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Event

Date

Cinema- Cheluvina Chitthara Yugadi

Feb17, 2008

9:30am

Cimemark@Seven Bridges

April 5, 2008

3:30 pm

HTGC, Lemont

Cinema- Milana

April 26, 2008

9:30am

Cimemark@Seven Bridges

Picnic

July 27, 2008

11am-6pm

Grove # 26, Busse Woods

Ganesh Chathurthi Das Day

Sept. 27, 2008 TDB

3:30pm TDB

HTGC, Lemont TDB

Deepavali

Nov 8, 2008

5:00pm

HTGC, Lemont

Time

Location

Event Locations The addresses and directions to some of the main locations where Vidyaranya Kannada Kuta programs are normally held.

The Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago 10915 Lemont Rd Lemont, IL - 60439. Info/Directions:(630) 844-2252 From I-55 take Lemont south exit. Travel for about a mile on Lemont road. The temple is on to your left.

Sri Venkateshwara Swami Temple F1145 W. Sullivan Road. Aurora IL 60506-1071. Info/Directions: (630) 972-0300 From I-88, take Batavia Exit. Turn right at the first traffic light. Turn right at Sullivan road. Pass the Stop sign. The temple is on to your right few blocks from the stop sign.

Cinemark @ Seven Bridges 6500 Route 53 Woodridge, IL 60517. Info/Directions:(630) 663-8892 Take I-355 to 75th Street West. Go North on 53. Go past Hobson. Theater is to your left.

Busse Woods Take I-355/I290 to Higgins East. Go North on Arlington Heights Road. Entrance is to your left.

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Jagannath Nayak Vice President Usha Kolpe Secretary Kuber Singh Joint Secretary Brunda Kamath Treasurer Srinivasan Rao Joint Treasurer Ganapathi Bhat Members Girish Ramamurthy Godavari Patil Kempe Gowda Meenakshi Veerupannavar Ravi Harsoor Dindima Newsletter Editors Godavari Patil Kempe Gowda Yahoo! Groups:

VIDYARANYAKANNADAKUTA Website:

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WORDS OF APPRECIATION MARK YOUR CALENDARS This was a unique meeting to share the outgoing Executive Committee's experiences in managing the Koota's activities, meet or exceed members expectations in offering the best programs and lessons learnt to our deserving

Vidyaranya Kannada Kuta presents Movie: Milana on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Cinemark Seven Bridges, 6500 Route 53 Woodridge, IL 60517, Time: 10:00 AM. The details of the movie are posted on our website.

members with the current year's Executive Committee members and their families.

It was hosted by the incoming president Jagannath Nayak at Windsor Restaurant on January 20, 2008. Here is a sample of the appreciative words we received.

--Very unique information exchange meeting- Radha Rao

Please mark your calendars and try to attend the event.

--Such meetings can ensure continuity of new efforts started by previous

MEMBERSHIP

committees - Arun Murthy --Fun filled yet a valuable information exchange session - Datta Ajjampur

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VKK membership registration is now open for the current year. Your early registration would help VKK to better plan and bring you exciting programs throughout the year. Those interested in becoming members can download the membership form from our website. Please mail us the payment with the completed application form.

UGADI CELEBRATIONS We will create a feedback section on our website and please post your comments to help us improve this program in future.

YAHOO! GROUPS A Note to the new members: Vidyaranya Kannada Kuta has an online user-group called Vidyaranya KannadaKuta@yahoogroups.com.

VKK sends email notifications to its members from this usergroup.

Members have to be registered at this usergroup to receive email notifications. All members are hereby requested to ensure that they are registered with valid email ids.

EMAIL FILTERS In order to receive the email from VKK, members should make sure that the email received from VidyaranyaKannadaKuta@yahoogrou ps.com and Kannada_kuta @yahoo.com are not blocked by their email filters.

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Sangama Advisory Group

Jagannath K. Nayak

President

Prakash Hemavathi

Member

Usha Kolpe

Vice President(Cultural)

Nalini Maiya

Member

Kuber Singh

Secretary

Shreenivas Rao

Member

Brunda Kamath

Joint Secretary (Cultural)

Audit Committee

Srinivasan Rao

Treasurer

Deepak Bangalore

Member

Ganapathi Bhat

Joint Treasurer

Narayana Kamat

Member

Kempe Gowda

Membership

Election Committee

Ravi Harsoor

Hospitality

Kajekar Ramachandra

Member

Godavari Patil

Membership

Shri Virupannavar

Member

Girish Ramamurthy

Event Management

Charitable Fund Committee

Meenakshi Virupannavar

Special Affairs & Events

Nandish Dhananjaya

Member

Shankar Hegde

Member

Youth Committee

Dasa Day Committee

Srinivasan Rao

Coordinator

Usha Kolpe

Coordinator

Aditi Acharya

Member

Mukund Akkoor

Member

Smitha Ajjampur

Member

Asha Gurudatt

Member

Neharika Akkoor

Member

Kalyani Prasad

Member

Navvya Kamath

Member

Asha Rao

Member

Vinay Kashyap

Member

Shailaja Rao

Member

Anusha Moolky

Member

Amruthur Satish

Member

Akshay Murthy

Member

Sachith Rao

Member

Sangama Committee

Laxmi Shastry

Member

Datta Ajjampur

Editor

Pooja Singh

Member

Manjunatha Kunigal

Editor

Jeevan Topgi

Member

Triveni Rao

Editor

Manish Virupannavar

Member

Amogh Kambalyal

Member

Sankalp Kota

Member

Satish Suresh

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Kannada (PÀ£ÀßqÀ Kannada) is language with tremendous richness and antiquity and resilience with over 2000 years of spoken and written history. It is one of the major Dravidian languages of India, spoken predominantly in the southern state of Karnataka. It is the 27th most spoken language in the world, with native speakers called Kannadigas (PÀ£ÀßrUÀgÀÄ Kannadigaru) numbering roughly around 60 million.

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Yugadi -- The Hindu New Year Yugadi (a.k.a. Ugadi) is the first day of the Hindu calendar (first day of the first month, the Chaitra).

The tender leaves of neem mixed with jaggery are distributed on the occasion. The neem, extremely bitter in taste, and the sweet and delicious jaggery, signify the two conflicting aspects of human life -- joy and sorrow.

The combination is exchanged between friends to symbolize renewed warmth and love overcoming the difficulties of life. It is also an occasion to forgive old debts and forget old disputes.

The Song of Yugadi

by D.R. Bendre

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Sarvajña’s Vachanas "Circling around the temple without dedication is useless, Like an ox circling around mill."

Ages after ages, Millennium after millennium, The Yugadi keeps on coming!

Bringing with it new joy of the New Year and of a new life.

I can hear the melody of the love-struck beetle, on the golden lush fields.

As the Yugadi fills my 'neem'-filled life with the aroma of a tender flower, renewing the magic of the Master!

As the green leaves of Mango, in all their magnificence, wait for the arrow of Kama, I can see the fleet of parrots, camouflaged amidst the leaves, rejoicing and singing the sweet music of a great harvest Translator: Kamat's Potpourri

A drunkard is like a pig.

The poor pig, however, is helpful The drunk is worse and useless."

(Excerpted and Translated from Kannada Original Yugadi song written by Da. Raa. Bendre)

-- From Wikipedia

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UGADI DISHES Puran Poli / Bobbatlu This dish is called Puran Poli in Maharashtra, Bobbatlu in Andhra and Holige in Karnataka.

Ingredients 300gms. channa (yellowgram) dal 300 gms. jaggery (molasses) 1 tsp. cardamom powder 150 gms. plain flour 1 tbsp. ghee warm water to knead dough ghee to serve Method Boil dal in plenty of water till soft but not broken.

Drain in a colander for 10-15 minutes.

Pass through an almond grater little by little till all dal is grated.

Mash jaggery till lumps break. Mix well into dal.

Put mixture in a heavy saucepan and cook till a soft lump is formed Take care to stir continuously, so as not to charr.

Keep aside.

Mix ghee, flour, add enough water to make a soft pliable dough.

Take a morsel sized ball of dough, roll into a 4" round.

Place same sized ball of filling in centre, life all round and seal.

Reroll carefully to a 6" diameter round.

Roast on warm griddle till golden brown.

Repeat other side.

Take on serving plate. Apply a tsp. of ghee all over top. Serve hot with dal or amti.

Note: The water drained from boiling dal is used to make the amti. ( a thin curry made using black masala, garam masala and some mashed dal.)

Making time: 45 minutes Makes: 7-8 puranpolis Shelflife: Best fresh (puran {filling} may be stored in the refrigerator for a week.

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Bevu Bella Things you need: Bevu leaves (Neem Leaves) 1/4 cup Bella ( Jaggery)Grated 1/4 cup Banana sliced 1/4 cup Honey 2 tsp Ghee 4 tsp Coconut 1/4 cup Method to prepare: Add all the ingredients. Mix well and eat, sharing with every one. You should not chew, you should swallow.

Bevu Bella For the Evening : Things you need: Besan or gram flour 1/2 cup Jaggery powder 1/2 cup Coconut 1/2 cup Neem Leaves 1/4 cup Cardamom powder 2 tsp Method to prepare: Powder all the ingredients and serve 2 to 3 spoons to every one. It will be shared with everyone after seeing the moon on Ugadi.

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