TYOUK proudly presents Katka Kasadara 5

Katka Kasadara has been successfully held by TYO UK for the past five years, kick starting its fifth annual competition holding three of its regional rounds on Saturday 10^th January 2015 at North West London, South East London and South West London. The last of its regional round was held on Sunday 11^th January 2015, at North East London. Although Katka Kasadara is a London based competition, we had a great interest from participants outside of London, ranging from Kent to Milton Keynes.

Thirukkural is one of the most prestigious literary works in Tamil. It was written by Thiruvalluvar using couplets clarifying various aspects of one’s life. It educates us how to cover different feelings and resources that we test in one’s personal life, and his interactions with others. Thirukkural consists of 1330 couplest known as Kurals, under 133 sections, each of which consists of 10 versus. It is divided into three sections, known as Virtue (Aram), Wealth (Porul) and Love (Inbam). TYO UK’s Katka Kasadara competition is an attempt to educate the younger generation of the various Thirukkural, Tholkappiyam and Aathisoodi. It gives a chance for children up to the age of 15 to take part, and embrace our Tamil Language and Literature.

The winners of the regional rounds are as follows:

Rank	London South East	London North West	London South West	London North East
5 & Under Age Group
First	Ananya Rajindrakumar	Kariss Kirupananthaparathiyar	Nivedha Kumar	Varunavy Thavaganesh
First	Kajeena Pathmaruban	Divyaish Amarnath	–	Suruthy Srivarathan
Second	Kabeena Vigneswaran	–	Shajeev Kogularasan	Arush Buvanenthiralingam
Second	Aswin Raveendren	–		–
Third	Luxmitha Inthiran	–	Sahana Lathaan	Thulaxsaa Sutharsan
Third	Thishan Suresh	–	–	–
6 – 7 Age Group
First	Thismika Mohanarasan	–	Aayagi Thavarasakumaran	Adavan Ananthan
First	Preethiha Subaskkaran	–	–	–
Second	Rohisan Pathmaruban	–	Jeyneesha Thurairasa	Krishnajan Kathirkamanathan
Second	Thamarai Sivanesan	–	Akshaya Kobinath	–
Third	Sobikan Sivavarathan	–	Mithushan Sriskantharajah	Hashani Vipulanantha
Third	Kochiga Raveendran	–	Thenila Arunasalam	Jananee Jeyanesan
8 – 9 Age Group
First	Meenatchi Thanasingam	Jeshvin Jesudas	Abisna Ravi	–
Second	Adshana Sivakumar	Karsan Kirupananthaparathiyar	–	–
Third	Pranavi Vigneswaran	–	–	–
Third	Nirros Sarvamohan	–	–	–
10 – 12 Age Group
First	Jenusan Krishnalingam	Harshini Amarnath	Abiramy Sriskantharajah	Tharun Srivarathan
First	–	–	–	Puvitha Srivarathan
Second	Sethujah Gangatharan	Kirussa Kirupananthaparathiyar	–	Suraby Pushpaharan
Third	Mithuna Vigneswaran	Neethykai Saravanabavan	–	Charanee Paraneeharan
13 – 15 Age Group
First	Sangavi Mohanarasan	Janushan Gnanapaskaran	–	Aswiniy Ananthan
Second	–	–	–	Karissnitha Kathirkamanathan
Third	–	–	–	Nilogy Sripathmanathan

After successful completion of the regional rounds, the final was held on Saturday 24^th January 2015 at Villiers High School in North West of London, where we saw some very promising participants.

The winners of Katka Kasadara 5 final are as follows:

AGE GROUP	1^ST Place	2^nd Place	3^rd place
13 – 15	Janushan Gnanapaskaran	Nilogy Sripathmanathan	Sangavi Mohanarasan
10 – 12	Tharun Srivarathan	Puvitha Srivarathan	Harshini Amarnath
8 – 9	Meenatchi Thanasingam	Jeshvin Jesudas	Abisna Ravi
6 – 7	Adavan Ananthan	Krishnajan Kathirkamanathan	Preethiha Subaskkaran
5 & Under	Varunavy Thavaganesh	Suruthy Srivarathan	Luxmitha Inthiran

Following the final round of the competition was the prize giving ceremony which consisted of various speeches and songs giving a complete cultural show by the younger generation. Parents, friends and relatives of the participants were present to cheer on their progress and congratulate the winners. The highlight of the ceremony was an inspirational speech given by a five year old, where she spoke about the importance of preserving our identity and language by communicating with our children and fellow Tamils in our mother tongue.

Katka Kasadara 5 received many positive feedbacks and we also appreciate the constructive feedback that was given, which will be improved upon next year. Overall Katka Kasadara 5 was accomplished successfully without any major issues. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors, Goshin Isshinryu Karate Association, New Kannan Stores and Nathalaya – Academy of Rhythmic Arts for their continuous support. We would also like to thank Lewisham Sivan Kovil, South West London Tamil School, Sri Selva Vinayagar Kovil, and Hillingdon Thamil Kalvi Koodam for accommodating our Regional Rounds and last but not the least; we would like to sincerely thank all of our Judges for their continuous support in assisting with the competition.