DASARA Celebrations – October 17th , 2015  – COMPLETED

Thanks to all of you for attending this event and making it a grand success.

Around 40 children participated very enthusiastically in this puja and offered their prayers to goddess Saraswathi , during this Navratri season. Maa Saraswathi’s blessing will be there for every child all the time.

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INVITE :

Let’s celebrate Dandiya Night this Navratri festival season.  we will have the following activities starting at 6:00 PM .

 PUJA       KIDS Activities         DANDIYA    Food Drive    Vegetarian Dinner  

   
Date & Time :   6:00 PM-11:00PM , October 17th
Address : @Chinamaya Chitrakoot ,  900 N Belt Line Rd, Irving, TX 75061

Agenda : 
6:15 PM – 6:45 PM : Meet & Greet
6:45 PM – 7:30 PM  : PUJA & Lalita Sahasranamam
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM  : Kids Activities
8:00 PM – Dinner starts
8:30 PM – 11:00 PM : Dandiya/Garbha  (DJ)

Dandiya Practice Vidoes   

Download Lalita Sahasra namam : Lyrics : Telugu lyrics: English lyrics  . Please  print your copy and bring it for your chanting at the venue or refer to it on your phone

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• Food Drive : we will also be doing Food drive on this day . so ,please bring canned foods ,if you wish to donate for a cause.drop the canned food in the bin provided at the entrance.
• Monetary Contributions : If you wish to contribute/donate for the event, suggesting a minimum of 20$ per individual or 40$ per familiy, please put cash in the dropbox at the event.this would help NAKSHATRA pay for the facility ,food and other expenses.
• Dandiya Sticks : please buy them at a near by Indian store or online  for each person in your family ( including Kids) . they cost around 3$ for a pair of wooden sticks
• Dandiya Steps :  volunteers will teach the steps at the venue . don’t be shy to learn/play. dandiya steps are very simple and easy to learn and play. we are sharing few videos here for your practise at home – watch em Dandiya Practice Vidoes   
• Kids Activities : we will have few kids activities at the event .  Also , At Home , we request kids to draw colored sketches related to DASARA and bring it on to the event and display their creations.
• PUJA  : we will start the event with a small Devi Puja & chant Lalita sahasra namam .
• House Rules :  non veg food, smoking & drinking alcohol NOT allowed with in the chinmaya premises , please maintain the sanctity of the place.
• ​Seva Promotions : many NAKSHATRA members support different causes for the betterment of the society. if you wish to bring any Flyers about such projects , please bring them and put it at the entrance signup table. so that many people might know about such projects.
• Volunteers : if interested to volunteer  please send an email to thenakshatra.org@gmail.com .
• Attire : preferably, Indian traditional.