Twenty-six brethren
from Goa, Belgaum, Hubli and Dharwad had petitioned to the Grand Lodge of Mark Masons of India for starting a Mark
Lodge in Goa, and the petition was acceded to by the M. W. The Grand Mark
Master. Accordingly, it was decided to have the consecration of the lodge on
the occasion of the Especial Communication of the Grand Lodge of India to be held in Goa on 6th June 2015.
First a Casual Lodge of
Mark Master Masons was opened and then Mark Lodge Gomantak No. 153 was
ceremoniously consecrated and constituted according to ancient custom in a very
impressive manner by the Consecrating Officer. V. W. Bro. Subhhash Chawla gave
the oration.
W. Bro. Madhukar Chatrabhuj Thakkar was then ceremoniously installed as the Founder Master by R.W. Bro. Arvind Prasad Chitra, R. W. the Regional Grand Mark Master of the Regional Grand Mark Lodge of Southern India.
Bro. Subhash Malkarneker was elected Founder Treasurer and W. Bro. Suhas Ganachary Tyler of the Lodge.
The W. Master then appointed and invested the following Founding Officers of the Lodge:
I.P.M V.
W. Bro. Praful A. Singala
S.W. Bro.
Devidas V. Borkar
J.W. Bro.
Prakash Gaunekar
M.O. Bro.
Yazdi E. Shroff
S.O. Bro.
Pankaj V. Saraf
J.O. Bro.
Prasad D. Borkar
Chaplain V.W.
Bro. Sunil Morarka
Treasurer Bro. Subhash S. P. Malkarneker
Registrar
of Marks W.
Bro. C. Nagaraju
Secretary W.
Bro. Yashkaran Singh Lauly
Director
of Ceremonies W.
Bro. Abhiman Bhalerao
S.
D. Bro.
Godfrey Richard Gould
Steward Bro.
H. S. Patil
Steward Bro.
Gururaj D. Naik.
Address to the W. Master was given by R. W. Bro. A. P. Chitra, to the Wardens by R. W. Bro. S. K. Chibber, to the Overseers By R. W. S. Thirugnanamurthy and to the brethren by R. W. Bro. V. Kesava Rao.
The Founder W. Master W. Bro. M. C. Thakkar, R.W. Bro. A. P. Chitra, R. W. The Regional Grand Master and M. W. Bro. V. J. Masurekar, M.W. the Grand Master then addressed the brethren.
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