What’s on

and culture with bhajans from Shantikunj Toli, at Grevillea Room, 2 Lane St, Wentworthville, 1.30pm –2.30pm. Details Neeraj Ram: 0405 777 539.

Kabir Jayanti

Sun 3 June Kabir Jayanti will be celebrated from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm at the Max Webber Function Centre, 1st Floor, Max Webber Library, corner of Flushcombe Rd and Alpha St, Blacktown.

The program will include the recital of Kabir’s poetry, pravachan, satsang and live Chowki bhajans.

Details Virendra Prasad 0425 309 977.

Sanskrit lessons

Chinmaya Mission Australia announces a Beginners’ Sanskrit Course starting 31 May. The 10-session course, to be held weekly on Thursday nights, 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm, will involve Alphabet, Vocabulary, Basic Reading, Basic Grammar, Basic Conversation lessons. Details Br

Gopal Chaitanya 02 8850-7400 or 0416 482 149

Children’s classes at GOD Sun 27 May The Global Organisation for Divinity announces the start of Gopakuteeram, spiritual educational classes for children aged 4 - 12 years.4.00 pm5.30 pm at the Crestwood Community Centre, Cnr Crestwood Drive & Chapel Lane, Baulkham Hills. Classes are free for all participating children. Parents can join in the devotional lecture by Sri Deepak Vinodji, kirtans and prayers in another room within the centre during the Gopakuteeram classes. Details Jayashree 02 9620 4676

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Carnatic vocal recital

Sun 27 May The Sydney Music Circle presents Prema Anandakrishnan in a Carnatic vocal recital. Dundas Community Centre, 10.30am - 1.00pm. Earlier, 9.15am10.15am, Vasudha Narayan will present her recital. Details at www.sydneymusiccircle.info

Yakshagana Sat 2 June Sydney Kannada Sangha Inc will host a Yakshagana performance as a part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, at Bowman Hall in Black Town, Sydney. The performers are the Chitpavana Yakshagana Mandali from Bengaluru. Details contact Sydney@kannada.org.au

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Hindi studies for high school students

Hindi Language is offered by the Saturday School of Community Languages – DET at Liverpool Girls High School, Hills Sports High School and Strathfield Girls High School. This provides opportunities for high school students to study Hindi language to Higher School Certificate levels as it is not available at their day school. Board of Studies syllabus is followed. The classes are free of charge and are run on Saturdays from 8.30 am to 10.30 am for Years 7 – 10, and 8.30 – 11.45 am for Years 11-12. Enrolment forms can be accessed from the School Principal of the mainstream school of your child or can be downloaded from www. curriculumsupport.education. nsw.gov.au/secondary/ languages/sscl/ Details 02 9886 7505 Saturdaycl-h.School@det.nsw. edu.au

Interactive Workshop for HSC students

Sat 2 June Global Organisation for Divinity presents an interactive workshop for HSC Students entitled Champion the Mind. The program will be hosted by a teacher Mr. Sujith and will include a talk by Dinesh Ramanan and Satvik Sekar, high achieving HSC students from recent years.

4.00pm – 6.00pm at Eastwood Community Hall, 159-161

Shaftsbury Rd, Eastwood. Details Jayanthi Ramanan 0430 487 781.

Sydney Sakhi Sangam

Sun 24 June Sakhi Sangam will be held this year at the Croatian Club. Details Nandini 0423 684 340, Sushma 0411 967 374, Aruna 0410 338 900.

Fundraiser

Vision2020 Walkathon

Sun 15 July Sydney-based charity organisation Vision2020 announces a walkathon at the Lane Cove River National Park to raise funds for charity. The walk (Riverside Walking Track) is about 5km from end-to-end and 10km round trip. This is a family event and is suitable for people of all age groups and physical fitness. It is not a competitive event. People can walk at their own pace. There is no requirement for participants to walk the full or even a minimum distance. The Walkathon is in support of the following charities: Sri Datta Bal Sevashram (home for healthy children of leprosy patients and the homeless); Nand Gokul (orphanage), and Sandya Deep (old age home for the people - under construction) - all three managed by the Swami Vivekanand Kusta Seva Samithi Trust, Gulbarga, Karnataka. Details at www.vision2020.org.au