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.
Ongoing:
9am – 5.30pm. "Pranahuti Aided Meditation", Training held by the Institute of Sriramchandra Consciousness, every 2nd Saturday of the month in the Bay Area. Free for all. Contact: Vidyadar Joshi 408.973.8667, www.sriramchandra.org, isrc_ca@yahoo.com
Aug 02, 09, 16, 23, 30 Tuesdays
12 noon. Siddha Samadhi Yoga Classes at Shiva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org
Aug 03, 10, 17, 24, 31 Wednesdays
6-9am. "ItsDiff" Tamil radio program every Tuesday at 90.1 FM, KZSU, Stanford, California, Contact: Srikant Srinivasa, itsdiff@gmail.com
Aug 04, 11, 18, 25 Thursdays
1pm – 3pm. Carnatic Radio on 90.1FM KZSU Stanford, The program is one hour of Carnatic music and Gharana music. Contact: Parag, info@kzsu.stanford.edu
Aug 07, 14, 21, 28 Sundays
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
9:30am-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
11am-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
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
5:pm to 6pm (EST): 'Tamil Amudham' Metro Detroit/Ann Arbor's Tamil Radio program: Every Sunday at 1460 AM; Can be heard at www.wpon.com; Archives at www.tamilamudham.com; Contact: Program Director Dr. V.S Balanethiram 248.641.7684. Features news roundup, children's program, kadhai amudham, mazhalai amudam
Aug 05, Friday
7pm. Ayaan.com & SLIM presents Live Music concert by Vijey Yesudas at Sama Rathi Auditorium, 10915 Lemont Road, Lemont, Chicago, Illinois 60439; Tickets: Single - $30, Family (admit 4) - $100, VIP - $65, VIP-Family (admit 4) - $200; Contact: Irene 630.854.6218
Aug 06, Saturday
4pm. Veena Concert by Vinay Surya, Student of Ragavani School of Music at Community Room, Milpitas Library, 40 North Milpitas Road, Milpitas, California, Contact: www.ragavani.com
4pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Elena Madan, Disciple of Ms. Vishal Ramani, Artistic Director, Shri Krupa Dance Company at Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California, Contact: 408.293.5206, www.shrikrupa.com
4.30pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Hina Sheth, Disciple of Ms. Mythili Kumar, Artistic Director, Abhinaya Dance Company; Evergreen Valley High School Auditorium, San Jose, California, Contact: www.abhinaya.com
3.30pm – 6pm. Kanchi Acharya -71st Jayanthi Celebrations and Dr.Subramania Swamy Speech "Hinduism under threat in India" at Sunnyvale Hindu Temple, 420-450 Persian Drive, Sunnyvale, California; Contact: K Kalyan 408.390.5257
8pm-midnight; Star Gazing with Peninsula Astronomical Society; Organized by Hidden Villa; Tickets: $5, Contact: www.hiddenvilla.org
Aug 07, Sunday
Noon. "Anand Bazar", featuring Boutiques, Jewellry, Indian Food etc., at The Bharatiya Temple, 6850 N. Adams Road, Troy, Michigan. Contact: Temple 248.952.5874
7pm. "Ganga – Life As A River" at the UCI Claire Trevor Theater (Corner of Mesa & Peltason on UC Irvine Campus, California) by Arapana Dance Company; Tickets: $15, $20; Contact: info@arpanadancecompany.org
Aug 09, Tuesday
A six day of workshops, panels, discussion and community of the South Asian Diaspora, San Francisco, California, Venue to be announced. Contact: www.youthsolidarity.org/oy
Aug 13, Saturday
Noon. 2nd Annual MTS Chess Tournament at Meenakshi Temple, Pearland, Texas, Hosted By the Temple, Contact: www.meenakshi.org
2pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Seema Desai, Disciple of Ms. Mythili Kumar, Artistic Director, Abhinaya Dance Company at Cubberly Theater, Palo Alto, California; Contact: www.abhinaya.com
3pm – 10pm. "India Festival 2005" Organized by FICA and other organizations at Nautica Center - West Bank Flats, 1250 Riverbed Road, Flats West, Cleveland, Ohio. Tickets: $3, Contact: Satish Parikh 216.557.1628
4pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Ramya and Anjali Kuchchi Bhatla, Disciple of Ms. Vishal Ramani, Artistic Director, Shri Krupa Dance Company at Mexican Heritage Center Plaza, San Jose, California. Contact: 408.293.5206,www.shrikrupa.com
5pm. Basant Bahar Annual Festival featuring performers of Hindustani Classical Music; Location: Jain Bhawan Auditorium, Milpitas, California; Tickets: $15; Contact: 510.651.6386
6pm. Carnatic Vocal Arangetram of Saraswathi Ranganathan accompanied by Rangashree Varadarajan (Violin), A. Mahadevan (Mridangam); Location: CET Theater, San Jose, California; Contact: 408.253.6245
6pm. Tsunami Relief Musical Concert in Tamil by Chicago based Ainkaran Group; Organized by Tamils Rehabilitation Organization (TRO, USA); Location: Mayer Theatre, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara; Contact: Vathana - 408.735.1754, Brinda - 925.443.3337, inetraj@yahoo.com
Aug 14, Sunday
9am. Festival of India and Parade featuring Cultural programs, Career Fair and a mela, Organized by Federation of Indo Americans of Northern California, Contact: www.fiaonline.org.
10:00am. India Day 2005: India League of America in association with all the community organizations in Michigan celebrates India's 58th Independence day at Novi Expo. Enjoy Indian food, Live Indian Music & Dances. Participate in FREEDOM PARADE. Buy Your Favorite Clothing, Jewelry & Artifacts; Free Admission; Contact: Ramesh Patel 586.264.5454.
Noon. Carnatic Music Concert by Anuradha Shivaram at Shiva Murugan Temple, Concord, California, Contact: www.temple.org, 925.827.0127
6pm. Tsunami Relief Musical Concert in Tamil by Chicago based Ainkaran Group; Organized by Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO, USA); Location: Lanterman Auditorium, La Canada, California; Tickets: $12, ..$200; Contact: Nanda 626.795.7898, Perinpam 818.708.0456, Sree 626.353.0742
Aug 15, Monday
5:30pm. Future of Supreme Court – A panel discussion by Jesse Choper, Larry Kramer, Gerald Uelmen, Josh Rosenberg and Scott Graham; Location: Commonwealth Club, San Francisco; Free for members; $18 (non-members); Contact:www.commonwealthclub.org
6pm-9pm. Celebrating India - An evening of Indian Culture; Organized by The World Affairs Council in partnership with Network of Indian Professionals; Program includes, Music, Dance, Art, Costume, Photographs, Food and Aspects of India; Tickets: $10, $15(non-members); Location: World Affairs Council, San Francisco, California; Contact: www.itsyourworld.org
Aug 20, Saturday
4pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Chethana Damodar, Disciple of Ms. Vishal Ramani Artistic Director, Shri Krupa Dance Company; Location: Mexican Heritage Center Plaza, San Jose, California; Contact: 408.293.5206, www.shrikrupa.com
4pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Amlu Natesan, Disciple of Ms. Indumathy Ganesh, Artistic Director, Nrithyollasa Dance Company; Location: Campbell Heritage Theater, Campbell, California; Contact: 408.248.5211
8pm. 25th Silver Jubliee of India Day Parade Musical Extravaganza with Babul Supriyo and Sadhana Sargam at The State Theatre, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Tickets: $250, $100, $75, $50, $35, $25 , Contact: Jayesh Patel, 732.688.2658
"India Fest 2005 India's 58th Independence Day" hosted by India Culture Center; Location: George R. Brown Convention Center - Hall G, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, Texas, Contact: Anu Udpapa 281.498.4300
Aug 21, Sunday
4pm. Carnatic Vocal Concert by Anil Narasimha, accompanied by Ajay Narasimha (violin), N. Narayanan (Mridangam), a benefit program for Shiva Murugan Temple, at Cubberly Theater, Palo Alto, California, Tickets: $10, $15, $25, Contact: 510.525.1793
Aug 27, Saturday
4pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram by Sneha Joshi, Disciple of Ms. Vishal Ramani, Artistic Director, Shri Krupa Dance Company at West Valley College, Saratoga, California, Contact: 408.293.5206, www.shrikrupa.com
5.30pm. Kuchipudi Dance Recital by Nitara Dandapani, Student of Natyala at Cubberly Community Center, Palo Alto, California, Contact: 650.941.5304
4pm. Carnatic Vocal Debut by Divya Chandran, Student of Ragamalika at Jackson Theater, Ohlone College, Fremont, California, Contact: 408.255.8526
Aug 28, Sunday
10am. California Tamil Academy accepts registrations for their Fall session; Classes will be conducted in De Anza college, Cupertino and Horner Junior High, Fremont; Contact: www.catamilacademy.org;
4pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Radhika Chandrashekar, Disciple of Vidhya Subramaniam, Artistic Director, Lasya Dance Company; Location: Louis B. Meyer Theater, University of Santa Clara, California; Contact: 408.446.1861,www.lasya.org, athiri@gmail.com
"Mahabharatha", a dance performance by Shridhar and Anuradha, the dance couple from India, trained in Kalakshethra Style of Dance, presented by Khechara Academy of Bharathanatyam; Location: CET Theater, San Jose, California; Tickets: $15, $20, $50, Contact: www.sulekha.com, 408.733.0122
Sept. 4, Sunday
4pm. Carnatic Vocal Debut Concert by Nandini Dasarathy; Disciple of Ms. Jayashree Dasarathy; Location: Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College Fine Arts, Los Altos Hills, California; Accompanied by Dr. Ram Sriram (mrudangam), Smt. Sandhya Srinath (violin); Contact: 408.252.4025