If you want events to be included, please e-mail details to thendral@tamilonline.com. Though we try our best to provide accurate information, we urge you to check details with the host organization before attending an event. Events Compilation assistance by Ms. Lakshmi Subramaniyam, Minnesota.
Nov. 1, 08, 15, 22 Tuesdays
12 noon. Siddha Samadhi Yoga Classes at Shiva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org
Nov. 2, 09, 16, 23 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
Nov. 3, 10, 27, 24 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
Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26 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
Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27 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
November 5, 2016, Saturday
5pm. Flowering Tree - a story of Kumudha & her sisters on conservation & preservation; An original spectacular combination of Bharathanatyam, live classical Indian & Jazz music and storytelling. Organized by Natya Dance Theatre & Abhinaya, St. Louis; Venue: Lafayette High School, Wildwood, Missouri; Contact: natya.com
6pm. Mosaic America - Rhythm, Music & Movement; Program features a multicultural celebration featuring music and dance from China, India, Haiti, Spain, Mexico, Middle East and USA - performed by Bay Area Artists; Organized by Sangam Arts; Venue: De Anza Visual Performing Arts Center, Cupertino, California; Contact: sangamarts.org
November 6, 2016, Sunday
10:30am. PrabhRti & PrApti - Solo Vocal Performances of promising students - Meghna Sankaranarayanan & Ananya Agas (PrabhRti) & Meghana Kumar (PrApti); Organized by Shruthi Swara Laya; Venue: Shruthi Swara Laya premises, Fremont, California; Contact: shruthiswaralaya.com, 510.552.5824
November 12 & 13, 2016, Saturday & Sunday
7pm (Sat) & 4pm (Sun). Vaanara Leela - Monkeys in the Ramayana; A dance portrayal of the extraordinary role of Hanuman and his monkey army in the Ramayana; Organized by Abhinaya Dance Company; Venue: Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, California; Contact: abhinaya.org, 408.871.5959
November 12, 2016, Saturday
2:30pm. Sirippu Maththaappudan Sirappu Deepavali; Program features Crazy Mohan's Google Gathodgajan, Dance, Music, Drama programs; Organized by Greater Atlanta Tamil Sangam; Venue: Lassiter High School, Marietta, Georgia; Contact: gatamilsangam.org
3pm. Deepavali Celebrations 2016; Program features Dhwani’s Grand Light Music Concert, multi-state, multi-lingual traditional dances, Deepavali fashion show, Golu contest winners award function and more; Organized by Bharati Tamil Sangam; Venue: Jain Temple, Milpitas, California; Contact: Murali Jambu: 650.619.2380, Gowri: 510.789.7809, bharatitamilsangam.org
3pm. Children’s Day program; Program features Bay Area Super Singer Competition for Adults and kids, cultural program, children performances; Organized by Bay Area Tamil Manram; Venue: Dublin High School, Dublin, California; Contact: bayareatamilmanram.org
4:30pm. Children’s Day Program - Organized by Chicago Tamil Sangam; Venue: Lake Zurich Middle School North, Hawthorn Woods, Illinois; Contact: chicagoTamiLSangam.org
5pm. Pattasu 2016 - A deepavali celebration; Program features variety dances and Isai Maalai light music by Super Singer Arjun and local talents; Organized by Seattle Tamil Sangam; Venue: Carco Theater, Renton, Washington; Contact: seattletamilsangam.org
5pm. Therikkum Deepavali; Program features Dance, Drama, Jeopardy, Songs and delicious dinner; Organized by Michigan Tamil Sangam; Venue: Novi High School, Novi, Michigan; Contact: mitamilsangam.org
6pm. Inaugural Fundraising Gala for Construction of the Concord Shiva Murugan Temple; Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Union City, California; Contact: Uday Meyyappan 925.550.7048, Meena Annamalai: 510.648.1015
6pm. Super Diwali Dhamakka with Vijay TV fame Super Singers - Anand, Raja Ganapathy, Lakshmi, Farida, Siyad with Playback singer Srinivas with Mani & band; Organized by RR International; Venue: Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, Illinois; Contact: Raghuraman: 815.955.7794, fb.com/RRInternationalInc
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: tamilcatholic.org
November 13, 2016, Sunday
10:30am. PrabhRti - Solo Vocal Performances of promising students - Keerthana Ravi, Srihita Ramini, Krupa Kannan & Shreya Nadyala; Organized by Shruthi Swara Laya; Venue: Shruthi Swara Laya premises, Fremont, California; Contact: shruthiswaralaya.com, 510.552.5824
2pm. Deepavali Kondattam 2016; Organized by Southern California Tamil Sangam; Venue: Hoover Middle School, Lakewood, California; Contact: socaltamil.org
3:30pm. Deepavali Celebrations; Program features Crazy Mohan’s Google Gathodgajan, Smt. MS Subbulakshmi, Gandhi Jayanthi, Bharathidasan birthday celebrations; Organized by New Jersey Tamil Sangam; Venue: Woodbridge High School, Woodbridge, New Jersey; Contact: njtamilsangam.net
November 19, 2016, Saturday
8am-8pm. Sri Venkateshwara Vaibhavotsavam; Program features a day in Tirumala in one of our own local environs; Organized by Livermore Hindu Temple; Venue: Fremont High School Gym, Sunnyvale, California; Contact: livermoretemple.org
3pm. Annual Day - a celebration with student performances at all levels; Organized by Natya Dance Theatre; Venue: Pfeiffer Hall, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois; Contact: natya.com
Deepavali Celebrations; Organized by Tamil Association of Colorado; Venue: Vista Peak, Aurora, Colorado; Contact: tamilcolorado.org
November 20, 2016, Sunday
9:30am-5pm. Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s 91st Birthday Celebrations - Living his message: Love & Service; Program features guest speaker - Dr. Valluvan Jeevanandam & Multi-faith celebrations; Organized by Region 7 (Northern California & Nevada Region) Sathya Sai Intl. Organization - USA; Venue: Sunnyvale Hindu Temple & Community Center, Persian Drive, Sunnyvale, California; Contact: region7saicenters.org/birthday, ssb.birthday@gmail.com
November 20-23, Sunday - Wednesday
AMMA Fall US Tour - Program features free public programs (Nov. 20), East Coast Retreat (Nov. 21-23), Devi Bhava program (Nov. 23, 7pm); Venue: Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, 400 Renaissance Drive, Detroit, Michigan; Contact: www.amma.org, fb.com/MA Center
November 25-29, Friday - Tuesday
AMMA Fall US Tour - Program features free public programs (Nov 25, 26), Retreat (Nov. 27-29), Devi Bhava program (Nov. 29th, 7pm); Venue: Fairmont Hotel, 170 S. Market Street, San Jose, California; Contact: www.amma.org, fb.com/MA Center
November 26, 2016, Saturday
4pm. Carnatic Vocal Arangetram of Mayuri Ranganathan; Disciple of Sri. VVS. Murari and student of VVS Foundation & VVS School of Music; Venue: CET Hall, San Jose, California;
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
December 4, 2016, Sunday
Thamizh Isai Vizhaa; Organized by Tamil Sangam or Greater Washington; Venue: Murugan Temple of North America, Lanham, Maryland; Contact: 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; thangamuruganvizha.com, fb.com/thanga murugan vizha Chicago
December 17-25, 2016, Saturday-Sunday
Sri Sri Maha Periyava Aaradhana; Program features Athi Rudram - chanting of Sri Rudram for 121 times; See Ad for more details; Organized by Sri Kamakshi Community Center; Venue: SKCC Premises, Santa Clara, California; Contact: Sri. Chandramouli: 925.337.5262, kanchikamashi@gmail.com, srikamakshi.org; Register online to participate in Athi Rudram. |