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Date : 18-Sep-2015

GANESH CHATURTHI_PRIZE DITRIBUTION

OMKARA MAHAGANAPATHY DEVASTHANAM

THE HINDU TEMPLE OF CENTRAL TEXAS

4309 Midway Drive, Temple, TX 76502
www.hindutemple.org /254 771 1270

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION TO THE WINNERS OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA & QUIZ COMPETITION Alongwith GANESHA CHATURTHI CELEBRATIONS ON 09/20/2015.
Dear Devotees,
We observed Ganesh Chatruthi on the 17th. We will further celebrate the same on Sunday, September 20, starting at 9:00 a.m. Please see the details below. 
Alongwith the celebrations, we will distribute prizes to the winning participants in our Bhagavad Gita Recitation and Quiz Competition (During Alamkaram, about 11:00 a.m.). All the winners families are requested to be present to receive the trophies in person. The winners were announced the day after the competition and they are again listed below. 

BHAGAVAD GITA RECITATION COMPETITION

K.G.
Vihaan Murthy - 1st Prize

1st & 2nd Grades:
Mahati Geetla - 1st Prize
Vedasri Bodanapu & Surabhi S Mylar - 2nd Prize (tie)
Shreya Bhat - 3rd Prize
Bhavana Prayaga - Consolation Prize

3rd & 4th Grades:
Hari Chandana Dubakula - 1st Prize
Lakshmi Aravindan - 2nd Prize
Arun Rajendra - 3rd Prize

5th & 6th Grades: 
Pranav Gudlavalleti - 1st Prize

7th Grade & Above
Jitendra Gudlavalleti* & Keerthana Prayaga* (tie) 1st Prize
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QUIZ COMPETITION (had both written and oral components)
KG:
Vihaan Murthy - 1st Prize

1st & 2nd Grades:
Surabhi S Mylar* - 1st Prize
Shreya Bhat - 2nd Prize

3rd & 4th Grades:
Hari Chandana Dubakula* - 1st Prize

5th & 6th Grades:
Pranav Gudlavalleti - 1st Prize

7th Grade & Above:
Keerthan Prayaga* - 1st Prize

*Outstanding performance
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DETAILS OF THE GANESH CHATHURTHI CELEBRATION
9:00 a.m. Mahganapathi Homam with 108 COCONUTS  followed by
OMKARA MAHA GANAPATHY Abhishekam, pooja and Ratholsavam (Chariot procession). 
 
1:00 p.m. Maha Mangala Aarathi followed by Lunch.
 
2:00 p.m. NatyaShakthi Academy of arts - Dallas, TX, will be presenting a Bharata Natyam dance musical. Performers: Natya Padmam Girija Anand and her Students.    

Priests:
    Sreeram Hariharan 
    BS Srinidhi
HTCT Board