Acharya, CM Hyderabad CMDFW was privileged to host Swami Chidatmananda at Chinmaya Saaket during the Thanksgiving break. Inspired by Pujya Gurudev, Swamiji joined Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in Mumbai in 1989 and was given sannyasa diksha by Pujya Guruji in 1999. Swamiji speaks with ease on a wide variety of topics from Read more…
Mama Mia! Glory To Mother! CMDFW’s eagerly awaited Labor Day Camp had a new twist this year. Adults, CHYKs and elementary school children were also invited to join in the fun at Lake Texoma for this annual event from Friday, September 1st to Monday, September 4th. Mama mia! What a Read more…
On Saturday, May 13 th, 2006, Chinmaya Mission DFW’s School of Dance and Music presented a dance and music program aptly called alayam karunalayam (the supreme abode of compassion). This memorable tribute to the majestic temple of Sri Ranganathaswami located in Srirangam, India was made possible by the karuna and blessings Read more…
So how did ‘this’ word come to mean ‘that’? Back in 2003, our Acharya Uddhavji, suggested a satsang with high school Balavihar students at Saaket to discuss spirituality represented in the movie Matrix. The kids came somewhat skeptically, but they had fun as they learnt to look for spirituality in Read more…
Debt-free in 2005! Chinmaya Mission D/FW held its annual banquet at the Omni Mandalay Hotel on Sunday, December 4 th, 2005. The banquet was attended by approximately 270 members and well-wishers. The goal of the banquet was to raise enough funds to be “Debt-Free in 2005.” The program started with Read more…
The 2005 Chinmaya Family Picnic was held on Sunday, November 6, 2005 at Hoblitzelle Park in Plano, TX. We had record-breaking turnout exceeding 600 attendees, good food and good fun! We were very fortunate to have beautiful almost spring-like weather. Besides activities such as bike riding, races, raffle, tug-of-war, dance-off Read more…
Saaket, October 8, 2005: BV Idol (a.k.a. Talent Show) was a very successful fund-raising program organized by our enterprising 12 th grade children. This was their attempt to reach out to the unfortunate people who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina. Within a matter of 3 weeks, they put a Read more…
Saaket, July 24, 2005: Saaket has approximately 60 Balavihar teachers who are eagerly waiting to start the new session on Sunday, August 7, 2005. The second training session for the upcoming academic year was held at Saaket from 9:30 AM – 4 PM under the guidance of our Acharya, Br. Read more…
Kudos and congratulations to Shruti Hegde for being the first student of the Chinmaya School of Dance to perform her Bharatanatyam Ranga Pravesham or Arangetram at the Garland Plaza Theater on Sunday, June 26, 2005. Shruti is the daughter of Ramesh and Sumana Hegde and a disciple of Mrs. Vidya Read more…