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July 2019
From the Regional Grand Master
Dear Brethren,
I am happy and pleased to know that after
so many years, we have restarted the
publication of our quarterly magazine
“North Mason”. I congratulate
R.W.Bro.Suman Kapur, Chief Editor,
R.W.Bro.Bhuvesh Pasricha and other
members of editorial team for the initiative
taken. I am also thankful to R.W.Bro.
C.S.Madhavan, for consenting to be the advisor to Editorial
Board. The purpose of this magazine is to keep our brethren
well informed about the activities of various Lodges of the
Region, provide history of individual Lodges and publish
articles to impart Masonic Knowledge to our brethren.
My brethren, starting from the great response from you for
the Annual Installation Meeting of our Region on 23rd
February, 2019, we took various steps to activate our Lodges
and brethren and I am personally grateful to you all for great
and enthusiastic response. Following activities were
undertaken in first quarter:
1. Masonic Eye Centre: Brethren, enthused by your
contribution of Rs. 42 Lakhs for the Masonic Eye Centre, the
work has started in full speed. Total cost of the project is
conceived at Rs. 1.90 Crores. Out of which Grand Lodge has
sanctioned a sum of Rs.50 Lakhs out of Grand Lodge Fund of
Benevolence. We are sincerely grateful to M.W.Bro.Rajeev
Ramkrishna Khandelwal, OSM, M. W. the Grand Master,
R.W.Bro.Zawareh H.Wadia, OSM, Chiairman, Finance
Committee and all the members of Grand Board for their
assistance to the Nobel Cause. The work for the development
of the project is going ahead in full swing and our target is to
get this Masonic Eye Centre inaugurated from M.W.The Grand
Master on 20th September, 2019 a day before our Half Yearly
Meeting at Agra.
2. During this period Mark Lodge Saragarhi No.11 and
R.A.M. Lodge Sir John Edge No.11 at Ludhiana which were
non-functional for the last several years were activated and
Chapter Ayodhya No. 59 lying defunct for several years was
activated and relocated at Moradabad.
3. Workshop for Worshipful Masters, Secretaries and
Treasurers of the Lodges in the Region was conducted by
R.W. Bro. Vinod Puri for which keynote address was given by
M.W. Bro.Rajeev R. Khandelwal, OSM, M. W. The Grand
Master.
4. Work shop of ARGM's and Lodge In Charges was organized
to brief them about their role.
5. Area meeting in Ludhiana was a great success in which –
Long Term Service Jewels were presented by M.W. the Grand
Master and various charitable projects undertaken. A
detailed report is published in this issue.
6. A dinner meeting of worshipful Masters and Initiates of
their Lodges in last one year along with their spouses of Delhi
Area was held on 27.05.2019 in which was attended by about
100 brethren. A paper was presented by W.Bro.Rajan Rai of
From The Grand Master’s Desk
My Dear Brethren,
It gives me immense pleasure to learn
that Regional Grand Lodge of Northern
India is reviving the North Mason
quarterly magazine to highlight
Masonic activities undertaken by the
Regional Grand Lodge and Lodges under
its jurisdiction. This is yet another
feather in the cap of RW Bro Anish Kumar Sharma, who
has undertaken so many laudable initiatives ever since he
took charge as Regional Grand Master of the Region in
February this year.
Communication is an integral part of our social life especially
in the era of digital world in which we live today and must be
promoted at all levels. I hope that North Mason magazine will
bring the Lodges and the Brethren of the Region closer to
each other through dissemination of information.
I also take this opportunity to request the Editorial Board to
not only highlight the activities of the Region but also
encourage Brethren to write articles based on research in
Freemasonry.
I congratulate the Regional Grand Master and the Editorial
Board and wish them all the success in this endeavour.
Lodge Dronacharya No.285 covering various aspects of
Initiation Ceremony to enable the brethren to recapitulate
and understand the working of their initiations and also give a
glimpse of what we do inside the Temple by explaining various
charges in short to the Ladies present.
7. Besides activating Delhi Lodge of Instructions, we are
planning to inaugurate two “Moving Lodges of Instructions”
in Ludhiana and Kanpur to impart Ritual working Training to
the brethren of Punjab, Chandigarh and Kanpur, Allahabad
and Lucknow in the month of August and September.
8. On 24th June, 2019 , all our centres celebrated “Universal
Brotherhood Day” by doing various Charitable Projects and
fellowship dinners, I appreciate the participation of our
brethren in large number in all these activities.
Brethren, I am happy and proud of the brethren of my Region
for creating positive atmosphere and active participation in
all activities. I seek your advice and suggestions for further
improvement in our working.
My Brethren, our other Masonic orders under Grand Lodge of
India viz R.A. Chapter, Mark Lodges and R.A.M Lodges are
excellent orders and I exhort all of you who are not members
of these orders to join them at your earliest. Hereafter while
issuing Regional/Grand Ranks beyond a stage, your
membership of these orders will be Prime Criteria.
Anish Kumar Sharma