Yediyur Laughter Club celebrates anniversary.

The Yediyur Ladies Laughter Club celebrated its first anniversary earlier this week, at the Yediyur Corporation Community Hall. B.K. Satyanarayana, President, Karnataka Laughter Club was the Chief Guest. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar lit the inaugural lamp. Indira Srinivas gave the welcome address. Among those who took part included R. Basavaraj, Lakshmikantha, Ashok Dass, Ramesh, Somasundar Rao, President, Yediyur Laughter Club, Capt. Prabhakar, President Jayanagar Laughter Club.

In a brief speech, Tejaswini Anathkumar stressed the need for such laughter clubs and said a smile is one of God's free gift to mankind. B.K. Sathyanarayana, recalled the initiative taken by he and his friends to start the club at Madhavan Park, Jayanagar. The club started with a vision to create a society with a lot of laughter and smiles. People from all walks of life are members of the club and it has grown in having a huge membership.

Hema Chandrasekhar, President, Ladies Yediyur Laughter Club, informed the gathering that the club has over 80 active members and she looked forward for many more people joining the club.

During the interaction, Basavaraj revealed that research studies show there are over 62 types of laughter and a continuous laugh of 45 minutes daily will improve the quality of life. Prof. Sadashiv informed that for over 102 diseases Laughter is the best medicine. It was announced during the function that on 30th November 2008, all the members of Laughter Clubs in Karnataka will gather to commemorate Laughter Club annual celebration.

The function concluded with a cultural programme and prize distribution for the winners of the recently concluded sports meet organized by the club.

People interested in membership of the club can contact 9449837727