Directions: At the intersection of Renner Road & Brand Road
Richardson, Texas 75082
URL: Park location on google maps

Picnic Co-ordinators: Santosh Nanda and Basavaraj Patil


Vijay Hiremath has booked a pavilion at the park.

A short clip of it is at;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsnPIrQlqM4

The Celebration Park is pretty new compared to other parks. It has covered pavilion, picnic tables, playground, sprayground(not open at this time), baseball/softball fields, soccer fields, basketball courts, hike and bike trail. The "kidMania" playground is geared for kids ages two to 12 years old. It is very huge and different and something you don't usually see anywhere around.

As Sachin had mentioned we are having egg hunting, so please bring Easter Baskets. Also if anybody is interested to bring the Kites, Balls, cricket gear and anything you can think of, they are welcome to do so.

Here is the link to a picture of the park.
http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc48809.php
http://www.cityofallen.org/departments/parks_recreation/parks/celebration_rules_and_hours.html

The address is,
Celebration Park
500 N Malone Rd
Allen, TX 75013
Phone: (214) 509-4700

On Google maps

Dear Sir / Madam:

I would like to extend my deepest wishes for the festival of Shankaranthi today. I wish that all of you must be blessed with the love, happiness and joy of celebrating this occasion of Shiva and his love for Lord Basavanna who was responsible for the establishment of the first welfare state in India during the 12th century.

As the President of the Basaveshwara Vachana Sheela Mantap Committee I would like to share with you in brief, our desire to commemorate the Vachanas of the holy saint Shri Basavanna who was born in our village of Ingleshwar in 1134 AD. We express our desire that you kindly review this proposition and provide us financial assistance towards the construction of the Basaveshwara Vachana Sheela Mantap at Ingleshwar.

We have already started work on this project with the limited financial resources that were made available to us by our beloved devotees. We plan to extend this initiative to bring a greater focus on the Vachanas composed by Basavanna to promote equality and harmony in the society during the 12th Century.

Kindly take some time to review this proposal and kindly make your best efforts to help us achieve this missionary project to promote the teachings of this Son of Ingleshwar who was responsible for founding a new religion based on equality and compassion for all human beings.

If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,

Shri. MNP Channabasava Swamy
President
Basaveshwara Vachana Sheela Mantapa Association
Virakta Matha,
Ingleshwar, Basavan Bagewadi, Bijapur,
Karnataka, India.
Tel: 08358-243324
Mobile: 9448391737

Details of the temple budget and proposal are here.

For details, please see:
http://www.vsna-tx.org/2009/vsna_buddy.pdf.PDF

Thanks to Meghana Patil for her efforts in getting the newsletter out.

For questions, comments or feedback please contact Meghana Patil.

Newsletter Volume 4

We would like to update VSNA-TX members with 2009 events details based upon nominations we have received so for.

Events Date Time Venue Coordinator
Mahashivaratri 3/7/3009 TBD Mamatha and Prakash's Residence Shailaja Patil
Ugadi/Outdoor Event I 4/4/2009 TBD TBD TBD
Basava Jayanthi 5/2/2009 10 am -12 pm DFW Hindu Temple Sushma Hiremath
Ganesha Chaturthi 8/29/2009 TBD Vidya and Prasanna's residence Vidya
Deepavali 10/24/2009 TBD TBD TBD
Out door event II TBD TBD TBD TBD

Also 2009 VSNA Annual Convention is on July 4th weekend in Chicago, IL .

Please let us know if you are interested in hosting Deepavali or coordinate any open events.

Also we have received one nomination for open positions in VSNA-TX chapter 2009-10 committee, see below.

1. President - Neela Kalyan

2. Vice President

3. Secretary

4. Treasurer - Sushma Hiremath

We encourage you to nominate for remaining open positions. If we don't receive any nominations by Mahashivaratri then we will have to pick candidates for open position on Mahashivaratri event.

Thanks in advance for your support,

VSNA-TX chapter committee.

It is time for VSNA-TX chapter committee election, as term of current committee will be ending by Feb 2009 i.e. on Mahashivaratri. Hence following are the open positions that needs to be filled up for 2009-10 committee.

1. President

2. Vice President

3. Secretary

4. Treasurer

We are accepting self nominations. So it is time for you to take this opportunity to nominate yourself to any of the above open positions. If you are interested, please respond to this email with the position you are interested in, by January 15th 2009.

Following are VSNA-TX chapter proposed 2009 events:

1, Mahashivaratri - Actual festival date falls on Monday, Feb. 23rd, proposed celebration date, Saturday Feb. 28th. TBD - venue, coordinator.

2. Ugadi/Outdoor Event I - Actual festival date falls on Friday, Mar. 27th, proposed event date, Saturday Mar. 28th (April 4th backup). It as an outdoor event - weather permitting. TBD – venue, coordinator.

3. Basava Jayanthi - Actual date falls on Tuesday, Apr. 28th, planned to celebrate at the DFW temple on Saturday, May 2nd; 10 am -12 pm, TBD - coordinator.

4. Ganesha Chaturthi - Actual festival date falls on Sunday, Aug. 23rd, proposed celebration date, Saturday Aug. 29th. TBD - Venue, coordinator.

5. Deepavali - Actual festival date falls on Sunday, Oct. 18, 19th, proposed celebration date Saturday Oct. 24th. TBD - Venue, coordinator.

6. Out door event II - Usually we try to do this event in fall - weather permitting. TBD - date, venue, coordinator.

Also 2009 VSNA Annual Convention is on July 4th weekend in Chicago , IL .

Please mark your calendar and plan on attending these events with family.

We need volunteers to host the festivals and coordinate the events. If you are interested in hosting or interested in coordinating any of the events, please respond to this email with the event you want to host or coordinate. You can choose to do either or both.

Thanks in advance for your support,

VSNA-TX chapter committee.

Thanks to Sushma and Vijay Hiremath for hosting and comfortable arrangements. The house was decorated very nicely for the occasion, and the giant sparklers was a big hit. Kudos to Sushma and Vijay for a great job !!!!!
Glad weather was good, and timing was great with everyone making it on time. Couldn't have been more impressed with the way things went yesterday evening. With 21 families attending (46 adults and 22 kids), it was a happy occasion.

Food was catered from Chettinaad Palace in Plano, they did a wonderful job with every item on the menu.

Happy Birthday to Arya and Varuni!

Some families couldn't make it this time, we missed you. Definitely wish to see you at upcoming VSNA events.

Here are a few pictures:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=cbpyah90.bwhgvzqk&x=0&y=lvr1ms&localeid=en_US

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AZtnLVm1YsWT1w

Thanks to Sachin and Prasanna for bringing extra fireworks.

Warm Regards
VSNA-TX Chapter.

Thanks to Meghana Patil for her efforts in getting the newsletter out.

For questions, comments or feedback please contact Meghana Patil.

VSNA-Texas Newseletter Volume 3

Please note:
On Saturdays, between 1:00pm and 1:30pm on Radio Salaam Namaste FM 104.9, Kannada Kasturi program is broadcasted. Please tune in to enjoy.

For questions, comments or feedback please contact Meghana Patil.

VSNA-Texas Newseletter Volume 2

Please RSVP by Saturday, April 25th 2008.
Prompt RSVP will be appreciated as we need head count for the
Maha Prasada preparations.
Details to follow.

Sharanu Sharanarthi,
VSNA TX Chapter
Rajashri & Amit Guttigoli , Rashmi & Sunil Kottur(coordinators)