AROUND TOWN NEWS
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October 2013 -
"Sangeet Sangam" ("a confluence of singing") was a jugalbandi concert with Pritam and Prithwi Bhattacharjee (Hindustani) and Salem Sriram, Dr. Ram Sriram, and Papanasam K. Gokul (Carnatic).
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October 2013 -
Twenty-one of the 75 participants in Swarganga's Crescendo, a North Indian classical music competition for residents of the US and Canada, were in the finals at Georgia Tech this year.
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October 2013 -
For the first time Hindu Temple of Atlanta celebrated Ganesha Chathurthi as a 9-day event, concluding with visarjana (idol’s submersion into running water) at Lake Jackson.
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October 2013 -
Masum Momaya, Curator of the Smithsonian Institution's Indian American Heritage Project, and Development Specialist Sameen Piracha visited Atlanta on August 28, 2013 to raise funds.
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October 2013 -
Every year in Atlanta, Onam is celebrated in traditional style by different Malayalee organizations. Atlanta Metro Malayalee Association celebrates in a grand manner, with many special items.
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October 2013 -
The Dharma and Yoga Fest on August 31, 2013 was the culminating event of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh's year-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda's birth.
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October 2013 -
Despite inclement weather, thousands thronged to this first ever Shiva Temple Brahmotsavam, a five-day event that included a number of spiritual and joyous rituals.
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September 2013 -
The Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (GIACC) participated in a three-day event, hosting a delegation of Indian companies specializing in electrical equipment and engineering goods.
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September 2013 -
Balvihar Hindi School of VHPA - Atlanta Chapter conducted its fourth annual Startalk Hindi Camp, where 100 students, grades 6-12 "start talking" in Hindi in 10 days.
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September 2013 -
US Magistrate Judge Justin S. Anand and Donna Gopaul, Solicitor General of Forsyth County, participated in discussing the need for higher representation of AAPIs in the judicial system.
