Holi 2008

Holi 2008

Please check the link below for pictures of the event :

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Holi 2008

Holi 2008



Please check the link below for pictures :
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Pics of few of our past evenst

Inter Faith

Diwali 2007

Tagore Jayanti 2005 Archive

We just recovered a video of an event we conducted in 2005 to celebrate Tagore Jayanti.

Shivratri Satsang

Here are pictures from our Shivratri Puja, during the midnight arati. We did readings on the significance of Shiva, chanted the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra, Om Namah Shivaya, meditated on OM, and performed the Arati, both to Om Jaya Jagadeesh and Lingashtakam (Brahma Murari Surarchita Lingam). The spirit was devotional and energizing and we look forward to conducting more such pujas.

Diwali Puja

Diwali Puja was performed in the Tressider Ballroom. Prabha Durneja performed the Puja and explained the slokas and the process in English. Students joined in the "havan" or offering.

Indian sweets given out as prasad.

Baha'i Interfaith Event

We participated in the Baha'i Interfaith Event on Jan 28, 2006, presenting on Hinduism and Charity. Our music group, Dhwani, performed a beautiful song. The event was wonderful - please check the other performances and readings as well.

Garbha and Dandiya Raas

Description coming soon..

Gandhi Jayanti

Covered by The Stanford Daily.

On Oct 2, 2005, we put together a mosaic on the life and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi.

Aarti Rao and Aman Govil started us off with an audio-visual presentation on "The Life and Times of Mahatma Gandhi." This also included a Flash Journey.

Rashmi Raghu spoke on "The Making of Gandhi," highlighting his early life and the struggles he faced. Rashmi gave us a glimpse of Gandhi, the man, with all his shortcomings and reminded us that his philosophy was a journey more than a destination. She brought out events from his life - how as a child, he could not learn the art of copying, as a householder, he wasn't able to get over his jealousy, his decision to propagage vegetarianism and be a celibate even as a householder.

Morghan Velez Young from The World Peace Buddhists spoke on "Gandhi and Buddhism," on how Gandhi was deeply inspired by the way of the Buddha.

Rev. Richard Foster from the Episcopal Lutheran Ministry spoke on "Gandhi and Christianity." He played a wonderful piece on the piano and brought out the point that Non-violence wouldn't work with people of no conscience, such as Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.

Leila Ehsani from the Baha'i community spoke on Gandhi and Baha'i ideals.

Dhwani performed the song, "Sabarmati key sant"

Abhishek Bapna spoke on "Gandhi as a Social Reformer: Untouchability"

Brandon Hunter from the King Papers Project spoke on "Gandhi and Dr. King"

Aditi Kapoor and her dance team performed to the tune of Tagore's inspiring song, "Teri Awaaz Pey Koi Naa Aaye," one of Gandhi's favorites.

Prof. Ron Howard from the Dept of Management Science and Engineering spoke on "Non-Coercion: A step toward Non-violent societies."

Somik Raha spoke on "The Legacy of Gandhi."

Karthik Nagaraj videographed the event. Contact him if you need a copy.