Thendral Calendar of Events August  2004 in Association with www.karnatik.com By Bagirathi Seshappan

If you have events that you need to include, Please e-mail them to thendralevents@chennaionline.com or include your event at http://www.karnatik.com. Please note that events are subject to change, so please confirm before attending.

Ongoing:

"Treasures for the Himalayas: Sacred Images from Tibet, Nepal, and Northern India" on view at Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California through October 27, Wed - Mon (12Noon - 6pm), Contact: 626.449.6840

August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Tuesdays
6- 9am - "Silicon Solai" Tamil Radio program every week at 90.1 FM, KCSU Stanford, BayArea California. Contact:Manoharan Kandasamy siliconsolai@yahoo.com 

12 noon - Siddha samadi yoga classes - Siva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California. Contact: Temple 925.449.6255 or Prema Shastri 408.956.9999, www.livermoretemple.org

August 5, 12, 19, 26 Thursdays
1-3pm - Carnatic Radio on 90.1 FM KZSU Stanford; The program is one hour of Carnatic music and one hour of Gharana music. Contact: Parag, info@kzsu.stanford.edu.

August 7, 21 Saturdays
11am - Balajyothi classes (Youth & Education) by Siva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org

12-4pm - Free Health Advisory Services (1st and 3rd Saturday) - Shiva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California. Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org

August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Sundays
9:30-10am - Tamil Class taught at the Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale, Georgia. Also offering Dance classes, Hatha Yoga, Adult Gita, and Balavihar class. Contact: 770.907.7102, feedback@hindutempleofatlanta.org, www.hindutempleofatlanta.org

11-12:30pm - Tamil songs, Tiruppugazh taught at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, Illinois. Also offering Sanskrit, bhajan classes. Contact: Jayanthi Balachandran 630.325.2985, Usha Narayanan at 630.527.9308 or the Temple front desk. info@ramatemple.org, www.ramatemple.org

Bala Vihar classes at Chinmaya Mission in Danville, Fremont, Los Altos, San Jose, and San Ramon, California. Curriculum includes Tamil language instruction; Contact: 408.998.2793, sanjose@chinmayamission.org, www.chinmaya-sanjose.org/balvihar.html

5.30pm - St.John's Tamil Lutheran Congregation - Church congregation of Tamil Speaking public from Asia; Location: 47 Winthrop Street, Williston Park, New York, Contact: Rev. Rathinasamy 718.747.6242, 516.742.5858 

August 1, 7& 8 
Bay Area Telugu Association presents "BATA Cricket Cup 2004" Location: Sunnyvale/ Santa Clara grounds, Fee: $60 per team. Registration contact: Kalyan Kattamuri - 650.804.2344

August 1, Sunday
2 pm - Rangoli Dance company presents, "Sacred Geometry" and "Punyakoti", Dance performances by Rangoli Dance company members and visiting artists from India for songs composed by RajKumar Bharathi. Location: Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, Berkeley, California; Tickets: 925.798.1300 Box Office 510.845.8542 Web: www.juliamorgan.org 
Contact: Katherine Kunhiraman 510.526.2183, Malathi Iyengar - 818.788.6860. 

4.30pm - Natya Boomi School of Dance presents, "Yatra" a journey through Dance from Kerala to Punjab. Tickets: $20, $10. Location: F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, Rockville Civic Center, Rockville, Maryland. Contact: Malini Ph: 301-762-0343.

6pm - Chennai Talkies presents, Light Music Concert in Tamil by Lakshman Sruthi featuring, Mano, Malathi and Harish Ragavendra. Tickets: $10, $15 & $25. Location: George A. Dondero High School, Royal Oak, Michigan; Contact: Ravi - 248.465.7469 

7.30pm - Music Waves presents, "Mehfil_E_Ghazal" Glulam Ali with Bela Bhatt in Live concert; Tickets: $100, $50, $35, $25; Location: Taft High School, Chicago, Illinois. Contact: Jay - 773.491.8235. 

August 2, Monday
11am- Shiva Murugan Temple presents - Adi Perukku Festival, Lord Shiva Murugan Abishegam and Arathi; Contact: Temple.org, 925.827.0127

August 4, Wednesday
6pm - Indo American Chamber of Commerce presents, Mid-Summer Networking Dinner; Location: Pavani Indian Restaurant, SW Frwy at Beltway 8, Houston, Texas; Admission: $17 & $13; Contact: Mondira Tangri - 713.624.7131. 

4pm - Sri Krupa Dance Company presents Arangetram by Aruna Bharati. Location: Evergreen Valley High school, San Jose, California; Contact: Sujatha Venkataraman 408.293.5206, www.shrikrupa.org

August 7, Saturday
Morning - Bay Area Tamil Manram presents writers' workshop with famous Sahitya Academy award and Tamil Writer Prabhanjan. Contact: bayareatamilmanram.org, 510.796.2433, president@bayareatamilmanram.org; RSVP required.

5:30pm - Bay Area Tamil Manram presents speech by the famous Sahitya Academy award winner and Tamil writer Prabanjan and Sundara Auvidiayappan; Location: Milpitas Library and Community Center, Milpitas, California; Contact: bayareatamilmanram.org, 510.796.2433, president@bayareatamilmanram.org

4pm - Sankara Eye Foundation and Lasya Dance Company present "Festivals Of India" Dance Performance. Location: Louis B. Mayer Theater, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California; Tickets : $12; Contact : www.lasya.org, Prema Sriram: 408.997.6375

6pm- "Crossing the lines" Bay Area Premiere of Film by Pervez Hoodbhoy And Zia Mian Followed By A Discussion With Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy. Location: Building 200, Room 002, History Corner, History Corner 450 Serra Mall, Stanford Univerity, California; Email : info@ektaonline.org

8.30pm - Music Waves presents, "Mehfil_E_Ghazal" Glulam Ali with Bela Bhatt in Live concert; Tickets: $100, $50, $35, $25; Location: Strand Theater, Plainfield, New Jersey. Contact: Azim - 732.277.6687 

August 8, Sunday
4pm - Vishwa Shanthi Dance school presents Bharatha Natyam Arangetram by Tara and Sonya. Location: Valley Center for Performing Arts, Holy Names University, Oakland, California; Contact: Shreelata Suresh - 650.248.3269

4pm - "Crossing the lines" - Bay Area Premiere of Film by Pervez Hoodbhoy And Zia Mian; Followed By A Discussion With Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy; Location: 2040 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. (VLSB), University of California, Berkeley, California; Contact: info@ektaonline.org

5pm -Isha Foundation presents Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev's speech, "Inner Engineering for Effortless living" a free public speech on the inner aspects of Yoga for health, happiness and inner peace; Location: Santa Clara Convention Center, 408.829.8261, sfo@ishafoundation.org, www.ishafoundation.org. 

August 13, Saturday
7.30pm- India Community Center of Austin presents, "ICC Geet and Gazal nite". Location: Barsana Dham, Lotus Hall, Austin, Texas 78737; Tickets: $10; Contact: Poonam Goel - 512.589.4764 

August 14, Saturday
11am - 2004 NCCA Cricket Festival features NCCA All-Stars 25-overs-a-side cricket game, fun games and competitions for ladies and children; All are welcome to attend; Free; Ortega Park, Sunnyvale Cricket Club Grounds, Sunnyvale, California; For more information contact http://www.ncalcricket.org, nccaexecs@ncalcricket.org

Cultural Center of India presents Arangetram by Swati Khambe in Cincinnati; Location: Medical Arts Auditorium, Frankfort, Cincinnati; Contact: Padma Chebrolu, 513.227.9612, www.culturalcenterofindia.com

4pm- Sri Krupa Dance Company presents Arangetram by Minal Parimoo; Location: Cubberly Theater, Palo Alto, California. Contact: Sujatha Venkataraman 408.293.5206, www.shrikrupa.org 

August 15, Sunday
11am-6pm - India Day 2004, Celebrate India's Independence Day with Patriotic Fervor!,
Parade at 10:30am; Location: Novi Expo Center, Novi, Michigan; Contact: Hanumaiah Bandle - 248.470.1630, Ramesh Patel - 586.264.5454, www.minri.com

11am-2pm - Association of Indians in America presents India Independence Day Festival; Presided by Hon. Arun Kumar, Consul General; Location: Richard Daley Center; Chicago, Illinois; Contact: Manoranjan Misra - 847.705.7850, Rajagopalan - 630.875.1636

12pm - Federation of Indian Associations of Northern California Presents "12th Annual Festival of India and Parade"; Location: Fremont Courtgrounds, Fremont, California; Contact: Sonia, 510.797.7799, fiaonline.org.

5-10pm - Samarpan - An offering to Motherland; Celebrate India's 57th year of Independence; Organized by many non-profit organizations (CRY, SEF, Art of Living, Asha…); Location: Banjara Indian Cuisine; Sunnyvale, California; $10; 408.946.1378

August 21, Saturday
3pm - First Anniversary Celebrations and Holy Mass in Tamil; at St. Josephy's Church, Mountain View, California; www.tamilcatholic.org

4pm - Sri Krupa Dance Company presents Arangetram by Shalini Krishnasami. Location: Ohlone College, California. Contact: Sujatha Venkataraman 408.293.5206, www.shrikrupa.org

August 22, Sunday
8:30am - CRY America presents - "CRY America Walk 2004." The event will have a 5 km to 10 km walk - run, Special event for kids; Carnival; Location: Shoreline Park, Mountain View, California. Contact: Harsh Hatekar, 866.568.3971 cryamerica@onebox.com.

August 28, Saturday
4:30pm - Kalavandana Dance Company presents Lord of Dance - A dance production depicting the glory of Shiva; Concept, Choreography by Artistic Director Sundara Swaminathan; Location: Jackson Theatre, Ohlone College, Fremont, California, Tickets: $50, $25, $15; Contact: kalavandana.smartpick.com; 408.238.8321

5:30pm - Chicago Tamil Sangam and Sankara Eye Foundation present Jyothi 2020 - Live Light Music Concert by Padmabhushan K.J. Yesudas; Location: Glenbard East High School; Lombard, Illinois; Tickets: $100, $75 … $15; Contact: Muthusamy 847.498.2152, Gopal Pillai 773.510.4444, www.jyothi2020.org

6pm - Gujarati Cultural Association of Bay Area presents "25th Annual Caltural Program 2004". Location: San Mateo Performing Arts Auditorium, San Mateo, California.

8-11am - TEAM (Team for Educational Activities in Motherland) presents Walk for Education. Location: Shoreline Park (From Kite Flying zone) Mountain View, California; Contact : Narayan Subramanian - 408.239.3504 narayanasamy@gmail.com, www.indiateam.org

August 29, Sunday
4pm - TEJAS - A divine radiance - A Bharathanatyam performance by Nitya Venkateswaran; Presented by Shri Krupa Dance Company; Sri Krupa Dance Company; Location: Santa Clara University, Mayer Theater, California; Contact: Sujatha Venkataraman 408.293.5206, www.shrikrupa.org

11am Siva Murugan Temple celebrates Varalakshmi Viratham puja and hosts Bharatha Natyam Dance performances by Meena Logan's Students; Contact: Temple.org, 925.827.0127