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6 ¤ªÀÄVzÀÄ UÉÆvÉÛ?

6 Yugadi -The Hindu New Year

6 The song of Yugadi

6 MUÀlÄUÀ¼ÀÄ

6 Sarvajña’s Vachanas

7 Ugadi dishes

8 AKKA Convention Information

8 C©ü£ÀAzÀ£ÉUÀ¼ÀÄ

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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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The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the respective authors. They do not reflect the views and opinions of the Executive Committee members of Vidyaranya Kannada Kuta or the Editors of Dindima

Contact email: dindima@vidyaranyakannadakuta.org.

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Vidyaranya Kannada Kuta Illinois, U.S.A.

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:

VIDYARANYAKANNADAKUTA.org

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Event Date Time Location Cinema- Cheluvina

Chitthara

Feb17, 2008 9:30am Cimemark@Seven Bridges

Yugadi 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 Sept. 27, 2008 3:30pm HTGC, Lemont

Das Day TDB TDB TDB

Deepavali Nov 8, 2008 5:00pm HTGC, Lemont

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS

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.

Please mark your calendars and try to

attend the event.

MEMBERSHIP

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.

WORDS OF APPRECIATION

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

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

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

committees - Arun Murthy

--Fun filled yet a valuable information exchange session - Datta Ajjampur

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PÀÆlzÀ ¸À«ÄwUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÀzÀ¸ÀågÀÄ

Executive Committee 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 Member

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Jagadeesh Acharya Srinivasan Rao

Anil V Adkoli Prashanth Seetharam

Datta Murthy Ajjampur Arun Shivaswamy

Ravindra Attavane Parmesh Shivnie

Muralidhar Audipudy Kuber Singh

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Ganapathi Bhat Chandrashekar R Srirangapatna

Nirmala Bhoopalam-

Devata C. S Sundarsh

Sharada Byanna Koratagere S Suresh

Neetha Dhananjaya Charushree Swaminathan

Venkatesh Babu Donty Indu Vence

Kempe Gowda Shrishail M Virupannavar

Nanjunda Gowda Srinidhi S Bapu

Shashikumar Gowda Anand Rao

Ravi Harsoor Godavari D Patil

Shankar T Hegde Anil R Deshpande

Narayan S Hosmane Sudheer Holenarasipura

Pradeep V Kadambi Ishwara B Varnasi

Narayana S Kamath Sumanth Gargi

Shivamurthy Keelara Vasundhara Kandachar

Sudhir Kota Ashok V Kowdle

Rajeev Kumar Harish M Rao (MukundRao)

Samanth Laxman Vadiraj Muthya

Prakash Madadakere Amar B Rao

Nitin Mangalvedhe Anand M Rao

Lakshmana Mittur Prasanna Reddy

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Anantha K Murthy Vishnu Vijayakumar

Sudhir Mysore Shailaja Dasari

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Jagannath Nayak Gurudutt Ramamurthy

Gurudatt Ponnathapura Ramesh Rangashamaih

Ramanujam S Prasad Girish Rao

Sarode Pundaleeka Nagabhushana M Rao

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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.

(From Wikipedia website)

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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.

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

(Excerpted and Translated from Kannada Original Yugadi

song written by Da. Raa. Bendre)

The Song of Yugadi by D.R. Bendre

Yugadi -- The Hindu New Year

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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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through the use of color. It is a popular art form

among Indian women. The patterns are made

with finger using rice powder, crushed lime

stone, or colored chalk.

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Location: Rosemont Convention Center (RCC)

(Minutes Away from O'Hare Airport, Chicago)

Venue Features: Main Stage, Parallel Sessions, Vendor Booths on Same Floor

Food Served in Dining Hall in Convention Center

Four Hotels across Convention Center with Two Hotels connected with

Sky Bridge to the Convention Center

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