Maons on Wheels -- a unique initiative

‘Masons on Wheels’, a unique initiative of city Freemasons members to travel all India by road in car covering a distance of 30,000kms on a mission to spread the message of brotherhood and promoting eye donation now reaches the city

A few concerned citizens of Hyderabad city and who are also members of Lodge Keys No. 297, a local unit of 3000 years old wordwide Freemasonry organisation are on a countrywide tour to spread the message of brotherhood and promote eye donation. Masons on Wheels, the novel initiative of the Lodge(primary unit of Freemasonry like a club in any other organisations) Keyas was flagged off at Hyderabad in Novmber has so far travelled 8,000 kms travelling many parts in South India which include Vishakapatnam, Vijayawada, Srikakulam, Chennai, Pondichery and others.

Sporting White Tea Shirts, logos of the organisation printed on the front side, eye donation message on back side and red hats bearing logos on heads, the car journey comprised of Ramana Gudipati, 45years (an architect) D.Ramchandram 43 years (public relations preofessional), J. Sampath Kumar 46years (an educationist), All the three rallyists are business men and professionals who are otherwise busy could take time under the banner of Lodge Keys No. 297 and ventured on the trip. The car is decked up properly for the occasion with stickers of Masons on Wheels pasted on all the sides of the car will zoomed out across India in next couple of months.

Over next couple of months they will travel to 144 cities in the country where the Freemsonry is active and cover 30,000 kms. The mission of this novel venture is to spread the message of brotherhood and promote eye donation. Through The Masons on Wheels, we will endeavour to take Freemasonry close to the society and its problems in this case Eye Donation, informed the three Rallyists.

Masons on Wheels is planned in response to the call given by India head of Freemasonry Grand Master Justice Devinder Gupta on liberalisation of Freemasony in India. Outlining his vision, he urged brothren to bring about Masonic Liberalization in the country, asked them not only to have more men in Freemasonry, but, also to ensure that more men will have more Freemasonry in them.

Lodge Keys No. 297 planned Masons on Wheels with a mission to despel the prevailing notion that Freemasonry is a Secret Society. And to spread a message of Brotherhood and promoting eye donation. Our endeavour is to connect masons all over India to society and its problems particularly Cornial Blindness informed the team member of the rally.

Though it is a Lodge Keys project, any Freemason member from anywhere across India are welcomed to join them on Masons on Wheels.

The Members of Masons on Wheels are overwhelmed by the response as Freemasons from different quarters of India have been inviting to visit them. Over next few months members of Lodge Keys are expected to travel 30,000 kms in different cars across length and breadth of India meeting masons in general and general public in particular.