Date : 26-Sep-2013

THIS WEEKEND_HTCT_THE PLACE TO BE

THE HINDU TEMPLE OF CENTRAL TEXAS
OMKARA MAHAGANAPATHY DEVASTHANAM
The GANESHA TEMPLE OF TEXAS
4309 Midway Drive, Temple, TX 76502
www.hindutemple.org /254 771 1270

THIS WEEKEND at HTCT

28th - Sat - 5th ANNUAL SWATI TIRUNAL DAY CELEBRATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS
10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M:
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: Music
 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Dance forms based on Swati Thirunal Compositions

10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: Music

Group Singing: Music by Students of Sry Mythily Srinivasan, Austin
Guest Artists:
    Kumari Kruthi Bhat, Vocal
    Deepa Ramachandran, Violin
    Sreenivas Ponnappan, Mrudangam

 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Dance forms based on Swati Thirunal Compositions
Featured Events.
This time besides SWATI TIRUNAL compositions, we are including Tulaseevanam Kritis by a modern Kerala composer.

28th- Sat - 5:00 pm Sai Bhajans Followed by Muruga abhishekam and pooja

Sept 29th - Sun -  Health Happiness and Harmony

09:00 - 09:30 - Sign in.
Speakers are:
 09:30 - 09:40 - Welcome and Introduction. Dr Venkat Raju
09:40 - 10:00 - Dr. Shyamala Nair (Temple)  -  Happiness and Spirituality.
10:00 - 10:30 - ShriRam Sarvottam (Yoga Teacher @ Rice University, Houston) - Soar muscles to soaring spirit
10:30 - 11.10 - Dr. Gautham Suresh (Dartmouth Hitchcok Hospital, NewHampshire)  - Mindfulness in Daily Life
11:10 - 11:30 - Dr. Nalini Dave (Texas A&M, Coolege Station)  - Superfoods and Eating Healthy
11:30 - Nonphysicians may join the Omkara MahaGanapathy Abhishekam and Pooja
followed by Maha Aarathi.
11:30 - 11:50   What is AAPI and why join? - A presentation by Dr. Nand Kishore Gurram, President of Texas Indo-american Physicians' Society, SW Chapter (TIPS-SW).
The day's lunch (served after Maha Aarathi in the sanctum, expected to be by 12:30 p.m.) provided by TIPS-SW
Pl. inform your colleagues and non medical friends as well.
No Registration is required.

Priests:
    Sreeram Hariharan
    BS Srinidhi
HTCT Board

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OCT - 5th - Biannual Bhagavad Gita Recitation Cometition for Children (Separate e-mails already sent out. See 'Newsletter' at the temple web-site, www.hindutemple.org
October 13 (Navarathri Conclusion):
A special vocal recital to celebrate ‘Navarathri’
By ‘Sangeetha Saraswathi’ Smt. Lalitha Seshadri of Dallas Texas followed by a an exciting evening of scintillating dance performances in four different styles of dance Styles: Bharathanatyam, Kathak, Kuchupudi and Odissi.