PresidentJyothi Mysore

Vice PresidentShubha Bhaskar

SecretaryHemanth Kumar

TreasurerRaghu Pandurangi

Team Members *Jayanti Hariprasad *Shrikanth Gopalan *Amoolya Shetty *Rekha Megharaj *Sujatha Manjunath *Laxman Milli

Sangama invites you to the Nadahabba Celebrations(Kannada Rajyotsava/Deepavali)

Saturday, November 1st, 2014Venue : Mahatma Gandhi Center, 717 Weidman Road, Ballwin, MO 63011

Time Event3:00 – 4:00 PM Meet and greet, Coffee and Light snacks4:00 – 6:45 PM Cultural programs by Sangama members 7:00 - 8:30 PM Dinner and clean-up

Why is kannada rajyotsava celebrated?

This year marks the 58th Kannada Rajyotsava. The criteria for formation of Indian States is language. India became a Republic in the year 1950 and in same year linguistic provinces were formed. The state of Mysore is one such state in South India. The state of Mysore was created taking into fold various parts of the region, which were ruled by kings. Several districts in, now called North Karnataka and Hyderabad Karnataka were dissolved in the new state. The new state was named after Mysore, which by itself was a princely state. People of North and Hyderabad area did not accept the name Mysore. After prolonged debate the name of the state was changed to Karnataka on November 1, 1956. Late Devaraj Urs, the then Chief Minister of state took this landmark decision. Officially the new state was born on Nov. 1 and on this day every year birthday of the state is celebrated. This is popularly called as Kannada Rajyotsava or Karnataka Rajyotsava which is a government holiday. Rajyotsava means "birth of a state".

It is marked by the announcement and presentation of the honors list for Rajyotsava Awards by the Government of Karnataka, hoisting of the Karnataka flag with an address from the Chief Minister and Governor of the state along with community festivals, orchestra, Kannada book releases and concerts.Source: issaonline.edu

Singificance of Deepavali/Diwali

Celebrated as the festival of lights, in the month of Kartika, and is an autumn festival, which does not entail too many religious rituals as do some of the festivals. It is a festival celebrating good over evil. There are several stories that go along with the festival, such as Rama’s victory over Ravana and his triumphant return to Ayodhya, the victory of Goddess Chamundi over the demon, Mahishasura, and the popular story of King Bali’s defeat at the hand of Lord Vishnu (as Vamana).

People enjoy Naraka Chaturdashi, Lakshmi pooje and Bali Padyami. Traditionally starting off with an oil bath (yenne neeru), followed by donning of new clothes and lighting fire crackers. Sweets are exchanged between one and all along with greetings and good wishes for a successful year ahead. Oil lamps lit on all three nights, transform the surroundings that look like a million stars have come down to earth!

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FUN page

Join the dots to make your Deepavali rangoli (9 dots x 9 dots)

Color the picture to make your Deepavali greeting card!

FOOD ASSIGNMENTS

Dhokla-1/2 tray each Pakora-1/2 tray each

Anitha Nagendra Deepthi Bharadwaj

Kumudha Prabhakar Mangala Shenoy

Sheetal Ramgounda Rekha Sunil

Smitha Anand Kavitha Cashikar

Kathyayini Joshi Ramachandra & Suneeta Murthy

Sandhya Kumar

Anupama Hukkeri

Chutney- 2 bottles each Pickles - 2 bottles

Rama Raychoti - Mint & Coriander chutney 2 bottles Roopa Mariappa

Prathima Murthy - Sweet chutney-2 bottles

Bisibelebath-6qts each Mosaranna-6qts each

Sumangala Rao Dakshayini Sripal

Kavitha Upadhya Priya Iyer

Jaya Shastry Meera Vasudevmurthy

Chaya Gopalan Asha Prem

Gayathri Venkatesh Jyothi Mayenkar

Suguna Sateesh Vanitha Talakad

Madhuri Gururaj

Shailaja Atri

Padmini Prabhu

Raitha - 5qts each Menasina Saaru/Tilisaaru - 6qts each

Ashwini Mahantesh Swarna Devanahalli

Jyothi Swamy Vidya Subhash

Tara Shadaksharappa Malathi Reddy

Nandini Kishore Lavanya Mysore

Vardini Shankaran Radha Srinivas

Tara Konasale

Fruit salad - 6qts Jamoon - 50 pieces

Shobha Dixit Anitha Sharma

Shobha Bhaskar Padmaja Gunapooti

Srilatha Upadhya Roopa Prahalad

Geeta Aatre Prathima Murali

Veena Deevacha Hema Srikanta

Sureka Niranjan Rajitha Vashista

Pasta - 1/2tray each Potato Chips - 4 large bags

Teju Nayak Vivek Kestur

Anitha Prasad Biresh & Shruthi

Sumaiya Tajeeb Soda bottles - 3 big bottles

Sonia Kumar Sunayna Thejeswi

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL Note: - Sangama is mainly run by the contribution of Sangama Member’s annual membership fee. Renewing your membership is made easy with the following options:1) Please mail your membership fee for this year (checks payable to “Sangama” ) to: Mr. Raghu Pandurangi, 573 Lexington Landing Pl, St Charles, MO 633032) Please renew with cash or check or credit or debit card at the Nadahabba celebrations on Nov 1st, 2014.3) Paypal- On the Sangama website at www.sangamastl.com

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