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F E E L A T H O M E www.azindiatimes.com PAGE - 3 Jan 2019 1-844-AZINDIA PRESS RELEASE By Kiran Kumar kvkumar678@yahoo.com AZGoshala - 5th Annual Festival of Kites Bringing with itself the mehek of motherland on the auspicious day of Ma- kar Sankranti, is the AZGoshala’s celebration of the 5th Annual Festival Of Kites on January 13. A free-for-all festivity which has dynamic DJs , blazing Bonfire , all family Al fresco Dining , fantabulous Food , forever Fun , gratifying Go Pujan , cheering Cow petting zoo , razzle-dazzle of Rangoli designing , and plenty of Patangbaazi or in other words - with no dearth of action, zeal and recrea- tion, the whole Desi community will be flying high on this day! Come and be part of this vibrant atmosphere unfolding in the Cross Roads Park @ 11 AM and get carried away. A special invite to all classical Singers, dance enthusiasts or dance school stu- dents, musicians, artistes from all genres, to participate in the Festival of Kites event on January 13th at Crossroads park , Gilbert. Genre: Fusion, Folk & Classical Dances/Singing/Musical Instruments (Bol- lywood songs should be Folk or Fusion only). If interested, please email at azgoshalacultural@gmail.com The 70th Republic Day Celebrations of India will be solemnized at the Arcadia High School Auditorium with full honor on Sunday, January 27. With the ceremonial Tricolor hoisting at 11 AM , a cultural event with flourish and fanfare will begin for all our Desi Bandhu and con- tinue till 5 PM. A proud day for all Indians to remember once again the greatness our country is known for. Join this national celebration which is brought to you by India Association of Phoenix. Registrations open January 02, 2019. More Details on Page 11 ..from page 1 Vaikuntha Ekadashi Celebrations at SVK Temple Vaikunta Ekadasi is celebrated with great importance in Tirupati Balaji Temple, Srirangam Ranganathaswami Temple, and Bhadrachalam Sita Ramachandras- wami Temple in India. Outside India, we at SVK Temple have been celebrating this event from past 18 years . The temple devotees led by head priest, work very hard and come up with very unique and creative ideas of Vaikun- ta Dwara every single year. This year the special Dwara was a replicate of the pil- lars found in ‘ Sesharaya Mandapam ’ at Srirangam (Ranganathaswami Temple). The preparations begin days early with the help of other devotees in building the Vaikunta Dwara. Devotees started arriving at the temple as early as 4:30 am in the morning this year. More than 250 people along with small kids attended the ‘ Vaikunta Dwara Pooja ’ and did the ‘ Dwara Pravesha ’ in the morning. The dwara praveshes was followed by ‘ Sri Venkateshwara Suprab- hatam ’, special Alankara Pooja, Pulangi Seva, Vishnu Sahasranama and other Vedic chants. In the evening, in the pres- ence of hundreds of devotees, ‘ Sri Vishnu Sahasranama ’ was chanted 11 times. The entire place was exuding with posi- tive energy and filled with bliss. During the course of the day, more than 2,500 devotees vis- ited the temple and had Lord Sri VenkataKrishna’s divine dar- shana after passing through the Vaikunta Dwara. The day ended with a ‘ Maha Mangala Arathi ’ at 8:00 pm. Vaikunta Ekadashi was extra special this year for all of us, with ‘ Gita Jayanti ’ falling on the same day. Gita Jayanti is the festival where Bhaga- vad Gita (The Song of the Lord) was spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the battle of Kurukshetra (which lies in the present day Haryana State in India). It is a very auspicious day for Lord Krishna Bhaktas. We would like to thank the Indian com- munity for supporting the SVK temple and making this event a big success.