INS Adyar decks up for Navy Week fete

The Indian Navy celebrates the Navy Day every year on Dec. 4 in commemoration of India’s victory at the Indo-Pak war in 1971. Operation Trident and its follow-up Operation Python were naval offensive operations launched on Pakistan’s port city of Karachi by the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Operation Trident resulted in the first use of anti-ship missiles in the region, as well as the first sinking of naval vessels during hostilities in the region since World War.

As part of the celebrations, the Indian Navy organizes a series of promotional, charitable and social events ensuring interaction with the public at large. For this year, INS Adyar has programmed a series of 24 events (14 for the public and 10 exclusively for the fraternity), largely ensuring interaction with the public and the media.

The first of the events was the Day at Sea that had the Governor of the State, Dr. K. Rosaiah, along with uniformed personnel and more than 3000 guests from the general public sailing on ships of the Eastern fleet which included Indian Naval Ship Jalashwa, Ranvijay, Rana, Kulish, Kirpan and Kirch. A large number of exercises including live firings, helicopter operations and search and rescue operations which showcased the might and prowess of the Indian Navy were showcased as part of the event. Indian Naval Ships Ranjit and Khukri were positioned at Tuticorin for visit on board by the local populace.

Similar activities are also being organised at other Naval stations under the Naval Officer in-charge, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry region.

As part of the Navy Week celebrations, the Navy band from the Eastern Naval Command will be performing at the prestigious Madras University Centenary auditorium and on the Marina Beach for the general public. A jog-a-thon and a beach clean-up activity are also planned during the first week of December to increase interaction with the corporate community at large. A troop’s get together for the naval personnel and their families has also been organised.

As part of its social responsibility, the Indian Navy, Chennai, along with the Naval Wives’ Welfare Association, will be conducting a medical camp at Thondi village and a blood donation camp at INS Adyar apart from visits and donations to War Widows Association, schools for special children and old age homes.

The Navy Day celebrations will culminate with the much awaited event of the year, the Navy Ball ’12, which will act as a perfect platform to crown the Navy Queen bestowed with beauty, talent and intellect under the sparkling stars of the night sky of Dec. 8. The theme for this year’s ball revolves around the 5 elements of nature and draws a close semblance between the Navy’s prowess across them.

Briefing the media about the planned programmes to mark the occasion, Commodore Amar K Mahadevan, Naval Officer in-charge, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, said: “The Navy Queen will be the lady bestowed with the desire to achieve, the ability to foray through unchallenged paths, the ability to give and the one who is blessed with inexhaustible will power and talent – the quintessence of womanhood.”

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