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Saturday Oct 22 - 10am to 6pm ; Sunday Oct 23 - 10am to 3pm
SCINTILLATIONS - Jewelry by Mamta's
Some people collect art while others wear it...that is what Mamta Aggarwal believes in. What started as a hobby of collecting and wearing one of a kind, exclusive, unusual and artistic pieces in fine jewelry turned in to a business about 4 years ago when Mamta of Phoenix, Arizona noticed that almost everything she wore, people would want to buy from her.
Mamta's specializes in Jewelry made of polki uncut diamond) and precious stones with meena work at the back which comes from Bikaner, Rajasthan and Gujarat. She also carries 22 kt Jewelry mixed with rubies, emeralds, sapphires and other colored stones, antique (finish) jewelry in diamonds mixed with colored stones, Victorian Jewelry, Kundan Jewely, Diamond bangles....and the list goes on....
If you need more information, please email atul@earthlink.net. Or you can call 602-741-4913
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave. Irvine CA
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Saturday and Sunday, October 22 - 23, 2005, 10am - 6pm
15th Step Healing Workshop
Presented by Dr. Joseph Costa from the Institute of Thought
Meditation and prayer are ways to quiet the inner being and connect with the Higher Self. The 15th Step process is designed to accelarate subconscious thinking to a vibrational speed equal to the high vibration used by the Higher Self. When the body and mind are in this synchronized resonant state, mental and physical healing is possible.
This workshop facilitated by Harina Kapoor of TTRI Click here for more info.
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave. Irvine CA
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Friday October 21, 2005, 7.30pm - 8.30pm
15th Step Healing Workshop - Introductory Lecture
Presented by Dr. Joseph Costa from the Institute of Thought
Since the beginning of time humankind has searched for a path to the Inner World of truth (Higher Self). Drawing that truth from the bottomless well of wisdom and bringing it back to the human experience creates an abundance of health, wealth and happiness. That wonderous path is called the 15th Step. 15th Step has been successfully used to cure several mental and physical ailments.
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave. Irvine CA
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 October 1 & 2, 2005, 10am-12pm
Dhwani presented Dholak Workshop by Somnath Roy
Contact Dhwani Academy: 714-455-2897 (school) ; 714-366-2492(cell)
Jyoti Prakash (714-396-4083)
dhwaniacademy@yahoo.com ; jyotidhwani@yahoo.com
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave. Irvine CA
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Sunday, September 25, 2.30pm
Planetary meditation for peace & personal transformation
A workshop by Kombli Rajagopal
Planetary Meditation for Peace is a unique meditation developed by internationally recognized author and Spiritual Teacher, Grand Master Choa Kok Sui. During this workshop you will learn the Planetary Meditation for Peace, some simple exercises for stress relief and a positive and proactive approach to dealing with stressful or negative situations and people.
Kombli Rajagopal is the Managing Trustee of Planetary Peace Movement in India. Kombli has been a teacher, counselor and Human Resources consultant. For the past six years Kombli has been actively involved in sharing the Planetary Meditation for Peace with organizations such as Siemens and IBM.
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave. Irvine CA
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Sunday September 25, 4.00pm
Free Seminar on Immigration Law
Join us for an overview of U.S. Immigration law in the Post-911 era. Attorney Sunita Boddu will provide an update of changes to family-based immigration and on the status of dual citizenship with India.
Featured speaker is Ms. Sunita Boddu. Ms. Boddu is an immigration and family law attorney in private practice in Irvine, California. Please RSVP (949) 300-8912 or email info@ektaacenter.org
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave. Irvine CA
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Sunday August 28, 4pm
MOVIE AND DINNER - 'GANGES: RIVER TO HEAVEN'
In the city of Varanasi, the power of Ganga, the
Hindu mother goddess of the Ganges River is the
strongest. Each dawn she calls her children to the
ghats. The young and the strong purify themselves in
the polluted waters. The old and the infirmed, too
weak for rituals wait for death. In time Ganga carries
their souls, released from the bondage of
reincarnation, to heaven. Filmed in a hospice for the
dying, the film follows four families' struggle to grant
a loved one's final wish -- to go to Heaven. In their
common quest the families become part of the
hordes of Hindus drawn to Varanasi's holy promise of
freedom from reincarnation. As the clans prepare for
death life goes on for the citizen of Varanasi -
praying for health, dumping industrial waste, begging
for coins, bathing their children, selling souvenirs to
tourists, monitoring fecal chloroform levels, cremating
their loved ones - all along the river bank. The
families' preparations go virtually unnoticed on the
river, where death is a daily part of life. Ganges:
River to Heaven investigates the inextricable bond
between a river and it's people with unparalleled
intimacy. This documentary of a holy river, polluted
from years of overuse, wonders if the natural forces
strong enough to sculpt the Himalayas and the
beliefs of a nation can survive the adoration of
generations to come.
See Review
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave., Ste 105, Irvine CA 92606
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Friday August 26th , 7.30pm to 9.00pm
Saturday August 27th , 1pm to 3pm
Sunday August 28th , 6pm to 7.30pm
Free Lecture Series on the Gita by Smt. Jaya Row from India
Topic: 'What is perfection? -Arjuna's Question and Krsna's Answer'
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave. Irvine CA
For more info or details, visit www.vedantavision.com
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Saturday August 20th 3pm to 7pm
Sunday August 21st 10am to 1pm
 FREE Painting Exhibition by Ramesh Chandra Sathi - renowned artist from India. Paintings in different medium and subjects
Ramesh Chandra Sathi is a renowned artist from India. He is very versatile in choosing his subjects (landscapes, figures and folk art) and media – oils, water color, tempera, paper cuts, etc. He has received numerous prestigious awards and recognition from the state and national level organizations in India and abroad. His work has been exhibited all over India and many cities in the USA (Denver, Co; Pittsburgh, PA, etc.) over the last 60 years. His paintings are in private and public collections in U.S.A., Canada, U.K., Russia, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and India. This is his first exhibition in California. He is a third-generation artist in the Indian Renaissance movement started by Rabindra Nath Tagore in the first decade of the 20th century. The movement mixes the traditional Indian art heritage and styles with the western art media, creating symbolic versions of old Indian art forms.
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave. Irvine CA
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 Tuesday August 16th, Wednesday August 17th and Thursday August 18th,
6.30pm to 8.30pm
BE HAPPY - lecture series by Swami Anubhavananda
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave. Irvine CA
The world is growing more complex and is in a constant state of flux. The calm voice of Swami Anubhavananda, and his capacity to awaken us to the joy that is hidden inside our hearts, makes Swamiji, a speaker who is very much in demand. Swamiji's goal is to challenge the prevalent and oft- quoted statement that "happiness is more a mirage than a reality, that it is impractical and best forgotten." Those who have heard his series Mauj Mein Raho (Be Happy) are left with no doubt that "happiness is indeed attainable despite all seeming challenges." He himself - never perturbed, always blissful - is the best example of the truth underlying his discourses
Cost $20 for all three days or $10 per day (includes light snacks/beverage). To register call (949) 300-8912.
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Saturday, August 13th, 11am to 8pm
Sunday August 14th, 11am to 4pm
Free Jewelery Exhibition by Mamta's of Phoenix: One of a kind jewelry from India in diamond, polki, Victorian, Gold, Colored stone, traditional and antique. They return to the Ektaa Center after a successful exhibition and sale earlier this year.
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave. Irvine CA
For more info call 602-741-4913 or (949) 752-0666
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Saturday, August 13th, 3pm - 5pm
SKIN CARE SECRETS OF AYURVEDA - Workshop by Rucha Kelkar of Ayurbliss .
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave. Irvine CA
Cost $15 includes samples and workshop material. For information and to register please call (949) 293 - 2950 or (949) 752-0666
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Sunday July 24th
Ayurveda Workshop by Vandana Tilak of 'tulsi mind and body'.
Venue: Ektaa Center
For more info call 714-279-8680 or email vandana@tulsihealth.com
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Saturday July 9 and Monday July 11th, 5pm to 8pm
Intro to Vedic Mathematics - Workshop by Prof. S.Haridas
Venue: Ektaa Center
coordinated by OHM - Organization for Hindu Malayalees
Would you like to be able to find the 251st root of a 794 digit number? Frankly I will be glad to be able to get the answer even if I would need to use a computer but Prof. S. Haridas did it in 1 minute and 40 seconds using sheer 'brain power'!! Or shall we say 'Vedic Math power?? A scholar in Vedic Math, he visited LA and conducted an introduction to Vedic Math at the Ektaa Center.
Sri S Haridas (52), graduated from S. N College Kollam and did Teachers Training at Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual education. He has been following Vedic Mathematics propounded by Swami Bharati Krishna Tirtha for the last two decades and has published two books in Malayalam. He is a disciple of renowned Sanskrit Scholar Mahamahopadhyaya Prof. K. P. Narayana Pisharody.
Contact (714) 692- 3253 or (949) 212-8597 or email rvlth86@aol.com
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Thursday July 7, 7:30pm - Free Introduction Pranic Healing.
Saturday July 16th and Sunday July 17th - 2 Day Workshop on Pranic Healing
Self Healing Class-Rejuvenate & Revitalize your Body and Mind.
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave. Ste 105, Irvine CA 92606
Learn to harness life force or "prana" to boost your vitality and enhance the innate healing ability of your body.
This special class is based on the principles of Pranic Healing, a comprehensive holistic system of energy healing techniques. Pranic Healing is an ancient healing science, reformulated and refined in modern times by Grandmaster Choa Kok Sui, best-selling author of "Miracles Through Pranic Healing" and several other books on healing and spirituality.
FREE - an introduction to the workshops.
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Saturday July 2, 6pm
An evening of South Indian Carantic vocal music by B.U. Ganesh Prasad. He was accompanied by Ajay Narasimha (violin)
and Poovalur Srinivasan (mridangam).
Venue: Ektaa Center
Presented by Friends of Ganesh Prasad
Ganesh Prasad hails from a family of great connoisseurs of Carnatic music & was initiated to learn violin from his father at the very young age of
5. He had the initial guidance from Sri Basavanagudi Nataraj of Bangalore & vocal training from Sri Bangalore S. Shankar. Further he had a great opportunity to study under violin Maestro Sri V.V.Subramanyam of Chennai. Presently he is under the guidance of Vocalist Sri P.S.Narayanaswamy of Semmangudi Bhani. Ganesh has performed extensively in India & abroad both as a solo & accompanist with the leading artists of Carnatic music. He has accompanied great musicians like Sri K.V.Narayanaswamy, Smt
D.K.Pattamal, Sri N.Ramani (flute), Sri T.V.Shankaranarayan, O.S.Tyagarajan, Mandolin Sreenivas ,Chitra Veena Ravi Kiran and flute Shashank. He is no stranger to the South Indian music audiences in LA having accompanied Shashank (1999, 2000), TM Krishna (2002) and TV Shankarnarayan (2004) for concerts with SIMA (LA) and also other communities in US. Besides being a widely traveled concert artiste, he has received several awards and honors including the 'Best Accompanist' award in 1996 and 2000 from the Madras Music Academy. This was his first vocal concert in this area.
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Saturday June 25th - 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Know Your Body Constitution - Ayurveda Workshop by Rucha Kelkar of Ayurbliss
"Ayurveda, the science of life, is one of today's most popular and fast growing holistic therapies. Ayurveda has an impressive track record of about 5000 years. It enlivens the body's own ability to repair and return to health. It considers each individual as a unique signature of nature. In this comprehensive session Rucha Kelkar spoke in detail about the body constitution."
Venue: Ektaa Center
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Saturday June 25th - 12pm to 6pm
'Saree Exhibition' by Stitches of California - featuring Jewelled sarees , Crepes, Kanthas, Kanjeeverams, Silks
Venue: Ektaa Center
For info: Call (949) 752-0666 or (650) 353-0599 or email info@ektaacenter.org
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June 18, 6:03pm
Annual Recital by Keerthana School of Indian Music
featured students and visiting musicians Vivek Venugopalkrishnan (flute), Natarajan Muthukumar (violin) and T. Vishwanathan (mridangam). For more information visit their website or email keerthana108@hotmail.com
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June 10, 11 and 12
SSY-1 - Personal Empowerment Program
by Siddha Samadhi
Visit their website.
Venue: Ektaa Center
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Wednesday June 8th - 7pm to 9:30pm
Swami Dharmakeerti of the Bihar School of Yoga
Experience of Creating a Transformational Yantra based on an Ancient Tantric Text under the guidance of this Swami from India. This 3-hour magical evening of transformation was based on meditations from the Vigyan Bhairava Tantra, a 5000-year old treatise of the Kashmir School of Saivism. The knowledge contained in this text is transmitted only through such workshops, maintaining the purity of the Oral tradition.
Venue: Ektaa Center
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Sunday May 29th at 6pm
SITAR CONCERT BY KUSHAL DAS accompanied by ABHIJIT BANERJEE
Presented by the Dhwani Academy of Percussion, this concert featured two incredible musicians.
Venue: Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ave., Irvine CA 92606.
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Saturday May 21st & Sunday May 22nd
'Dance Conversations - Indian Dance in California; past, present and future' - This two day symposium was a unique gathering of Indian dancers, academics, teachers, choreographers, students and emerging artists from California. The purpose of this event was to have a dialogue about the past, present, and future of Indian dance in California. Keynote address was delivered by Padmashri Dr. Sunil Kothari, revered dance historian, author, scholar and critic. Click here for details of the topics covered and the panelists.
All sessions were held at the Ektaa Center except the evening performance 'Xpressions' which was held at the William Bristol Civic Auditorium in Bellflower.
This event partly supported by grants from Arts OC, Alliance for California Traditional Arts and the California Traditional Arts Advancement Program of the Fund for Folk Culture supported by grants from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the James Irvine Foundation.
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Sunday March 13th
 'Carnatic
Vocal Concert by Asha Ramesh' - Asha Ramesh is a popular performer
and teacher in the Bay area and has established herself as a specialist
in providing vocal music for dance. Nonetheless, her strong training under
the late maestro D.K. Jayaraman and continued tutelage with Nanganallur
V. Ramanathan has equipped her to perform full length Carnatic music concerts
as well. She performed for the first time in Southern California. She was accompanied by Arun Ramamurthi (violin) and Shubha Chandramouli (mridangam).
Venue: Ektaa Center
Time: 3:00pm
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Saturday March 12th 2005 11am to 8pm
Sunday March 13th 2005 11am to 4pm
JEWELRY EXHIBITION AND SALE BY MAMTA'S OF PHOENIX at The Ektaa Center
One of a kind collection of fine Jewelry in Diamond, Kundan, Polki, Victorian, Gold, Colored Stone, traditional and one of a kind Antique pieces. For info call (602) 741-4913 or (949) 300-8912.
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Sunday February 13th
'Introduction to Ayurveda'
- a lecture by Dr. Rucha Kelkar, (Director
of Ayurbliss)
on the basic principles of Ayurveda and its efficacy in treating chronic
ailments and stress reduction. Believed to have originated in India about
5000 years ago, Ayurveda is the science of the body that is fast becoming
a popular alternate medicine.
Venue: Ektaa Center
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 Saturday
February 5th
Flute Concert by Pandit
Keshav Ginde - One of the foremost disciples of Pandit Pannalal
Ghosh, he is credited with the invention of the Keshav Venu, a flute that
spans 3 octaves. His concert featured classical music as well as 'bhajans'
which are his specialty.
Venue: Ektaa Center
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