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N A L G R
I G O AND LODGE
The Ashlar E R Vol. XV Issue II

Consecration and Installation of Lodge Vidarbha No. 470
The Consecration and Installation meeting clapped to welcome the Consecrating Officer,
held on Saturday, 14th Sepember 2019 M.W.Bro. Rajeev Ramkrishna Khandelwal, OSM
at Hotel Tuli International, Sadar, Nagpur accompanied by his team of Consecrating Officers.
Members present Consecrating Officer after occupying the Eastern
1.R.W.Bro. Dr. Yagnesh Thakar Chair appointed the Protem Officers as per their
2.V.W.Bro. Vijay P. Kanoria offices as below.
3.W.Bro. Gajanan V. Deshpande R.W.Bro. Mufazzal S. Federal as I P M
4.W.Bro. Vinayak V. Kewadkar R.W.Bro. Zawareh H. Wadia as I O
5.W.Bro. Anil B. Bhagade R.W.Bro. Swadesh K. Bhargava as S W
6.W.Bro. Vinay B. Zade R.W.Bro. Vishwanathan Ganeshan asJ W
7.W.Bro. Kshitij Dharmadhikari R.W.Bro. T. N. Manoharan as Chaplain
8.W.Bro. Prathmesh Deshpande R.W,Bro. Vishal Bakshi as Secretary
9.W.Bro. Balwant M. Ganu R.W.Bro. Dinesh Adlakha as D O C
10.W.Bro. Asif Chimthanawala R.W.Bro. Rajan Sekri as Swd Br
11.W.Bro. Anjan Biswas V.W.Bro. Tarun Shrtivastava as S D
12.W.Bro. Harish Kalikar R.W.Bro. S. Krishnan as J D
13.W.Bro. Norris Hamilton W.Bro. R. Shiva shankaran as A D O C
14.W.Bro. Ravindra Karpate W.Bro. Madan Mohan Lal as St Br
15.W.Bro. Sanjeev Kekatpure W.Bro. Shantanu Deshmukh as St Br
16.W.Bro. Dr. Madhukar Bhotmange W.Bro. Rohit Arora as I G
17.W.Bro. Sudhakar Mhasatkar W.Bro. M Senthil Kumaras Tyler
18.W.Bro. Prashant Padhye The casual Lodge was opened by the Grand Master.
19.W.Bro. Sanjay Payal Consecrating Officer opened the Lodge in the 2nd
20.W.Bro. Shyamal Hajare degree and raised it to the 3rd degree. The G D O C
21.Bro. Mayuresh Katyayan then called upon the Brethren to salute the
22.Bro. Rahul Trivedi Consecrating Officer.
23.Bro. Virendra Bhojpant The CONSECRATION Ceremony
24.Bro. Anuj Hamilton Consecrating Officer addressed the Brethren
25.Bro. Tushar Garg informing the purpose of the gathering and called
26.Bro. Anand Ingle upon the G Chaplain for a prayer. Grand Chaplain
27.Bro. Bhushan Alone recited a Prayer. After an announcement by the G D
28.Bro. Suresh Tidke O C the Consecrating Officer instructed Brethren
29.Bro. Atul Jain who have signed the petition to stand in the body of
30.Bro. Aditya Varangaonkar the Lodge. G D O C arranged the petitioners to stand
31.Bro. Sanjay Sahu in the East, the Master designate in front, with S W
32.W.Bro. Samir Upadhye designate on his right and J W designate on his left
33.W.Bro. Dr. Surendra Patil and the others formed behind all facing East. He
34.W.Bro. Mohan Anjikar showed the Warrant to the C O and handed it over to
35.Bro. Col. Vipin Vaidya the Grand Secretary, who read it.
Visitors present Petitioners then duly approved the officers named in
1.W.Bro. Tusshar Varangaonkar,Lodge Berar No. 28 the warrant to preside over them. C O then
2.W.Bro. Tarun Mehra,Lodge Trimurty No. 294 proceeded to constitute these Brethren into a
3.V.W.Bro. Mehernosh Patel, regular Lodge, and to consecrate it in accordance
4.W.Bro. Rahul Goenka with the ancient usages and customs. The
5.W.Bro. Koustabh Gosavi, Lodge Karveer No. 469 petitioners resumed their seats.
6.W.Bro. Sundeep Kumar Jalan,Lodge Chetan The Grand Chaplain delivered an Oration on the
Shela No. 198 nature and purpose of our institution. Grand
7.W.Bro. Avinash Sahasrabuddhe Chaplain offered the Dedication Prayer – First Part.
8.R.W.Bro. Sarosh Dordi After this the Consecrating Officer offered the
MW the Gm and His team of Officers. The acting Invocation Prayer and the Lodge Boards were
G.D.O.C of the Grand Lodge of India knocked on the uncovered.
door of the Lodge at 5 pm. Brethren stood and Consecrating Officer placed himself in the East of

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