Hindu Society of North Carolina

Author(s): Hindu Society of North Carolina
Publisher: Hindu Society of North Carolina

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The RTP Maharashtra Mandal was established in the Triangle Area in 1986. The Mandal organizes 5 annual functions, which are Sankrant, Holi, Picnic, Ganesh Chaturthi and Diwali. Maharashtrian people attend these programs with great enthusiasm. To promote the awareness of Maharashtrian Culture and Language among our children a Marathi language class was started. As of now many children attending the class, which is held every Sunday at HSNC. We are very proud of Maharashtra and Maharashtrian Culture. For this year our contact number is 919-467-9598.
North Carolina Bengali Association (NCBA) is a registered tax deductible organization by expatriate Indians of Bengalee origin and also some from Bangladesh in the State of North Carolina, USA. It was started in January 1990. Bengal is a state in India around Kolkata, where people speaks a language called Bengali, Its activities are mostly social and community oriented such as Saraswati puja, Rabindra - Nazrul Jayanti, picnic, Durga puja and other philanthropic activities.
Officers for the calendar year 2005-2006 are as following:
Mithu Chaudhuri, President, Tel-910-485-8528, email dpchaudhuri@earthlink.net
Sukhomoy Dutta, Vice president Madhulavi Majumder, Secretary, Tel no 919-928-8442 email madhulavi@hotmail.com Lynne Raha , Treasurer Swaty Sen & Sumita Biswa s-Gupta,
Cultural Secretaries Shyam Banik, Robin Basak, Kanan Chatterjee &
Saurabh Ghosh Chaudhury Members at large )
Pratham, founded in 1994 with seed money from UNICEF, is a non-sectarian, non-political non-governmental organization (NGO) with a mission to ensure all children go to school and learn. This mission is implemented in collaboration with governments at various levels, communities, corporations and other NGOs. Pratham's success is due to its emphasis using exiting facilities and resou rces, extensive use of local volunteers, very low cost and easy reliability of its programs.
Pratham has caught the imagination of people in the US in a fairly big way. This interest led to the establishment of Pratham USA (www.prathamusa.org) which raises significant amount of funds to support Pratham INDIA.
We would love to have you join us in the crusade against illiteracy among children. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, please stop by our desk today or contact us at chith ramesh@hotmail.com and/or M. Ramesh/Chitra Ramesh: 919-678-0109 & cell -270-8723
Sampige, Triangle Kannada Association was formed in 1995 and is a registered non-profit association for the people residing in the Triangle area from Karnataka, India. Sampige preserves and promotes the rich culture, heritage, language and music from Karnataka. It establishes a common forum for the people from Karnataka to meet and interact. Kannada is the primary language spo ken by the people from Karnataka. Sampige organizes Kannada cultural activities.
Triangle Orissa Association is an organization committed to preserve and promote Oryia culture, fellowship and fraternity among members of the Oryia community in Triangle, to strive for their progress and prosperity, to foster unity and enrich harmony with other social groups. It works towards these objectives by arranging family-oriented cultural, social and religious programs, gatherings, talks, meetings and panel discussion s. It encourages arts, literature, oratorical, scholastic and leadership qualities amongst its members. The primary
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HINDU SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA CELEBERATION AND APPRICIATION (1976-2006)