SANKRANTH CELEBRATIONS
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The Memphis Marathi Mandal celebrated the Sankranthi on Jan 23. Vanashree Deo facilitated the session and gave the inaugural address. It was followed by very important budget information by Kumtha Kaka. The cultural program began with a beautiful recital of Sanskrit Shloka by Avani Garde. It was followed by a keyboard recital of Savarkar's song by Param Deo. This was followed by some melodious songs by Sayalee Gawande, Prabhatai Vadhavkar and Lata Surpuriya. Anagha Atgur read some poetry and Arun Wagh recited a poem written by his mother.
Click here to read the Poem. Jayu Wagh then shared her some very funny experiences on the age old problem of face-recognition.
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Vanashree made the arrangements for the snacks and Tilgul was provided by Vanashree Deo and Kavita Pathak and chai by Kumtha Kaku. Click here for the recipe of the tilgul. Jayu Wagh also shared her "
Jayu's easy breezy can't go wrong Tilgul" recipe.
The meeting concluded with a consensus on hosting a temple lunch event and Ganesh chaturthi celebrations in September.
MMM Sankranti 2010 Meeting minutes :
- We will Try our best to arrange the following programs for the people throughout the year -
1 Gudhipadwa get-together / A picnic around in Spring- summer
2 ' India Fest' where we have a display representating Maharashtra State and a food stall (Aug)
3 'Annadaan' from MMM ( Date TBD)
4 Ganesh Pooja ( Sept)
5 Diwali celebration (Nov)
- Most of our events are for Members only like picnic , India Fest ,etc.
We allow everyone on other paid events like Diwali, or any Art/musical event, but at double charges than Members.
-So we recommend not only you become a member of MMM family and enjoy all these get togethers at discounted charges, but also make yourself feel at home with our fellow Marathi Folks, the Traditional food and Marathi cultural activities
- Mr. Arun Kumtha will be again managing the Accounts of the Memphis Marathi Mandal ( MMM) for this year 2010 too.
So those interested in becoming members of MMM are requested to mail their checks at the following address-
Arun Kumtha
2375, Willing Hurst Drive,
Germantown, TN- 38139
# ( 901)-757-0203 (c)
-The Membership Fees are the same for this year too.
Family- $ 50
Single - $ 35
- As always we want more and more people to join the MMM .
United we stand, Divided we are nowhere .
- Looking forward to an exciting year ahead with you all.
- Any suggestions , ideas or questions are most welcome.
ABOUT MEMPHIS MARATHI MANDAL
Welcome to Memphis Marathi Mandal, where we try to recreate little Maharashtra here in Memphis.
Memphis has a small but very active Marathi community. The Mandal participates in the India Fest and always has award winning booth. The marathi community comes together to celebrate Diwali complete with Pharal and traditional marathi meal. Other activities organized by the Mandal in the year 2009 were Sankrant, Picnic, participation in India Fest, program by Kanekeri and the Diwali program.
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Pictures from Diwali Function 2009 (Click on the image to view)
Marathi Mandal Participation at Indian Fest 2009(Click on the image to view)
Picnic at Shelby Farms (Click here to view)
Shireesh Kanekar 'Kanekari' Program at Memphis
