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and ceremonies with the Ancient Charges and the 16.Inner Guard -W.Bro. Harish Kalikar
Constitutions of the Order. 17.Stewards -Bro. Bhushan Alone Bro. Suresh Tidke
And he then proclaimed this LODGE VIDARBHA 18.Tyler (Elected) -Bro. Atul Jain
NO. 470 on the Register of the Grand Lodge of India IO presented the Warrant of the Lodge to the W M R.
to have been regularly constituted and dedicated. W. Bro. Dr. Yagnesh Thakar.
He further Blessed and said that “May the G A O T U R. W. Bro. Govindlal Shahu addressed the
prosper, direct and counsel you in all your Worshipful Master.
proceedings.” Address to the Wardens was delivered by R. W. Bro.
Grand Chaplain offered the Patriachial Benediction Swadesh Kumar Bhargava.
Prayer. R. W. Bro. Mufazzal S. Federal delivered the
The G D O C led the Master designate and the address to the Brethren of the Lodge.
Wardens designate to their places and then directed W. Bro. Vinayak Kewadkar proposed that the draft
the Founder Brethren to resume their seats. Bye-laws of the Lodge as circulated may be taken as
(That concludes the Ceremony of Consecration of read and approved. Bro. Mayuresh Katyayan
the Lodge) seconded. No remarks or any other proposal were
All saluted the MW the Grand Master MW Bro. received. The Bye-laws were passed. Secretary
Rajeev Ramkrishna Khandelwal OSM. signed them and presented to the Worshipful Master
R. W. Bro. Zawareh H. Wadia now assumed charge for his signature, who also signed them.
of the Lodge as the Installing Officer. (IO) Worshipful Master R. W. Bro. Dr. Yagnesh Thakar
IO now Closed the Lodge in the 3rd degree. He addressed the Brethren and thanked them for their
closed the Lodge in the 2nd degree and resumed it in cooperation in today’s Consecration ceremony. He
the 1st degree. also thanked M. W. the Grand Master and his team of
Installation Ceremony officers to have conducted the ceremony in such a
G D O C presented the Worshipful Master Designate glorious manner.
R. W. Bro. Dr. Yagnesh Thakar. The I O then as per Founder Jewels
traditional ceremonies Installed and proclaimed R. All the Founder Members were listed up in the north.
W. Bro. Dr. Yagnesh Thakar as the Worshipful M. W. the Grand Master presented them with the
Master of the Lodge Vidarbha No. 470 on the rolls of Founder Jewels. They all were greeted with
the GLI. R. W. Bro. Dr. Yagnesh Thakar requested W. applause.
Bro. Gajanan V. Deshpande to act as IPM for the R. W. Bro. Muzaffal S. Federal R.W. The Regional
term. Grand Master of the Regional Grand Lodge of
Officers were Invested. Western India addressed the gathering.
WM invested and installed W. Bro. Vinayak M. W. Bro. Rajeev Ramkrishna Khandelwal, OSM,
Kewadkar as SW and Bro. Mayuresh Katyayan as MW the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of India
JW. WM read the names of his other officers. They addressed the gathering. He especially thanked all
all lined up in the north. WM invested them. They all members of his Consecrating team. He thanked all
were seated in their respective places. A common visiting Brethren and congratulated all the Founder
greeting was given. members and wished them the best.
1.Chaplain - W. Bro. Balwant M. Ganu W. Bro. Vinayak Kewadkar proposed that M. W. Bro.
2.Treasurer (Elected) W . Rajeev R. Khandelwal, OSM, MW the Grand Master
Bro. Vinay M. Zade of Grand Lodge of India and R. W. Bro. Mufazzal S.
3.Secretary - V. W. Bro. Vijay P. Kanoria Federal, RW the Regional Grand Master of the
4.DoC -W. Bro. Kshitij Dharmadhikari Regional Grand Lodge of Western India be elected
5.Sword Bearer -W. Bro. Prathmesh Deshpande as Honorary Members of Lodge Vidarbha No. 470.
6.Senior Deacon -Bro. Rahul Trivedi Bro. Mayuresh Katyayan seconded. This proposal
7.Junior Deacon -Bro. Virendra Bhojpanht was carried by applause. M. W. Bro. Rajeev
8.Bearer of VSL -W. Bro. Anil B. BhagadeW. Bro. Asif Khandelwal declined the offer. R. W. Bro. M. S.
Chimthanawala Federal accepted. There being no other matter the
W, Bro. Dr. Surendra Patil Lodge was closed in love, peace and harmony at
W. Bro.Samir Upadhye 8.30 pm. National Anthem was sung.
W. Bro. Mohan Anjikar
12.Assistant Secretary -Bro. Anuj Hamilton
13.Asst D of Ceremonies -W.Bro. Anjan Biswas
14.Almoner -Bro. Tushar Garg
15.Organist -Bro. Anand Ingle

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