January 2002 : Events Calendar
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 Jan. 13Bogi
 Jan. 14Pongal, Maha Sankaranti
 Jan. 15Mattu Pongal
 Jan. 26Republic Day
 Jan. 28Thai Poosam
Shubha Muhurtha Day:
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Jan 8, 15, 22, 29 Tuesdays
'Mostly Tamil', Radio Broadcast, 90.1FM, San Francisco Bay Area, 6:00-9:00am, http://www.mostlytamil.com

Jan 4, Friday
"Mingling Mela", A Singles mixer for those 25 and older in theSouth Asian community, Hosted by Desi Chicks at Coconut Grove, New York, 6:30PM, $10 online $15 at the door, Contact: Tess, 215.806.6500

Jan 5, 12, 19, 26 Saturdays
Suprapatham & Vishnu Sahasranamam at the Sunnyvale Hindu Temple, Sunnyvale, California 10-11am; Contact: Sumathy Srinivasan: sumathy67@hotmail.com

Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, Saturday
Suprabhadam and Vishnu Sahasranamam recitation, Hindu Temple, Sunnyvale, California, 10AM, Contact: sumathy67@hotmail.com

Jan 6, 13, 20, 27
'Kambanai KaaNpom', Classes on 'Kamba Ramayanam' by Ganapathi Subramaniam, California Tamil Academy (formerly TNF Tamil School), 11AM - 12 Noon; Room #L74, De Anza College, Cupertino Contact: Ganesh Babu @ 408.260.9721, sabi2000@yahoo.com

Jan 6, Sunday
"Art of Living Course" by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at Lakeway Inn, Austin, Texas, 7PM, Jan 6 - Jan 10, Contact: Digvijay Choudhari 512.458.8421, courses@artoflivingaustin.org

Jan 12, Saturday
"Pongal Vizha", An evening of Pattimanram, Drama, Light Music and other competitions Hosted by Bay Area Tamil Manram, San Jose City College, San Jose, California, 4PM - 8PM, Contact: Thillai Kaliaperumal, vp admin@bayareatamilmanram.org, www.bayareatamilmanram.org

MAARGAM a traditional Bharatanatyam recital by Vidya Ramakrishnan and Samyuktha Narayan Co-sponsored by Abhinaya Dance Company, Cubberly Theater, Palo Alto, California, 4:30PM, Musicians include Asha Ramesh (vocal), Shanthi Narayanan (violin) and Narayanan (mridangam), Contact: Samyuktha 650.962.8565 maargamdance@hotmail.com

"Pongal Celebrations - An Evening to display your talents",Hosted by Bharathi Kalai Manram and Meenakshi Temple Society, Meenakshi Temple Kalyana Mandapam, Pearland, Texas, 5PM, Contact: G. Sivakumar 832.252.6309 shivg@hotmail.com,

2001 Annual Banquet and Awards Night, Northern California Cricket Association, 7pm at Los Cerritos Recreation Center, Fremont, California.Contact:president@ncalcricket.org, sect@ncalcricket.org; www.ncalcricket.org




Jan 13, Sunday
Lalitha Sahasranama Sthothram recitation, Hindu Temple, Sunnyvale, California, 7PM, Contact: 408.248.7832, lmoorty@pacbell.net

Pongal Celebrations and Bharathanatyam performance by Students of Mythili Kumar, Abhinaya Dance Company, Shiva Murugan Temple, Concord, California, 1PM, Contact: Temple 925.827.0127

"Glass of Sultans", An Exhibition of 160 glass objects from Islamic World, ranging from 7th century to 19th century Persian and Indian glass, Hosted by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

Jan 17, Thursday
Raja Yoga Meditation Classes at Atlanta Unity Church - Main Sanctuary, Atlanta, Georgia, 7:30PM-8:30PM, Every Thursday till Feb 14, Registration limited to 20 persons, Contact: Marcus Parker, 770.565.1938

Jan 19, Saturday
Bharatanatyam Arangetram by Madhav Vissa at Mexican Heritage Theater, San Jose, California, 6PM, Contact: Abhinaya Dance Company, Phone: 408.983.0491 Email: abhinaya_sj@yahoo.com

"From Goddess to Pinup" An exhibition of 90 calendar images from the 1960's onwards Hosted by Collector and sociologist Dr. Patricia Uberoi and New-Delhi based Pooja Sood, Indocenter of Art and Culture, New York, Contact: 212.462.4221

'Thamizhar Thirunaal' by New York Tamil Sangam Program includes, 'Raja Raja Cholan' Tamil Drama by Kids and Speech by Thiru Ilanthan Ramaswamy; Location: PS 203, Springs Field Blvd, Queens, 4pm Contact: Rathnam 516.625.5554, Kanchana 516.621.2167
'
Pongal Festival' by Michigan Tamil Sangam at Pongal Virunthu 5-6:30pm and Variety Entertainment from 7pm at FitzGerald High School Auditorium, Michigan Contact: Srini V. Raman 248.656.5840,Latha Mani 248.828.8475

Jan 20, Sunday
Carnatic vocal short concert by Ranjini Vijay followed by Carnatic flute concert by G. Mohan Rangan, Hosted by LOTUS, Hindu Temple, Sunnyvale, California, 2PM-5:30PM, Admission Free. Contact: 408.734.4554, www.svlotus.com

"India Republic Day 2002 Celebration" at Hamman Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 8AM, Contact: Harshad Patel Phone: 281.495.6336

Jan 26, Saturday
'Saint Thyagaraja Day Celebrations' by Bharathi Kalalaya, 4-6pm, at Bharathi Kalalaya, Fremont, California. Contact: Anuradha Suresh 510.490.4629, www.bharathikalalaya.com

Potluck and Elections Held by Association of South Asian Professionals (ASAP-NJ), Pennington/Priceton, New Jersey, 9AM, Contact: Oumilla Sibarte 609.434.0257

"India Republic Day 2002 Celebrations" at Downtown Houston, Texas 10:00AM, Contact: Sam Kannapan Phone: 281.484.2270

Sankranthi Celebrations by Bay Area Telugu Association, 5:00 - 8:30pm at Foothill College theatre, Los Altos, California. Contact: Bharath Kona 510.794.0994, Vamsi Madumba 408.732.1641 Ramesh Mandalapu 408.749.8002 www.bata.org

Jan 27, Sunday
Thai Poosam and Vallalar Thirunal Celebrations, Shiva Murugan Temple, Concord, CA, Devotional Songs by Asha Ramesh at 12.30pm -1.30pm, Bharathanatyam by Shreelata's Students at 1.30pm - 2.30pm and Shri Murugan Thirukalyanam at 3pm, Contact: Temple 925.827.0127

Jan 31, Thursday
Call for Papers, Abstracts due by Jan 31, 2002. Knowledge Systems in Early and Medieval India: Religion, Philosophy and Social Thought, Feb. 22, 2002 University of California, Berkeley Contact: Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti Email: chakraba@elon.edu

Feb 02, Saturday
'Tyagaraja Day' - Annual All Day Event, South India Fine Arts, Northern California. Program begins at 8 AM. Contact: K. Balasubramanian @ k_balu_2001@yahoo.com A. Mahadevan (408) 629-1707, vimaro@aol.com


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