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Hindu Baccalaureate Service (Dikshant Utsav), held for the first time in Western USA at prestigious University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) in May 2008, enters third year next month.

Organized by acclaimed Indo-American leader Rajan Zed in collaboration with Indian Student Organization of UNR, it will bless graduating class in the traditional Hindu style according to ancient scriptures, complete with applying tilak (religious mark) on the foreheads of graduates.

^{Various religious, political, and educational leaders who participated in last year’s Hindu Baccalaureate Service}

Besides keynote address by a Hindu monk, it will also include blessing prayers by Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, Baha’i, Tao, Confucian and Native American religious leaders. Well known musician Jim Eaglesmith will chant a kirtan number in Sanskrit with audience following him in the chant.

Starting with ‘Gayatri Mantra’ (the most sacred verse from oldest scripture Rig-Veda dated around 1,500 BCE) recitation by Rajan Zed and traditional lamp lighting before the statue of goddess Saraswati, patron of learning and the arts; it will include blessing the upcoming graduates with wisdom from Vedas, Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita—all ancient Hindu scriptures.

Forum for Hindu Awakening invites you to a Dharma satsang on Chaitra
Shukla Trayodashi,  28th  March 2010, from 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm EST (US
time).

The satsang will be held via phone conference.
Phone
Number: +1-219-509 8020
Participant code: 443194
Please try to log
on 5 minutes before the satsang time

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March 20, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), the premier film and television training center of the country in Pune, is celebrating its Golden Jubilee Year starting March 20.

Renowned Bollywood personality Dev Anand will be the chief guest in the Year’s commencement celebrations today in its campus. It will include screening of the films of the first batch and a Prabhat Studio (which now forms FTII) film “Amrit Manthan” (1934), Magic Lantern Show (pre-cinema activity of 1890s), marathon, etc.

Dev Anand classic Hindi movies are available on DVD online - click here »

Established in 1960, its alumni include leading figures of India’s film industry like Subhash Ghai, Mani Kaul, Nasiruddin Shah, Jaya Bhaduri, Raza Murad, Shatrughan Sinha, Mithun Chakraborty, Tom Alter, Kanwarjit Paintal, Adoor Gopal Krishnan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Resul Pookutty, etc.

Mar 17, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) Washington Kali Temple has announced the list of planned upcoming events over March and April of 2010.

WASHINGTON KALI TEMPLE