Th Sankara Nethralaya Ophthalmic Mission Trust invites you with family and friends to GRAND INSTRUMENTAL JUGAL BANDHI CONCERTS by the well-known artistes

Snehashish Mozumder (Hindustani Mandolin) & Sriram Krishnan (Carnatic Violin)

supported by

Subrata Bhattacharya (Tabla) & Rohan Krishnamurthy (Mrudangam).

On Saturday, September 27th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

At the Carlson Theatre in Bellevue Community College

3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue, WA 98007 Ph: (425) 564-1000

Directions at http://bellevuecollege.edu/about/around/directions/main/

TICKETS: $15/- per person; additional donations are most welcome and will be gratefully accepted. Your donations will go a long way in helping eradicate the scourge of preventable blindness in India. As little as $50 can provide a free cataract surgery for a deserving patient and higher amounts can help Sankara Nethralaya provide expand their charity coverage to larger geographic areas. Please visit the website at http://www.supportsankaranethralaya.org/ to find out how your generous donations can help.

Sankara Nethralaya, India

On Ganesh Chaturti day, September 6, 1978, Padma Bhushan Dr. S. S. Badrinath, along with a group of philanthropists founded a charitable not-for-profit eye hospital named Sankara Nethralaya, 'The Temple of the Eye', on a long journey for vision with a mission. In 27 years, Sankara Nethralaya has grown into a super specialty institution for ophthalmic care and receives patients from all over the country and from abroad. It has gained international excellence and is acclaimed for its quality care and compassion.

Today, the Sankara Nethralaya has over 1000 individuals with one vision – to propagate the Nethralaya philosophy: the place of our work is an Alaya and Work will be our worship, which we shall do with sincerity, dedication and utmost love with a missionary spirit. On an average, over 1,300 patients walk through our doors and over 100 surgeries are performed every day. The Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai and its allied institutions in Bangalore, Guawhati, Kolkota, and Jalna serve the needs of patients drawn from the respective regions all from all over the Indian subcontinent. Over 40% of all patients are treated free of all charges.

In this journey for excellence, the Sankara Nethralaya has received many awards and appreciation. It has been adjudged 'the Best Eye Hospital in India', the best Non-profit Corporate Citizen of India; most recently, in A