Dec 07	Pearl Harbor Day
Dec 10	Human Rights Day
Dec 13	Milad Un Nabi
Dec 25	Christmas Day
Dec 31	New Year's Eve
Jan 01	New Year 2017
Shubha Muhurtha Days: 06, 07, 10, 11, 18, 251, 4, 5, 9

Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27 Tuesdays
12 noon. Siddha Samadhi Yoga Classes at Shiva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org

Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28 Wednesdays
7:45-9:15pm. Atmotsava - Silent meditation, readings, chanting, bhajans and stotrams on god, guru and self - followed by prasad; Organized by Society of Abidance in Truth; Venue: Santa Cruz, California; Contact: www.satramana.org, 831.425.7287

Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Thursdays
7:30-8:30pm. Weekly Satsanghs (Shirdi Sai Bhajans); Organized by Shirdi Sai Parivaar; Venue: Shirdi Sai Center, Sunnyvale, California; Contact: www.shirdisaiparivaar.org, 408.705.7904

Dec. 3, 10, 17, 23 Saturdays
8 - 10 a.m. Shri Vethathiri Maharishi's Simplified Kundalini Yoga (SKY) Satsang. Session includes simplified exercise, meditation & lectures Organized by SKY Bay Area, a chapter of World Community Service Centre (WCSC); Venue: Fremont Hindu Temple, Fremont, California; Contact: www.skybayarea.org, 510.825.3567, sky.bayarea@yahoo.com.
6 - 8 PM. San Diego Tamil Church; Venue: Mira Mesa Presbyterian Church, 8081 Mira Mesa Blvd, San Diego CA 92126; Contact: Rev. Dr. N.J. Gnaniah - 714-828-3181; ngnaniah@gmail.com

Dec. 4, 11, 18, 25 Sundays
8 - 10 a.m. Shri Vethathiri Maharishi's Simplified Kundalini Yoga (SKY) Satsang. Session includes simplified exercise, meditation & lectures Organized by SKY Bay Area, a chapter of World Community Service Centre (WCSC); Venue: Shirdi Sai Parivaar - Shirdi Sai Center, Milpitas, California; Contact: www.skybayarea.org, 510.825.3567, sky.bayarea@yahoo.com.

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
10-11:30am. Satsang - silent meditation, discourse by Nome on Self-Knowledge and Self-inquiry, recitation and readings from the Upanishads; Organized by Society of Abidance in Truth; Venue: Santa Cruz, California; Contact: 831. 425.7287, www.satramana.org; Free.
2-3pm. Evergreen Classics by Srikant Ramabadran; Bay Area: 1550 AM; Contact: www.mixcloud.com/RadioZindagi; srikant@radiozindagi.com
3-4:30pm. Plano Tamil School; Facilitated by Sastha Tamil Foundation; Venue: Alpha Montessori House, Plano, Texas; Contact: www.pltamil.com

Global Organization for Divinity presents Sri. Ramanujamji's 2016 US Fall Discourse series between Nov. 2016 and Jan. 2017;
Dec. 2-7 (Boston, MA): Madhura Utsav;
Dec. 8-12 (Richmond, VA): Madhura Utsav & Virginia Namadwaar;
Dec. 18 (Houston, TX): Bhakti Sugandham;
Dec. 22-24 (Minneapolis, MN): Madhura Utsav;
Dec. 24-31 (Houston, TX): Annual Madhura Utsav & Srimad Bhagavatam Katha; Jan
1-8 (Atlanta, GA): Bhakti Yoga lectures;
Jan. 10-16 (Bay Area, CA): Bhakti Yoga lectures; Contact:
www.godivinity.org

Dec. 2016 - Jan. 2017 Concert Schedule of Ananya Ashok in TN
Dec. 11, 4pm - Raga Sudha, Chennai;
Dec. 20, 12:30pm - Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha, Chennai;
Dec. 21, 11:45AM - Music Academy, Chennai;
Dec. 25, 10AM - Karthik Fine Arts;
Dec. 26, 1:30PM - Mylapore Fine Arts;
Dec. 28, 2:15PM - Vani Mahal;
Dec. 29, 3PM - BGS Trust (Arkay CC);
Dec. 30m 5:30PM - Maarga (RKM, T.Nagar);
Jan. 4, 2017, 4:30PM - Asthika Samaj (Venus Colony);
Jan. 13, 6PM - Charsur (Kapaleeswarar Kovil); Contact:
fb.com/ananya.ashok1

December 3, 2016, Saturday
10am. Inaugural Tech/Tea Talk on their Entrepreneurial journeys by Kumar Rangarajan & Karthik Ramaswamy - Co-founders of LittleEyeLabs and Locomatix respectively; Organized by American Tamil Entrepreneurs Association; Venue: India Community Center (ICC), Milpitas, California
4pm. Bharath to the Bay - An Indian Cultural program of the season; Presented by Christ Church of India; Venue: Christ Church of India, San Ramon, California; Contact: www.christchurchofIndia.org

December 4, 2016, Sunday
10am. Choir Carol Service; Organized by Atlanta Tamil Church; Venue: Atlanta Tamil Church, Norcross, Georgia; Contact: www.atlantatamilchurch.org, 770.723.1711
10am. 7th Annual Tamil Isai Program; Program features children's singing competition - classical and semi-classical Tamil Isai songs, light music, folk songs..; 4-6pm - Talk by Ms. Lavanya Subramaniam on Tamil Isai; Organized by Tamil Sangam of Greater Washington; Venue: Murugan Temple of North America, Lanham, Maryland; Contact: www.washingtontamilsangam.org

December 10, 2016, Saturday
All day. Annual Thanga Murugan Vizha; Program features Kalaimamani Desa Mangayarkarasi discourses; Special focus on Sri. Ramalinga Vallalaar and his life journey & messages; Venue: Sama Rathi Auditorium, The Hindu temple of Greater Lemont, Lemont, Illinois; Contact: Bhuvana Umapathy: 630,.922.6954, Devaki Raman: 630.851.1636, Subhadra: 630.961.7355; www.thangamuruganvizha.com, fb.com/thanga murugan vizha Chicago
4pm. Bharath to the Bay - An Indian Cultural program of the season; Presented by Christ Church of India; Venue: Christ Church of India, San Jose, California; Contact: www.christchurchofIndia.org
6:30pm. Monthly Tamil Mass, Rosary, Children Liturgy and Get-together; Organized by Bay Area Tamil Catholic Community; Venue: St.Joseph's Church, Mountain View, California; Contact: www.tamilcatholic.org