CMDFW Picnic 2008 CMDFW’s Annual Picnic, Holi celebration and Walkathon was held on April 26th at Myers Park in McKinney, Texas. The day of the picnic promised to be warmer than last year, although the according to the forecast it was sandwiched between two stormy days. As in previous years, Read more…
A Mission on the Prairie The CMDFW Board of Directors (BOD) had been considering the purchase of acreage for further expansion of the mission for the past two years and had looked at several properties in the process. The dream was realized this year with the acquisition of 28 acres Read more…
Chinmaya Mission D/FW held its Annual Banquet on Sunday, December 9 th 2007 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. This year’s banquet was attended by approximately 375 people. The banquet has become an annual get together of the Chinmaya family in the DFW metroplex. It is an opportunity for us to Read more…
Saaket Parivar of Chinmaya Mission DFW enjoyed their first satsang with our Resident Acharya, Brahmachari Uddhav Chaitanya on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at the home of Sanjeev and Alka Khanna. The satsang gave all the parivar members an opportunity to enjoy bhajan and bhojan with Swamiji and other like minded Read more…
This year 20 high school seniors graduated from Balavihar. Graduation day marked the culmination of several years of learning and growing for these children who are now ready to embark on the next stage of their life. It was truly a great joy and honor for all of us to Read more…
Upanayanam is one of 16 major samskaras prescribed for a Hindu in the scriptures. The ancient Apasthamba Sutra describes upanayana as a samskara or a purificatory rite that is performed to impart the sacred Gayatri mantra before the student is taken to the teacher for learning the knowledge of the Read more…
After the outstanding success of Alayam Karunalaya last year, the the Chinmaya School of Music presented Shankara Digvijayam on Saturday, May 7th 2007. This inspiring musical program brought to life the trek undertaken by Adi Sankara through the Chaar Dhaams situated in the beautiful state of Uttaranchal in northern India. Read more…
Chinmaya Mission Dallas/Fort Worth held its annual Gita Chanting Competition this year at Chinmaya Saaket on Saturday, April 14. The competition is open to all children pre-K through twelfth grade. The participants in this competition have been growing exponentially since the competition was first started at CMDFW. This year we had Read more…
THE DAY WE PAINTED THE TOWN RED! On March 4, 2007 we had the largest gathering of Chinmaya Mission DFW members and guests at the Myers Park and Event Center in McKinney, Texas for our Annual Picnic. Along with the picnic, this year we also celebrated Holi, the festival that Read more…
This year the high school lock-in was held at Saaket on Friday, March 2nd. The evening began wit hot pav-bhaji followed by Arati in the temple. The main activity for the evening was an interactive workshop conducted by Swamiji and our 12th grade teacher Pankaj Asundi, assisted by several CHYK Read more…