Weekly Announcements
[Reminder] College Essay Workshop for 11th graders:
- Sunday, April 14that Saaket @ 4:30 – 7:00 pm
- Questions? Please reach out to Dr. Sushma Dandekar at: sushamadandekar01@gmail.com
Sri Ramanavami – 2024:
- Ramayana Parayana is ongoing at Saaket. Sundara Kanda chanting is this evening (Sunday, April 14th) @5:00 pm. Please join us with your family and friends
- We’ll celebrate Sri Ramanavami on Tuesday, April 16th at Saaket.
- Pooja will start @10:30 a.m. followed by Rama-Seeta kalyaaNam, aarati and prasad
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Pooja+kalyaaNa yajaman sponsorships (@$501 per family) are still open. Mahaprasad sponsorships (@$75 per family) are available … if interested, please contact Ramesh Hegde (secretary@cmdfw.org)
Gita Chanting Competition 2024 / GitaFest 2024:
- Regionals (similar to our usual CMDFW competition):
o Children: April 20th @ Chitrakoot @ 1:00 p.m.
o Adults: April 16-19 @ Saaket
- Registration is OPEN now … Please register at https://events.cmdfw.org
- Select GitaFest 2024 from the drop-down
- Please register ASAP … the sooner you register, the earlier your turn to chant on the day of the competition!
We have a few important updates:
- #1 re: TX STATE FINALS, the date stays the same and will be held on May 18th. The location, however, will be *Chinmaya Saaket* instead of Chinmaya Mangalam in Barry, TX.
- #2 The groups and shloka assignment for the Regional Competition are as follows:
Children Groups and shlokas:
| Anagha* | PreK and Kindergarten | Shlokas 4.1 – 4.15 |
| Arjuna | Grades 1 & 2 | Shlokas 4.1 – 4.42 |
| Bharata | Grades 3 & 4 | Shlokas 4.1 – 4.42 |
| Pārtha | Grades 5 & 6 | Shlokas 4.1 – 4.42 |
| Guḍākeśa | Grades 7 – 9 | Shlokas 4.1 – 4.42 |
| Dhanañjaya | Grades 10 – 12 | Shlokas 4.1 – 4.42 |
- #3 Competition format: Contestants are given the FIRST TWO words of the first pada of a shloka and they need to chant the rest of that Shloka and 2 consecutive shlokas after it. They will be given 6 such prompts and will chant a total of 18 + 1 (first shloka) shlokas.
Adults will chant all 42 shlokas in sequence. Please participate in large numbers and chant *as many as you can memorize*!
As part of Gita Fest, CMW brings to you *Learn Gita* competitions!
Learn Gita is a Gita Knowledge Quiz, testing participant’s understanding of the words of the Shlokas from Chapter 4 of Bhagavad Gita.
You should’ve participated in the Chapter 4 Gita Chanting Competition conducted by one of the Chinmaya Mission Centers as a prerequisite for the Gita Knowledge Quiz. There will be a state level qualifying round and the Gita Fest Final Quiz will be conducted online on July 6, 2024.
There’s more competitions like GITA KRIDA for Grades 7 – 12 and GITA YUVA TALKS for Grades 10 – 12
For more information, please visit https://chinmayagita.net/gitafest2024/
Questions? Please contact Kalpana Raman @ 817 586 8640.
Please stay tuned for more information in the following weeks!
