AROUND TOWN NEWS
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April 2012 -
Hundreds of families gathered at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Lilburn to celebrate Uttarayan, the first major Hindu festival of the year. Uttarayan, or Makar Sankranti, the kite festival, is explained.
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April 2012 -
Atlantans raised funds for Ekal Vidyalaya schools while listening to Samir Date (Bollywood composer and playback singer) and Dipalee Somaiya (SaReGaMa winner) in their program “Bollywood Milestones 1961 – 2011.”
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April 2012 -
Twenty-three Muslim women from Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Canada, Morocco, and America attended the Amadiyya Muslim Community's Seerat-un-Nabi to commemorate Prophet Muhammad who conferred rights upon Muslim women.
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April 2012 -
At the Shiv Mandir of Atlanta on February 20th, 2012, the Hindu festival of Maha Shiv Ratri was celebrated and plans for the new mandir described. The celebration is explained.
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April 2012 -
Feb 18th, 2012 was a great day for Telugu music lovers in Metro Atlanta: Amrutha Varshini organized a musical night and Antakshari competition, and 55 participants from 11 teams battled with charades and fun musical quizzes.
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April 2012 -
Brothers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant entered films as scorers of background music and are now noteworthy among the new crop of talented composers. They spoke to Khabar during a visit for a concert at the Fabulous Fox theater.
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March 2012 -
A mixture of Indian-Americans and Americans from Atlanta’s organizations, companies, and government were invited to Consul General Ajit Kumar’s Republic Day Reception, where he spoke of U.S.-India relations and economic issues.
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March 2012 -
India American Cultural Association (IACA) celebrated India’s 63rd Republic Day with joy and pride on Saturday, January 28, 2012. Consul General Kumar raised the tricolor on a festive day.
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March 2012 -
Consul General Kumar was one of those attending the World Chamber of Commerce’s International Hero Awards. The event aims to stimulate economic development, and to promote humanitarian projects.
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March 2012 -
The Bengali Association of Greater Atlanta (BAGA) celebrated Saraswati Puja on January 28, 2012. Hathe kori was also held: tiny tots offered their homage to the goddess of education by writing their first lines using chalk on a piece of slate.
