April 2010 ..... City Pulse ..... NRI PULSE 5 Temple Opens In Alpharetta BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE Aarathi at 7:30 PM. He adds Atlanta: This March 29th was a special day for that the temple Hanuman devotees of Atlanta, Alpharetta in particular also provides as a new Hanuman Temple came into existence amidst Lalitha customary deity installation rituals of Sri Sahasranama Bhaktanjaneyaswami Pratishta Mahotsavam. The Paarayana on Hanuman Prana Pratistha was performed by Sri Fridays at 7:00 Satyanarayanacharyulu Dittakavi and Srimannarayana PM, Puranam. Several hundred people attended the event. Sahasranama The opening ceremony of Hanuman Temple on Paarayana on Cumming Street in Alpharetta (next to Amma Kitchen) Saturdays at began at 10 AM with Sri Vishvaksena aaradhanam, 7:00 PM,

Hanuman Chalisa Paarayana on Sundays 6:30 PM all by devotees. You may contact Priest Seshu Puranam at 404.468.8711 for more details. The Hanuman Temple also offers Yoga and Medi- tation classes. Meditation Classes will be conducted followed by Punya vachanam and Vaastu Shanti. The prayers and rituals continued in the evening with Sri by Stephanie and timings will be scheduled soon. Vishvaksena aaradhanam, Punyavachanam, The Board of directors include Dr Subramanya Rakshabandanam, Ankurarpana, Panchagavyadhi Bhatt and Annapurna, Dr and Anupama vasam and Sayyadi vasam. The elaborate services ex- and Mr Satish and Manjula. Trusties include Mr tended into Tuesday March 30th with Pratishta, Ramki, Mr Rakesh, Mr Prasad nakarikanti, and Kalasa Sthapana, Mulamantra vahanam, Snapanam, Mr Rajat Puri. Priest Seshu Puranam tells us that Pradhamaradhana, Samoohika Archana, more are willing to join in. Mantrapushpam, and distribution of Teertha and Alpharetta, while brimming with Indian res- Prasadam. The evening had a special Archana, taurants and grocery stores was clearly open for Tamalapakula Archana or Archana with Beetle leaves a Temple and the Hanuman temple comes as a and also Sindoora Archana. The Prana Pratishta was pleasant, welcome surprise to all the devotees well attended by over 100 devotees. across Atlanta. Combined with Yoga and Medita- Priest Seshu Puranam tells us that the Hanuman tion classes, the Hanuman Temple has a lot to Temple will be open from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM with offer and hope it continues to serve the commu- Aarathi at 11:30AM and 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM with nity for a long time to come. TAMA Honors Atlanta Women

Atlanta: In commemoration of 2010 Inter- that were honored. national Women’s Day, TAMA organized a Ms Sudha Krishna Vogeti, honored for her Mahila Sadassu at Global Mall, Atlanta, GA on contribution in the field of music, started off the March 6th to honor a few women event with a prayer of Goddess . of Atlanta that have not only excelled in their Sandhya’s motivating welcome note; TAMA fields but have also come forward to do their President Madhu Tata’s inspirational words about part in serving the community. highlighting the importance of teaching Telugu to The event was anchored by TAMA’s the kids and youth by their parents; speeches Literary Coordinator Sandhya Yellapragada and about financial freedom for women in times of Education Coordinator Sunil Katepalli and both economic crisis and preventive health care by of them kept the audience engaged with their wit guests of Honor Dr Paddy Sharma and Dr Syamala and impressive introductions of each of the guests Continued on Pg 17.....