November 2013: Events Calendar
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. 5, 12, 19, 26 Tuesdays
12 noon. Siddha Samadhi Yoga Classes at Shiva Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California, Contact: Temple 925.449.6255, www.livermoretemple.org

Nov. 6, 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
7:45-9:15pm. 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. 7, 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

Nov. 2, 9, 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
10am-Noon. Tamil Radio - Kaalai Thendral on KLOK 1170AM; Listen live @www.arimausa.com

Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24 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.orgwww.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.
5:00pm. Communion & Worship Service; Discourses by Rev. Sam Raj, Rev. Shawn Redmond; Venue: First Tamil Church of Atlanta, Alpharetta, Georgia; Contact: 404.276.2661, www.ftcatlanta.org; 10am (English) 11:30am (Tamil) 1pm (Hindi). Immanuel Lutheran Church - Church congregation of Tamil Speaking public from Asia; Location: 149-40, 11th Ave, Whitestone, New York; Contact: Rev. Dr. E.J. Rethinasamy 718.767.5656 x301, www.immanuelwhitestone.com

Shiva Murugan Temple, Concord, California
Sun. Nov. 3 - Deepavali Celebrations - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Indumathy Ganesh & Students;
Sat. Nov. 9 - Mahaskandasashti - Thiruppugazh songs by Smt. Latha Sriram & Students;
Sun. Nov. 17 and 24 - Karthigai Deepam - Bharathanatyam by Guru Vishal Ramani & Students;
Venue: Shiva Murugan Temple premises, Concord, California; Contact: www.temple.org, 925.827.0127

Mata Amritanandamayi, 2013 Winter Tour
Nov. 18-23, 2013: San Ramon California;
Nov. 25-29: Detroit, Michigan; Program features All day, morning and evening programs, Devi Bhava and Retreat; For more information: www.amma.org

3rdi 11th Annual South Asian Film Festival (Nov. 6-10 & 16, 2013)
3rdi presents 11th Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival 2013; Nov. 6-10 (San Francisco) and Nov. 16 (Palo Alto); Venues: New People Cinema, Castro Theater, San Francisco; Aquarius Theater, Palo Alto; Contact: www.thirdi.org

Saturday Science 9am - Noon; All Saturdays of November & Dec. 07, 2013
Environmental DNA Investigation:Owl Pellets; Students learn important molecular biology techniques used in research - DNA isolation and DNA amplification through PCR; To enroll, contact: Schmahl Science Workshops, San Jose, California; asrp@schmahlscience.org, 408.281.7595


Nov. 1, 2013, Friday
7:30pm. Chitraveena Concert by Sri. N. Ravikiran, Accompanied by Anuradha Sridha (voilin), Sri. Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam); Organized by South India Fine Arts; Venue: Spangenberg Theatre, Gunn High School, Palo Alto, California; Contact: www.southindiafinearts.org

Nov. 2, 2013, Saturday
2pm. Triple Header; Carnatic Vocal concerts by Kaushal Tirumala, Arjun Subramanian, Hemmige Srivatsan; Organized by SR Fine Arts; Venue: Community of infinite spirit, San Jose, California; Contact: Shobana Sujitkumar: 408.569.0860
2pm. Deepavali Celebrations - Sirippom, Sinthippom; Sinthanai vattam; Program features Actor Pandiarajan; Organized by New Jersey Tamil Sangam; Venue: Piscataway Library, Piscataway Township, New Jersey; Contact: www.njtamilsangam.org
3:30pm. Carnatic Vocal Concert by Sri. Abhishek Raghuraman; Organized by South India Fine Arts; Venue: Center for Performing Arts, Meno-Atherton High School, Atherton, California; Contact: www.southindiafinearts.org
5:30pm. A musical celebraSeven - A grand tamil light music show; Presented by iLayaragam; A fundraiser for Aram Sei and Akshaya Trust; Venue: Chabot College Auditorium, Hayward, California; Contact: Ilayaragam: 408.598.2587, Aram Sei: 408.982.7266, Akshaya: 571.451.6727,www.ilayaragam.com
7pm. Celebration of Mother Vailankanni Novena Mass; Program features Rosary, Novena Mass, Procession followed by fellowship and dinner; Venue: St. James The Apostle Parish, Vailankanni Novena, Fremont, California; Contact: Johnson Paul: Vailankanni.Novena@gmail.com
7:30pm. The Seventh Love - A World premiere of Krishna's world and his legendary love stories in a lively interpretation of sacret texts and the beauty of Indian classical dance; Organized by Natya Dance Theatre; Venue: Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago, Illinois; Contact: www.natya.com

Nov. 9, 2013, Saturday
2pm. Deepavali Thiruvizha 2013; Program features Game Show, Dance, Drama, Music with Live Orchestra by Symphonia and Delicious Dinner at nominal cost; Venue: Lanier High School, Sugar Hill, Georgia; Contact: www.gatamilsangam.org, 678.757.GATS
3pm. Deepavali Kondaattam 2013; Program features S.V.Shekhar and Attam, Pattam and Kondattam; Organized by Southern California Tamil Sangam - Socal Tamil; Venue: Jordan High School Auditorium, Long Beach, California; Contact: www.socaltamil.org, Venkat Gopalan: 310.213.7342, Subbu Shanmugam: 714.257.9325
4pm. Nathamennum Koyililae - A Grand light music benefit concert featuring Pragathi, Pooja, Srinivas and Sathyaprakash; A fundraiser for Shiva Murugan Temple, Concord; Venue: Mesa Verde High School, Citrus Heights, California; Contact: www.temple.org, Jayanthi Sridhar: 916.541.7723, Sala Chidambaram: 916.220.9619
4pm. Multiple facets of Periyazhwar in Tamil by Smt. Ambujavalli Desikachari; Venue: Rancho Rinconada Parks & Recreation, Cupertino, California; Contact: Shobana Sujitkumar: 408.569.0860
4pm. Annual Elections to elect a new executive committee and ratify constitution updates; Organized by Bay Area Tamil Manram; Venue: Irvington High School Cafeteria, Fremont, California; Contact: www.bayareatamilmanram.org, Election Officer: Anbu Raja

Nov. 10, 2013, Sunday
4pm. Nathamennum Koyililae - A Grand light music benefit concert featuring Pragathi, Pooja, Srinivas and Sathyaprakash; A fundraiser for Shiva Murugan Temple, Concord; Venue: Chabot College, Hayward, California; Contact: www.temple.org, Odaiyappan: 408.966.4363, Ganesh Babu: 510.387.5910

Nov. 17, 2013, Sunday
2:30pm. Carnatic Mridangam Arangetram of Chandramouli Virunchipuram; Disciple of Sri Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan and Nadhopasana Academy of Fine Arts; Vocal by Smt. Jayanthi Umesh; Venue: Shirdi Sai Parivar, Milpitas, California; Contact: Vidya Narayanan: srividyan@gmail.com
4pm. Naveenata (Novelty) - featuring Rasika Kumar and Dominique Delorme in Explorations within the bounds of tradition; Organized by Abhinaya Dance Company; Venue: Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, California; Contact: www.abhinaya.org, 408.871.5959

Nov. 18-23, 2013, Monday-Saturday
Mata Amritanandamayi 2013 Winter Tour: Program features All day, morning and evening programs, Devi Bhava and Retreat; Venue: San Ramon, California; For more information: www.amma.org

Nov. 23, 2013, Saturday
2:30pm. Deepavali Celebrations; Program features ThathuppiLLai comedy by S.V.Sekhar; Organized by Michigan Tamil Sangam; Venue: Seaholm High School, Birmingham, Michigan: Contact: www.mitamilsangam.org, Sadasivam: 210.262.8536, Rajesh: 248.227.9303
4pm. Parama Prema - A celebration of Divine Love; A benefit concert for Nandalala Mission; Presented by Smt. Jayashree Varadarajan & Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandir School of Fine Arts; Venue: Spangenberg Auditorium, Palo Alto, California; Contact: 408.498.1604, nandalalamission@gmail.com
6:30pm. PrabhRti - Solo Carnatic Vocal performance by Aarthi Muthukumar and Sumathy Narayanan; Venue: Shruthi Swara Laya premises, Fremont, California; Contact: Anu Suresh: ggavimal@sbcglobal.net,  510.552.5824

Nov. 25-29, 2013, Monday-Friday
Mata Amritanandamayi 2013 Winter Tour: Program features All day, morning and evening programs, Devi Bhava and Retreat; Venue: Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan; For more information: www.amma.org

December 15, 2013, Sunday
General body meeting, Elections, Annual Talent & Variety Show; Organized by Bharathi Kalai Manram; Venue: Sri Meenakshi Temple, Pearland, Texas; Contact: www.bkmhouston.org


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