Today it is found that people hardly have time for their children or their aged parents. A sense of ‘family’ or ‘togetherness’ is missing in many people’s lives. To address this issue the Chinmaya Mission has taken an initiative and organized some events to promote family harmony and togetherness.

Under the pretext of the MARG Chennai Family Quiz’ families will be brought together for various events causing them to interact with each other in a positive manner. Since each family team will consist of seven members; the Quiz will be bringing together over 1 lakh families i.e. 7 lakh members over a span of three months in the year 2010.

There are even exciting prizes for the winners

1. Winning Family -Rs. 1 Lakh , free trip to Himalayas & a Car
2. 1st runner up Family- Rs. 60, 000 & a Car
3. 2nd runner up family - Rs. 40,000 & a Car



A book titled ‘For the Family’ containing anecdotes on various important topics like relationships and health has been released for the same. The book will be given to the participating families free of cost on registration.

Eminent personalities like Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, Dr Kiran Bedi, Mr. Surjith Singh Barnala (Governor, TN), Mr S P Balasubramaniam, Mrs Anuradha Sriram, Mr G R K Reddy (MD, MARG Ltd), Arun Jain (CEO, Polaris) have shown that they unanimously support this event.

Dr.Abdul Kalam in his letter says that he is sure; the family quiz will motivate the younger generation to preserve the family values and traditions.

The Chinmaya Mission is also conducting a workshop called PACT which teaches a holistic approach to managing family life. It benefits the family and the individual members of the family by helping them identify the possible problem causing factors in a relationship and teaching them how to deal with the problems by using innovative and creative solutions. They also help the family as well as the individual to evolve which is one of the goals of family life.

You can register for the MARG Chennai Family Quiz at www.chinmayafamilyquiz.com

Or you can call them at one of the numbers given below:

9791041910 , 044 28365221, 044- 42068599

The registration fee is a mere Rs. 100/- per family.