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Sankara Nethralaya doctors hailed

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Swami Ganapathi Sachidananda of Mysore visits hospital

SHOWN AROUND: Swami Ganapathi Sachidananda at Sankara Nethralaya on Monday. He is seen with Dr. S. Badrinath, founder of the eye hospital. — Photo: S. R. Raghunathan

CHENNAI: Swami Ganapathi Sachidananda of Mysore visited Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai on Monday. Later, he delivered a short discourse, sayingdoctors were like God's instruments, mechanics who carried out noble work in restoring vision. He lauded the service of doctors at the hospital.T. Bhaskara Das, a devotee, presented an idol of `Subha Drishti Ganapathi' to him.

Earlier, playback singer Vani Jayaram sang the Swami's compositions.

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