1. The Honourable Whitney Issik, Associate Minister of Status of Women, Calgary-Glenmore, Alberta, Canada
2. Her Worship Bonnie Crombie, Mayor of the City of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
3. His Worship Frank Scarpitti, Mayor of the City of Markham, Ontario, Canada
4. Her Worship Kathryn McGarry, Mayor of the City of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
5. His Worship Mike Hurley, Mayor of the City of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
6. His Worship Shaun Collier, Mayor of the City of Ajax , Ontario, Canada
7. His Worship Bob Young, Mayor of the City of Leduc, Alberta, Canada
8. His Worship Craig Copeland, Mayor of the City of Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
9. His Worship Patrick Brown, Mayor of the City of Brampton, Ontario, Canada
10. Councillor Deidre Newman (on behalf of Mayor Don Mitchell), City of Whitby, Ontario, Canada
11. Councillor Paul Ainslie, Scarborough-Guildwood Ward, Ontario, Canada
12. Father Adrian Martens, Reverend, Diocese of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
13. Councillor Markus Chambers, Acting Deputy Mayor of the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
14. The Honourable Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament, Lac-Saint-Louis, Quebec, Canada
15. MPP Aris Babikian, Scarborough-Agincourt, Ontario, Canada
16. Regional Councillor Steve Yamada, City of Whitby, Ontario, Canada
17. Councillor Maleeha Shahid, City of Whitby, Ontario, Canada
18. Councillor JoAnne Drumm, City of Whitby, Ontario, Canada
19. Councillor Rob Tyler-Morin, Town of Ajax, Ontario, Canada
20. Councillor Lisa Bower, Town of Ajax, Ontario, Canada

Dignitaries who gave greetings:

1. The Honourable Pam Parsons, Minister Responsible for Women and Gender Equality, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
2. His Worship Stéphane Boyer, Mayor of the City of Laval, Quebec & Ms. Aline Dib, Associate member for the executive committee responsible for intercultural affairs, City of Laval, Quebec, Canada
3. His Worship Mike Savage, Mayor of the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
4. His Worship Ed Holder, Mayor of the City of London, Ontario, Canada
5. Ms. Caroline Codsi, Founder of Women in Governance, ICD. D., City of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
6. The Honourable Rochelle Squires, Minister Responsible for Status of Women, Manitoba, Canada

Dignitaries who gave letters of greetings:

1. The Honourable Jason Kenney, Premier of Alberta, Canada
2. The Honourable Pierrette Ringuette, Senator, New Brunswick, Canada
3. His Worship Adrian Foster, Mayor, Municipality of Clarington, Ontario, Canada
4. The Honourable Maurizio Bevilacqua, P.C., Mayor, City of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
5. His Worship Jim Watson, Mayor, City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
6. His Worship Ken Johnston, Mayor, City of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
7. His Worship Amarjeet Sohi, Mayor, City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
8. His Worship Cam Guthrie, Mayor, City of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
9. His Worship Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor, City of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Watch the award ceremony and discourse by the SPH at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DinOBLbigV8&t=23398s

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Paramashivoham