{"id":67005,"date":"2021-06-14T09:39:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T09:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=67005"},"modified":"2021-06-14T09:39:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T09:39:30","slug":"queens-birthday-honours-2021-dr-selvanayagam-selvendra-oam-by-rajni-anand-luthra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/queens-birthday-honours-2021-dr-selvanayagam-selvendra-oam-by-rajni-anand-luthra\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen\u2019s Birthday Honours 2021: Dr Selvanayagam Selvendra, OAM By Rajni Anand Luthra"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Queen\u2019s Birthday Honours 2021: Dr Selvanayagam Selvendra, OAM By Rajni Anand Luthra<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67012\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Queens-Birthday-Honours-2021Dr-Selvanayagam-Selvendra-OAM-By-Rajni-Anand-Luthra.png\" alt=\"Queen\u2019s Birthday Honours 2021: Dr Selvanayagam Selvendra, OAM By Rajni Anand Luthra\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source:-<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianlink.com.au\/india-in-australia\/queens-birthday-honours-2021-dr-selvanayagam-selvendra-oam\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=queens-birthday-honours-2021-dr-selvanayagam-selvendra-oam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indianlink<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">It was with characteristic humility that Dr Selvendra OAM accepted congratulations for his Queen\u2019s Birthday honour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI\u2019m grateful to the Australian government for recognising my services to the community,\u201d he said with understated elegance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He received the honour this year for service to multicultural organisations, and to medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Much of Melbourne\u2019s recent Hindu migrants might not have heard of Dr Selvendra, but they would all have visited community hotspots that he launched, or participated in iconic annual events that he began decades ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Foremost among these are three well-known places of worship that Dr Selvendra has seen grow from small-scale gathering spots to large community structures that now welcome prime ministers and public figures. These include the Hindu Society of\u00a0Victoria\u2019s Shiva Vishnu Temple, which sits on 15 acres of land at Carrum Downs. Dr Selvendra was a founding member of the HSV when it was launched in 1982, and continued to serve on its management committee until much later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A devout Hindu, Dr Selvendra also founded the Sri Vakrathunda Vinayagar Temple at The Basin in 1990, and served as Chairman of its Board of Trustees for many years. The Temple was in the news last year for\u00a0becoming the largest Hindu temple in the Southern Hemisphere\u00a0made with handmade granite stones in the traditional style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dr Selvendra also remains deeply involved with the Melbourne Murugan Temple and Cultural Centre in Sunshine, a project initiated and developed by his wife Mani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Selvendras\u2019 contribution to Hindu life in Victoria cannot be underestimated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dr Selvendra came to Melbourne in 1974 after his medical education in England, Scotland and Ireland. He practised as General Medical Practitioner and Surgeon, serving at Sunshine and at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, in a career that spanned 59 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">READ ALSO:Dr Santosh Kumar, OAM: Seniors are a valuable community resource<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Sri Lanka-born doctor was also felicitated for his contribution to the multicultural community in the arts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cIn the 1970s, there really was not much in the way of arts for us in the South Asian community,\u201d Dr Selvendra recalled. \u201cThose of us who were arts inclined had to initiate programs ourselves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">And so he became the organiser of dramas, film screenings, concerts, radio shows. The music festival platforms he organised have led the way to the high-profile Sruthi Laya Kendra and the Academy of Indian Music, Victoria. As a Carnatic music fan and artiste, he founded the South Indian Music Festival to mark the ardently followed Thyagaraja Aradhana, a tribute to the father of Carnatic music that fans all over the world celebrate to this day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Melbourne\u2019s first-ever Thyagaraja Aradhana was held at the Selvendra residence. 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