South Indian Concert-Iskcon Fundraiser

July 12, 2003

Dear Devotees and friends, All Glories to His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

We are organizing a fundraiser concert for the development of a new ISKCON Radha Krishna temple in San Jose, CA. The concert is on July 19, 2003 at 5pm. It will be held at the Jain Bawan Auditorium-722 S. Main St, Milpitas, CA.

Presently our temple is located in San Jose in a small store-front. Since this facility is becoming increasingly inadequate to accommodate the growing congregation, we find it necessary to build a new temple. We look forward to the support and blessings of all of the Vaisnavas.

5pm - Shreelata Suresh and the Viswa Shanthi Dance Academy-Bharatha Natyam Dance 6:15pm-Sangeetha Swaminathan-Karnatic Classical Vocal A sumptuous vegetarian dinner will follow the concert.

The concert features Shreelata Suresh and the Viswa Shanti Dance Academy, a Bharata Natyam group. Shreelata has studied with the great dancers Vijayantimala Bali and Guru Kalaimamani KN Dakshinamurthy Pillai. She has won much prestige and has performed all over the world. She played the lead role in Lalgudi Jayaraman's dance ballet "Jaya Jaya Devi." We are very fortunate to have her at our fundraiser.

The dance is at 5pm.

At 6:15, the main event of the evening will be a Grand South Indian Classical concert given by some of the finest musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are blessed to have Sangeetha Swaminathan on vocals, Anuradha Shridhar on violin and Shriram Brahmanandam on Mridangam.

Sangeetha Swaminathan is one of the top Karnatic vocalists of the younger generation and is a senior most disciple of the stellar Smt. Sudha Raghunathan. Sangeetha performs at major music festivals in India and abroad, including the prestigious Cleveland Aradhana, and the Chennai Music Academy's World-Famous December Concert Season. Sangeetha has graciously agreed to perform for our fundraiser despite a busy concert touring schedule. We are very fortunate to have her.

Anuradha Shridhar and Shriram Brahmanandam, who will be accompanying Sangeetha, are also Karnatic musicians of the highest caliber. They are well-known in the Bay Area music scene, and have accompanied many of the greatest musicians from South India.

All proceeds go to developing a new and much-needed ISKCON temple in San Jose. Go to www.virtualtemple.org for information about ISKCON.

It promises to be a Divine evening in celebration of the Supreme Lord Krishna.

Pricing-$25, $51, $101

Please ask about family and group discounts.

Feel free to contact me for ticket pricing or information. All prices for tickets are tax deductible. Dinner is included with your ticket.

Presented by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Silicon Valley. Founder Acarya-His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

Download Program Flyer in PDF format here.

In Service,

Bhakta Jerry

email: Jerry_Barr@msn.com

For virtual Darshans visit our website: www.virtualtemple.org

Sri Sri Radha Madan-Mohan Temple