Sachin Tendulkar at Mugappair Velammal School

Date: 17th January, 2014 Time: 10.00am

Venue:

Velammal Matric. Hr. Sec. School

T.S.Krishna Nagar, Mugappair Chennai- 600 037

Velammal in its usual typical way organized the felicitation ceremony of the Legendary Batsman – Sachin Tendulkar.

Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali received a ground gala welcome by more than 15000 students of Velammal Group of Schools.

God of Cricket - Sachin Tendulkar & Dr. Anjali Tendulkar were welcomed by our revered Chairman – Shri. M.V. Muthuramalingam.

The Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar felicitated 480 Young Velammalians who achieved in the arena of Sports at International and National and Academics and secured Free Educational Scholarship worth Rs 27.lakhs.

He also unveiled the foundation stone of “The Velammal Cricket Academy’

Velammal honours The God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin was impressed by the reception given by the Velammalians and said “Whether it is a memorable day for you or not, It definitely will be a memorable day in my life time”

Sachin in his address advised the students that there will be tough times in life and they should never give up. He insisted that in tough times tough people last.

The family photo of Sachin which was displayed in the school premises reminded him about his childhood days, where his father had taught him to lead a very humble life and be a good human being.

During interactive session , Sachin said that all records are made to be broken in future and if his records are broken it better be by an “INDIAN”

Sachin said that he always loves Chennai for its discipline and the same love and discipline was witnessed at “VELAMMAL”

He adored Sunil Gavaskar and Vivian Richards as his heroes. He praised Ravi Shastri, Saurav Ganguly and M.S. Dhoni for their Captaincy.

M.V.M. VELMOHAN
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