Thendral Calendar of Events October 2003 in Association with www.karnatik.com By Bagirathi Seshappan

If you have events for the coming month that you need to include, Please e-mail them before 18th of every month 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:
Summer Creative Movements Workshop (Juniors) & Abhinaya Workshop on creative dance movements and expression based on classical Bharatanatyam. Different content for different age groups. Contact: Deivika Usha 510.364.6995, deivika_usha@yahoo.com, www.geocities.com/dehee_arts

"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

Sculptures of South and South East Asia. Exhibition continuing indefinitely. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, District of Columbia. Contact: 202.357.2700, asiainfo@asia.si.edu, www.asia.si.edu.

October 7, 14, 21, 28 Tuesdays
6-9am - "Mostly Tamil", Radio Broadcast, 90.1FM, San Francisco Bay Area, California. Contact: Sutha at sutha@mostlytamil.com, Listen to Archives at www.mostlytamil.com

7:30-9pm - Introduction to Iyengar yoga series. Iyengar Yoga Institute, 2650 Fulton Street (at 3rd Avenue), San Francisco, California. $50 Contact: 415.753.0909, info@iyisf.org, www.iyisf.org

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

October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Wednesdays
6-9 am "Siliconsolai" , Radio Broadcast, 90.1FM, San Francisco Bay Area California, Contact:Manoharan Kandasamy siliconsolai@yahoo.com

October 4, 18 Saturdays
12-4pm - Free Health Advisory Services (1st and 3rd Saturday) - Shiva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California; Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org

October 5, 12, 19, 26 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 

September 28, Sunday
4pm - Omkar - A unique bharathanatyam dance ballet by Vishal Ramani, Madurai R. Muralidharan and students of Shri Krupa Dance Company; Location: Santa Clara Convention Center Auditorium; Contact: Sujatha (sujatha_email@yahoo.com) @ 408.293.5206, 408.777.8688

October 2, Thursday
5:30pm - Bharatha Natyam commemorating Mahatma Gandhi by Sanjay Daddamani and Revanti Sarabhai at Philadelphia Museum of Art; Contact: msdodd@earthlink.net

October 3 , Friday
A day in the Park hosted by Shri Krupa Dance Company - A Day In the Park; Lake Cunnigham Park, San Jose, California; Contact: 408-293-5206, www.shrikrupa.org

7.30pm - Durgashtami, Devotional Songs by Siddharth Sriram at Shiva Murugan Temple; Contact: www.temple.org, 925.827.0127

October 4, Saturday
7am- Bharathi Kalalaya - Vijaya Dasami Pooja and performances by Teachers and Students Contact: www.bharathikalalaya.com, 510.490.4629

9am-12noon - Visa Camp by Indian Consulate; Summant Culture Centre, 1450, Huie Rd.,
Lake city, Georgia; www.ipnAtlanta.net/031206visa.html; Contact: Consular Office at Houston - 713.626.2355

1pm - Andhra Cultural Festival presented by Silicon Andhra at De Anza College, Cupertino, California; Contact: Dilip Kondaparti, 408.734.2929, www.siliconandhra.org

Vijayadasami Celebrations by Rangoli Foundation for Art & Culture, Sherman Oaks, California Contact msiyengar@rangoli.org. Tel 818.788.6860 

11am - Vijaya Dasami Asthanam and Balajyothi classes (Youth & Education) by Siva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org

11.30 am - Devotional Songs & Saraswathi Pooja at Shiva Murugan Temple; Contact: Kala Iyer, www.temple.org, 925.827.0127

6 pm - Violin Jugalbandi by Padmabushan T.N. Krishnan (Karnatic), Padmasri N.Rajam (Hindustani) hosted by South India Music Academy, Wilson High School Auditorium, Long beach California; 626.358.8638

5pm - Rudrapatnam Brothers Vocal Concert at The Hindu Temple of Atlanta Auditorium; Contact: Padma Talwakar, 770.649.7137

October 5, Sunday
9 am - Silicon Sneakers - Kid's Race benefit City; Shoreline park, Mountain View, California; Contact: siliconsneakers@yahoo.com, 408.569.8057; Register online at Active.com

12 noon - Vijaya Dasami pooja by Srikanth Chari & Students at Shiva Murugan Temple; Contact: www.temple.org, 925.827.0127

3 pm - Samarpanam by Surabhee - A unique Tamil Light Music Extravaganza - Fund Raiser for Kanchi Acharya's Mani Mantapam; CET Performing Arts Center, San Jose, California; Contact: Ashok Subramaniam @ 408.778.8477

October 10, Friday
7:30 -11:30pm - Dandia Raas 2003 organized by Vibha; Location: Cubberly community Center, Palo Alto, California; Contact: Vibha Volunteers @ 408.737.7212, http://bayarea.vibha.org/dandia/home.htm

October 11, Saturday
10am - 4pm - Sruthi - Lecture Demonstration by Geetha Bennett and Trichy Sankaran on Melody and Laya in Karnatic Music; Location: Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania; Contact: Balu Balakrishnan @ 610.358.1673

8am - Leadership Summit 2003 - A full day of Educational panels and workshops; Stanford Park Hotel, Menlo Park, California; Contact: www.induswomenleaders.org; 1-800-368-2468

October 11 & 12
All day - Silver Jewelry Show/Sale at Mail Bag, San Jose, California; Designer Jewelry made in silver and dipped in 22Ct. gold with precious and semi-precious gems/stones/beads, silver idols and pooja articles, simple fancy jewelry and much more; Contact: Jayanthi Sridhar @ 916 608 9533, jayanthis5@yahoo.com.

October 12, Sunday 
3-6pm - Light Music and Classical Dance program jointly presented by Greater Atlanta Tamil Sangam and ASHA for Education, performed by Ananya members; Location: Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale; Contact: 770.907.7102, www.gatamilsangam.org; Tickets: $10

5pm - AIMS India Foundation - Washington DC Chapter Meeting - Mr. Iyyappan's Residence, German Town; Contact: Ravi Venkatesh 703.339.6323, Srikanth Meenakshi 703.467.0422, Venkatesh Babu 703.793.8618

5:30pm - Hindustani Classical Music Concert by Padmabhushan GaanPrabha Dr. Prabha Atre hosted by AID San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; Location: Jain Temple, Milpitas, California; Contact: Madhuri Yechuri (650)868-7864, tickets@aidsfbay.org

October 14 -15 
4th Annual Early Stage Venture Investing Conference (4th Annual) conducted by the International Business Forum (IBF); Location: The W Hotel, San Francisco, California; Contact: Christina Riboldi at Christina@ibfconferences.com, (516) 594-3000 ext. 18

October 18, Saturday
2pm, 7pm - Images of India 2003 presented by Asha for Education, Berkeley; Location: International House Auditorium, Berkeley, California; Contact: Soraya Verjee @ 510.541.5962, http://www.ashanet.org/berkeley/

6pm - India Literacy Project (ILP) Fest 2003 - An evening of Classical Music with the Legendary Smt. Lakshmi Shankar, Ravi Gutala on Tabla and Vivek Datar on Harmonium. Chabot College Auditorium Contact: ilpfest@onebox.com, Senthilkumar Divarium 408.328.8826

October 19, Sunday
7pm - Krishna's Flute - A Bansuri featuring Padma Vibhushan Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia and Vijay Ghate hosted by Brindavan Gurukul, San Francisco, California; Contact: Shyamala T Rajendar, shyamala@aol.com, 925.736.7410, 510.541.5414

Multilingual comedy play by Alamelu Iyengar hosted by South India Fine Arts (SIFA); Location: CET Auditorium, San Jose, California; Contact: www.southindiafinearts.org, Usha Ramaswami @ 408.399.3189

October 25, Saturday
5-8pm - Sacramento Tamil Mandrum presents "Rhythm of Raga" - Tamil Light Music Concert by best band from Toronto, Canada. Location - CSUS Music Recital Hall, Sacramento, California; Contact - Subo at 916.972.1968, bvalen14@aol.com

6-8pm - Mostly Tamil: Deepavali 2003/Vaanambaadi - An evening of songs, dance and drama by selected auditioned performers; Location: CET Auditorium, San Jose, California; Contact: Sutha@mostlytamil.com, www.Mostlytamil.com; Tickets: $5 per seat.

October 26, Sunday
4pm - Carnatic Instrumental Concert by Kadri Gopalnath (Saxaphone), A. Kanyakumari (Violin) and Dhendanikottai Mani (Thavil) hosted by MITHAS Location: MIT Wong Auditorium, 
http://web.mit.edu/mta/www/music/events.html, Tickets: $25 and $12.

5pm - AIMS India Foundation - Washington DC Chapter Meeting; Location: Mr. Vijay Anand's residence, Herndon, Virginia; Contact: Ravi Venkatesh 703.339.6323, Srikanth Meenakshi 703.467.0422, Venkatesh Babu 703.793.8618

October 27, 28 & 29
Carnatic Music Workshop by Sangeetha Choodamani Shri.O.S. Thiagarajan, For details and sign-up, contact: Gayathri Satya @ 408.873.7783, gayathri_satya@hotmail.com