This year's Essay Competition had the following 2 topics: 

Group 1 (Ages 7-11): In Ramayana, there are beautiful stories of animals and birds showing their absolute devotion to Lord Rama (such as monkeys, squirrels and many other birds).  Bring out  story of  such a character and  how did Lord Rama reward them 

Group 2 (Ages 12-16): Describe and analyze the role played by Kikaye in the great epic Ramayana.  Include virtues and nonvirtues in Your Essay with your own analysis of her character in the story of Ramayana.

Group 1 Winners: (Ages 7-11):
1st prize: Sasank Aduri
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2nd prize: Manu Perinchery
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3rd prize: Akhila Rajesh
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Group 2 (Ages 12-16)
Appreciation prize: Eshwar Ranganath
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Appreciation prize: Kriti Subramanian
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Here is a list of all other participants with their essays in alphabetical order. We wish everyone luck next year!

1. Akhil_Jallepalli
2. Jyotsna Naidu
3. Lokavya Marreddy
4. Manu Perinchery
5. Pratyush Aduri
6. Prayag Sreenivasan
7. Rohini Sreenivasan
8. Rohith Sriram
9. Sarvesh Raghuram
10. Sasank Aduri
11. Shreya Ganti
12. Srikrithi Pallemoni
13. Srinivas Vadhiraj
14. Suraj Ganeshan
15. Vaishnavi Marreddy
16. Visvesh Raghuram