5th Annual Himalayan Fest

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Fifth Annual Himalayan Performing Arts Festival

 

Krishna Temple, 8628 S Main St., Spanish Fork, Utah 84660

Contact:

Caru and Vai 798-3559/787-1510

carudas (AT) utahkrishnas (DOT) com

www.utahkrishnas.com

 

 

What: 5 th Annual Himalayan Fest

Where: Krishna Temple, 8628 S Main St., Spanish Fork, Utah 84660

When: Saturday, June 3th at 6 pm

Contacts: Caru and Vai 798-3559/787-1510

carudas (AT) utahkrishnas (DOT) com

www.utahkrishnas.com

 

The 5 th Annual Himalayan Performing Arts Festival will be held

Saturday June 3rd. at the Krishna Temple one mile south of Spanish

Fork on Main St. Performing artists will take the stage from 6 pm,

and present a menu of folk dance, classical Indian dance, drama,

music and songs.

 

One presenter will be Anju Thapaliya (her photo is on the

poster) from Nepal, who, along with her students, will demonstrate

the folk dancing of this mountain kingdom.

 

Nalini Landar, the National Champion of belly dancing in Russia

in 2003 and Moscow’s best solo executor in 2004, will perform

Classical Indian Kathak dancing, which she has been studying for five

years. Nalini runs her own school now of both Indian and belly

dancing in Seattle.

 

The Lord of the Himalayas is Lord Shiva. From the great epic

Mahabharat, there are many legends of Lord Shiva. One such legend

will be reenacted under the title “Lord Shiva Fights with Arjuna”.

In addition, the Vaikuntha players plan two more dramas, including

the Scholar and the Boatman, and a comedy called Dracula Gets A Gita.

 

During the evening, two films will show on a 12’ high movie

screen: Himalayan Pilgrimage, and Sacred Village of the Himalayas.

 

Shatakshi Goyal who is 14 years old and has been learning Bharat

Natyam dance from Sudha Vasudevan for last 5 years, will perform

Dasavatara in the rhythms Ragam Revathi and Thalam Adi. Shatakshi is

a sophomore in Electrical Engineering at Boise State University,

Boise, Idaho and has performed at several cultural events worldwide.

 

Ayush Goyal, Shatakshi’s brother, whose biography is below,

will present a Vedic Science seminar prior to the festival, as well

as handle the Questions & Answers Booth during the event.

Throughout, festival goers can purchase hot meals of the

regional cuisine, consisting of curries with homemade cheese

(paneer), rice pilao, blueberry hallava, papadams, mitai(sweets),

chaat (finger foods), mango lassi etc.

 

There will be exhibits on the art, culture, dance styles,

history, and cuisine of Himalayan India. Arts, crafts, apparel,

jewelry, CD’s, brass ware, books, deities, and wall hangings will

sell in the temple gift store and at outdoor booths.

 

Admission fee is $ 3.00 adults, $ 1.00 children.

 

For more information contact Caru or Vai at 798-3559/787-1510 or

visit the web site www.utahkrishnas.com

 

Curriculum Vitae of Ayush Goyal:

 

Ayush Goyal was born in Roorkee, India, a town in the foothills of

the Himalayas, on October 18, 1987. He moved to the United States of

America at age 5 when his father, a hydrologist, came to Boise, Idaho

in 1993 to work on his Ph.D. under a federal project.

 

On May 17, 2005 Goyal received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree

in electrical and computer engineering from Boise State University

(BSU), Boise, Idaho USA at age 17 with a perfect 4.0 Grade Point

Average. He was nominated by the university as a Top Ten Scholar and

was honored by Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society as

one of the top four outstanding electrical and computer engineering

students in the United States of America for the year 2005.

 

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