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May 05, 12, 19, 26 Tuesdays
12 noon. Siddha Samadhi Yoga Classes at Shiva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org
May 06, 13, 20, 27 Wednesdays
6-9am. “ItsDiff” Tamil radio program every Wednesday at 90.1 FM, KZSU, Stanford, California; Contact: Srikant Srinivasa, itsdiff@gmail.com
7:45pm. Journey into the inner world via a series of powerful techniques; Venue: Life Bliss Foundation, Swami Nithyananda Vedic Temple, Montclair, California; Contact: www.lifebliss.org, 909.625.1400
May 07, 14, 21, 28 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
7:10pm. Shirdi Sai Bhajans; Venue: Kalpataru Sai Nilayam, Evergreen Area, San Jose, California; Contact: www.thesaifoundation.org, 408.223.0999
May 02, 09, 16, 23, 30 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.
9am. Sakthi TV presents half hour Tamil Programming in your local channel line-up. Program can be viewed in Channel 29 in Fremont; Channel 28 in Hayward, Union City, Alameda, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley; Channel 27 in Newark; Programs include, Tamil Karnatic & Light Music, Pattimanram, Potti, Teledrama and Event coverage from the Bay Area; www.saktitv.com
5:00pm - 6:30pm. Exploring Meditation - Journey into the inner world via a series of powerful techniques by Life Bliss Foundation; Venue: Swami Nithyananda Vedic Temple, Montclair, California; Contact: www.lifebliss.org, 909.625.1400
May 03, 10, 17, 24, 31 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 : Sanatan Dharma Kendra, Sunnyvale, 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
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
9:30-10:30am. TAMIL WORSHIP; Venue: Faith Lutheran Church (Sanctuary), 37635 Dequindre Road, Michigan (Between 16 &17 Mile Road); Contact: Rev. Arul J Alexander, tamil@faithtroy.org Web: http://www.faithtroy.org/tamil
5.00 p.m.: EMMANUEL TAMIL CHURCH; Vibrant praise & worship services. Venue: St. Michael's Lutheran Church - Chapel, 7000 N Sheldon Road, Canton, Michigan; Contact: Rev. Sunil Noah sunilruth@comcast.net
5:30pm. Immanuel Lutheran Church - Church congregation of Tamil Speaking public from Asia; Location: 149-40, 11th Ave, Whitestone, Queens, New York; Contact: Rev. Dr. E.J. Rethinasamy 718.767.5656, www.immanuelwhitestone.com
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
10 am. East West Tamil Service; Venue: Dr.Francis James, 32,Blakely, Irvine, California. Contact: Rev. Dr. N.J.Gnaniah, 714-828-3181, NGnaniah@aol.com
Shiva Murugan Temple, Concord, California
May 03, Sun. (Meenakshi Kalyaanam - Devotional Songs by Harini Krishna & Students); May 10, Sun. (Mother’s Day Ambal Puja – Devotional Songs by Smt. Latha Sriram & Students of Sri Lalitha Gana Vidyalaya); June 7, Sunday (Vaikasi Visakam – Murugan Kalyanam – Bharathanatyam by Ms. Jeyanthi Sridharan & Students); Venue: Temple Premises, Shiva Murugan Temple, Concord, California; Contact: 925.827.0127, www.temple.org
May 06-09 Life Bliss Foundation (Silicon Valley Bay Area)
Yogam - Experience the change; Organized by Life Bliss Foundation; Program features Free Public Discourses, Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Kalpataru Program, Yoga Spurana; Venue: (LA) Vedic Temple, Montclair, Californa; Venue (Bay Area): India Community Center, Milpitas; Contact: 909.625.1400, 510.813.6474, LA@yogam4you.org, sanjose@yogam4you.org, www.lifeblissfoundation.org
May 10, Saturday
6pm. Easter Tamil Service; Venue: Magnolia Baptist Church, 720 S. Magnolia Ave, Anaheim, California. Contact: Rev.Dr. N.J.Gnaniah, 714-828-3181, NGnaniah@aol.com
6:45pm. Monthly Tamil Mass; Organized by Bay Area Tamil Catholic Community; Venue: St. Joseph Parish, Mountain View, California; Contact: www.tamilcatholic.org
May 02, Saturday
12:30-7:30pm. 2nd Annual Day Celebrations; Organized by Tamizh Schools USA, A registered not-for-profit, tax exempt organization from 1987; Program features, songs, story telling, reading, dance, short drama and ThirukkuraL competitions by students; Venue: Driscoll Christian High School Auditorium, Addison, Illinois; Contact: VJBabu thamizhppalli2003@yahoo.com
May 03, Sunday
1:30pm. Bharathanatyam performance by Ms. Mythili Kumar and Ms. Rasika Kumar and students of Abhinaya Dance Company; 4:30pm - Vocal concert by Sikkil Gurucharan, accompanied by Nagai Sriram (violin) and Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam); Organized by Kalalaya; Venue: CET, San Jose, California; Contact: 510.796.5252
4pm. Bharathanatyam performances by Students of Guru Vishal Ramani & Shri Krupa Dance Company; A fundraiser for Shiva Murugan Temple; Venue: Cubberley Theater, Palo Alto, California; Contact: www.shivamurugantemple.org
4:25pm. Carnatic Vocal Concert by Sikkil Gurucharan; Accompanied by Nagai Sriram (violin), Tiruvarur Vaidhyanathan (mridangam); Organized by South India Fine Arts (SIFA); Venue: CET, San Jose, California; Contact: www.southindiafinearts.org
May 9-10, Sat. & Sunday
2nd Annual Music & Dance Competition in different age groups; Organized by Sivan Fine Arts Academy; Venue: Sanatan Dharma Kendra, Sunnyvale, California; Contact: Ashok Ramani, ashokramani10@yahoo.com, 408.345.6499
May 10, Sunday
2pm. 'Brahmarishi' - A tamil drama about the life of Sage Viswaamithra; Staged by Michigan Tamil Sangam members; Venue: Groves Little Theater, Beverley Hills, Michigan; Contact: www.mitamilsangam.org
10am. Annual Community Picnic & Mother's Day Celebrations; Organized by Bharathi Kalai Manram; Venue: Community Part, Missouri City, Texas; Contact: www.bkmhouston.org
May 15-17, Friday-Sunday
Annual Sri Rajarajeshwari Festival ; Program features performances by (May 17, 3:30pm) Maestro Sri. TK. Govindarao and Flautist Vijay Gopal, Carnatic Vocalist Anitha Krishna; Venue: Temple Premises, Sri Vidya Temple, Rush, New York; Contact: www.srividya.org
May 16, Saturday
2:00pm. Geeta Vaibhavam - A fundraiser for Balaji Temple; Program features student performances; Presented by Shruthi Swara Laya and Balaji Temple; Venue: George Mayne Elementary School, Alviso, California; Contact: www.shruthiswaralaya.com, 510.492.4629, 408.203.1026
5:30pm. Vasantha Vizha; Program features Kavi Arangam, Tamil Idol, Jodi Poruththam, Fashion Show and Impromptu Speech; Organized by Missouri Tamil Sangam; Venue: Mahatma Gandhi Center, Ballwin, Missouri; Contact: www.missouritamilsangam.org
6pm. Violin Concert by Sri. VV. Subrahmanyam & VVS. Murari; Accompanied by Tiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam (mridangam); Hosted by Columbus Carnatic Music Association; Venue: Upper Arlington City Building, Upper Arlington, Ohio; Contact: www.columbuscarnaticmusic.org
May 17, Sunday
9:30am. Annual Day Celebrations by California Tamil Academy; Program features student performances and award distribution; Guests of Honor include, Dr. Dennis Brown, Fremont Unified School District, Fremont, Ms. Allison Coy, Coordinator of Educational options, FUHSD, Sunnyvale, Prof. George Hart, UCB, California and Dr. Ponnavaiko, Vice-chancellor Bharathidasan University; Venue: Flint Theater, De Anza College, Cupertino, California; Contact: www.catamilacademy.org
1:00 & 3:30pm. Double header - (1pm) Carnatic Veena Concert by Srikanth Chary; Accompanied by N. Narayanan (mridangam), Ganesh Ramanarayanan (Kanjira); (3:30pm). Carnatic Vocal Concert by Neyveli Santhanagopalan; Organized by South India Fine Arts (SIFA); Venue: CET, San Jose, California; Contact: www.southindiafinearts.org
May 23, Saturday
11am, 2pm, 6pm. CMANA Spring Concert Series; Performance by Master Sathyanarayanan (Keyboard); (2pm) Carnatic Vocal by Sikkil Gurucharan; Accompanied by Nagai Sriram (Violin) and Thiruvaarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam); (6pm) Violin concert by VVSubramanyam & VVS Murari, Tiruvaarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam); Venue: HTCS Temple Auditorium, Bridgewater, New Jersey; Contact: www.cmana.org
4:30pm. Carnatic Vocal Music Arangetram of Sandhya Chandrasekaran; Disciple & Student of Smt. Latha Sriram, Artistic Director of Sri Lalitha Gana Vidyalaya; Venue: Jackson Theater, Ohlone College, Fremont, California; Contact: 510.440.8996
5pm. Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Gayatri Venkatesan; Disciple & Student of Guru Mythili Kumar & Abhinaya Dance Company; Venue: CET Sobrato Center, San Jose, California; Contact: www.abhinaya.org
May 27-30, Wed - Sunday
Dance Workshop by Guru Uma Dandayudapani Pillai for Intermediate & Advanced students and teachers; Hosted at Mountain View, California; Contact: Priya Asokan: 650.533.6266, priya_chandrasekar@yahoo.com
May 29, Friday
7pm. Vocal Concert by Sri. Neyveli Santhanagopalan & Party; Hosted by Columbus Carnatic Music Association; Venue: Upper Arlington City Building, Upper Arlington, Ohio; Contact: www.columbuscarnaticmusic.org
May 30, Saturday
1:30 & 3:30pm. Double header - (1pm) Carnatic Violin Concert by Sri. VV Subramaniam & VVS Murrai, Accompanied by Thiruvaarur Bhakthavathsalam (mridangam); (3:30pm) Vocal Concert by S. Sowmya, RK Shriramkumar (violin), N.Naryanan (mridangam) Organized by South India Fine Arts (SIFA); Venue: CET, San Jose, California; Contact: www.southindiafinearts.org
2:00pm. Chiththirai Vizha; Program features Speech, Kavithai, Mini Pattimanram, Drama, Jodiporuththam, Dance & Songs; Organized by Greater Atlanta Tamil Sangam (GATS); Venue: Berkmar High School, Lilburn, Georgia; Contact: Chand Swamy: 404.451.3972, www.gatamilsangam.org;
5pm. Anjali - Dance performance in three different classical styles; Kuchipudi by Mahadevapeddi Murthy & Shoba Natarajan; Bharathanatyam by Chitra Venkateswaran & Ramya Ramnarayan; Kathak by Archana Joglekar; Organized by Nrithyanjali Institute of Dance; Supported by Plainsboro Arts Partnership; Venue: Plainsboro Community Middle School, Plainsboro, New Jersey; Contact: Ramya 732.398.9895, Padmashri Ashish 609.897.9265
May 31, Sunday
3pm. Maargazhi Ragam - The Carnatic Concert Movie; Performed by Bombay Jayashri & TM.Krishna; Venue: IMC6, San Jose, California; Contact: Aruna Peri: 408.718.5261, sujathat@akaarevents.com, www.margazhiraagam.com; Tickets: $12, $10 (groups of 4)
4pm. Carnatic Vocal Concert by Ms. Seetha Rajan; Accompanied by V.Lakshminarayanan (Violin) and Ram Sriram (Mridangam); Organized by CAMAGA; Venue: Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale, Georgia; Contact: www.camaga.org