TANA Patrika - Nov 2019

TELUGU ASSOCIATION OF
NORTH AMERICA

A 501(c)(3) Certified Nonprofit Organization - Tax ID - 36-3060732
26233 Taft RD, Novi, MI 48374

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Our Mission
Volume-27 Issue-2 "To identify and address social, cultural and educational

November 2019 needs of North American Telugu Community in
particular and Telugu people in general"

Editor President Immediate Past President
Sai Brahmanandam Gorti Jayasekhar Talluri Satish Vemana
(631) 523-1999; [email protected] (703) 731-8367
Email: [email protected]
Executive Vice President Regional Coordinators
Associate Editors Anjaiah Chowdary Lavu Suresh Kakarla
Naveen Vasireddy (India) (770)235-2709; [email protected] Appalachian - (919) 370-0136
Email: [email protected]
Secretary Anil. C. Uppalapati
Ravi Potluri (USA) Ravi Potluri Capital
(267) 252-2496; [email protected]
[email protected] Sambaiah Dodda
Treasurer
The opinions expressed in Sateesh Vemuri DFW
TANA Patrika belong to the (925) 989-4536; [email protected]
individual authors and do not Satish Chundru
necessarily reflect those of Joint Secretary
TANA or the Editorial Board. Ashok Babu Kolla Mid-Atlantic - (717) 418-8324
(270) 293-0003
Vijay Krishna Chilmakur
Joint Treasurer Midwest
Venkat Koganti
(848) 203-2118 Koteswara Rao Kandukuri
New England; (508) 287-5283
Community Services Coordinator
Sunil Pantra Raja Kasukurthi
(248) 469-2349 New Jersey; (201) 270-8648

Women Services Coordinator Sumanth Ramsetti
Sirisha Tunuguntla New York; (917) 399-0459
(904) 294-5655
Kiran Duggirala
International Coordinator North; (732) 781-8102
Lakshmi Devineni
(732) 822-2493 Saivinodh Thotakura
North Central; (502) 418-2979
Sports Coordinator
Lokesh Naidu Konidala Devendra R Lavu
North West; (503) 780-7318
(469) 585-9064
Rajanikanth Kakarla
Councilor-at-large Northern CA; (510) 509-8748
Vinay Kumar Maddineni
(917) 685-4383 Srinivasa R. Yalavarthi
Ohio Valley; (732) 983-7841
Chairman, Board of Directors
Harish Koya Naveen Kalagara
(203) 521-6945
Rocky Mountains; (480) 652-4455
Chairman, Foundation
Niranjan Srungavarapu Sridhar Talluri
(248) 342-6872
South Central

Kiran Gogineni
South East; (347) 307-4457

Murali Talluri
South West; (512) 917-8686

Suresh C. Kandepu
Southern CA; (714) 623-9852

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TANA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - 2019-2021

Jayasekhar Talluri Anjaiah Chowdary Lavu Satish Vemana
President Executive Vice President Past President

Ravi Potluri Sateesh Vemuri Ashok Babu Kolla Venkat Koganti
Secretary Treasurer Joint Secretary Joint Treasurer

Malli Vennam Sunil Pantra Sirisha Tunuguntla Lakshmi Devineni
Cummunity Services
Cultural Services Coordinator Women Services Coordinator International Coordinator
Coordinator

Lokesh Naidu Konidala Vinay Kumar Maddineni Harish Koya Niranjan Srungavarapu
Chairman Chairman
Sports Coordinator Councilor-at-large
Board of Directors TANA Foundation

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TANA BOARD OF DIRECTORS - 2019-2021

Harish Koya Murali Vennam Jagadish Prabhala
Chairman Secretary Treasurer

Dr. Hanumaiah Bandla Srinivas Lavu Dr. Nagendra Srinivas Kodali Dr. Chowdary Jampala
Director Director
Director Director

Jayasekhar Talluri Satish Vemana Anjaiah Chowdary Lavu Ravi Potluri
Ex Officio Member Ex Officio Member Ex Officio Member Ex-Officio Member

President Past President Executive Vice President Secretary, EC

Sateesh Vemuri Niranjan Srungavarapu Ravi Mandalapu Sasikanth Vallepalli
Ex-Officio Member
Ex-Officio Member Ex-Officio Member Ex-Officio Member
Treasurer, EC
Chairman, TANA Foundation Secretary, TANA Foundation Treasurer, TANA Foundation

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TANA

FOUNDATION
2019-2021

Niranjan Srungavarapu Ravi Mandalapu Sasikanth Vallepalli
Treasurer
Chairman Secretary

Hema C Kanuru Ramakanth Koya Ravi Samineni Bhakta Balla
Joint Secretary Trustee Trustee Trustee

Srinivas Chand Gorrepati Sivaram Yarlagadda Viswanatha Nayunipati Rao Yalamanchili
Trustee Trustee
Trustee Trustee

Venkata R Yarlagadda Srikanth Polavarapu Suresh Puttagunta Jayasekhar Talluri
Trustee Trustee Trustee Ex-Officio, President

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REGIONAL
COORDINATORS

Suresh Kakarla Anil. C. Uppalapati
Appalachian Capital

Sambaiah Dodda Satish Chundru Vijay Krishna Chilmakur Koteswara Rao Kandukuri
DFW Mid-Atlantic
Midwest New England

Raja Kasukurthi Sumanth Ramsetti Kiran Duggirala Saivinodh Thotakura
New Jersey New York North North Central

Devendra R Lavu Rajanikanth Kakarla Srinivasa R. Yalavarthi Naveen Kalagara
North West Northern CA Ohio Valley Rocky Mountains

Kiran Gogineni Sridhar Talluri Murali Talluri Suresh C. Kandepu
South East South Central South West
Southern CA

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TANA LEADERSHIP MEETING
IN PHILADELPHIA

TANA 2019-2021 Leadership (Executive Committee,

Board and Foundation) in-person meetings were
conducted on Ocrober 19th and 20th in Courtyard
Marriott, Collegeville, PA. The in-person meeting has
brought lot of enthusiasm and motivation under the
leadership of President Jayasekhar Talluri.

President Jay Talluri mentioned that the main
focus is to reach every corner of the North America
and help the Telugu community in USA as well as in
both Telugu states. Past President Satish Vemana
thanked all the past leadership, 22nd TANA
convention committee members, donors for all their
help and support. Board Chairman Harish Koya
explained the long term goals and objectives of TANA.
Foundation Chairman Niranjan Srungavarapu
presented various activities initiated and continuing
by TANA foundation. Executive Vice President
Anjaiah Chowdary and Secretary Ravi Potluri thanked
all the leadership joining for the in-person meeting.

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TANA Cultural Festival in
Philadelphia

TANA (Telugu Association of North 'Telugu Paluku' on the occasion of TANA
Mid-Atlantic Cultural Festival. Delicious
America) organized Mid-Atlantic Cultural Vindu Bhojanam served by House of
Festival on October 19th at the Perkiomen Biryani’s and Kebabs Restaurant. Hero
Valley Middle School, Collegeville, Pennsyl- Nikhil, Singers Sunitha, Sri Krishna and
vania amidst a lot of pomp and gaiety with Prudhvi Chandra attended as guests for the
more than 2000 people in attendance. The banquet dinner.
mood was ecstatic as the rigorous effort put
on the by the Mid-Atlantic TANA team for a The main event on October 19th at
month unfolded as a vibrant and vivid display Perkiomen Valley Middle School started with
and was nothing short of phenomenal. TANA the Ganesha prayer song followed by lamp
Leadership (Board, EC and Foundation) in- lighting ceremony by Mid-Atlantic team. In-
person meetings also conducted in Courtyard augural program Bhagavadgeeta Avadhanam
Marriott, Collegeville over the weekend. received thunderous applause from the
audience. The cultural programs by local
Banquet Dinner was conducted on talent were also conducted on the main stage
October 18th evening at Courtyard Marriott, throughout the afternoon upholding the tra-
Collegeville to honor and felicitate TANA dition of TANA as longtime supporters of
volunteers and donors that have made dance, drama and stage plays. More than 250
impactful contributions to community. Mid- participants performed in 35 different per-
Atlantic team released the special Souvenir

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Prime time started at 7PM, with
a dance medley choreographed by
Mrs. Shaila Mandala received
thunderous applause from the
audience. The main highlight of the
evening was the Nritya Sandhya,
dance ballet choreographed by Guru
Smt. Swathi Gundapuneedi of
Siddhendra Kuchipudi Art Academy
was a glorious sight to watch the 35
minutes non-stop performance by
more than 35+ talented dancers and a

formances. Kudos to the coordinator
Satish Tummala and team for all the
hard work and commitment. In the
evening organizing committee- Mr.
Ravi Potluri (TANA Secretary), Mr.
Harish Koya Chairman- Board of
Directors, Mr. Ravi Mandalapu
Secretary- TANA Foundation, Mr.
Satish Chundru Mid-Atlantic
Regional Coordinator, Mr. Satish
Tummala and Mr. Nagaraju Nalajula
welcomed the audience and TANA
leadership.

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proud moment for the parents of participants Mr. Satish Vemana, Executive Vice President
which received standing ovation from the Mr. Anjaiah Chowdary and Foundation
audience. TANA team richly felicitated Smt. Chairman Mr. Niranjan Srunaravrapu also
Swathi Gundapuneedi team, Mrs. Shridevi spoke on the occasion.
Mungara, Mrs. Aruna Kotapati and Mrs.
Shaila Mandala for their support the event. TANA leadership richly felicitated Past
Presidents Sri Gangadhar Nadella, Sri
TANA President Mr. Jay Talluri gave Hanumaiah Bandla, Sri Jampala Chowdary
an inspirational speech explaining the history and Sri Satish Vemana for tireless efforts in
and contributions of the elders over the past serving the Telugu Community. New Jersey
forty two years highlighting the services and
contributions of TANA to the Telugu
community. TANA Secretary Ravi Potluri
thanked the Executive Committee and
volunteers and the donors. Board of Directors
Chairman Mr. Harish Koya, Past President

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State Commissioner for Public Utilities orchestra and the rendition of the singers
Mr. Upendra Chivukula, PA state Senator coupled with Mrs. Sunitha actively faci-
Mrs. Katie Muth attended and announced litating on the stage was a feast to the eyes
October will be month of non-violence and the ears. Hero Nikhil entertained the
and paid rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi audience with steps from his blockbuster
on the occasion of Gandhiji’s 150th Birth Happy Days movie. The concert enthralled
Anniversary. Vadilal Ice Creams and the audience for about 3 hours & went on
Deccan Spice are the Grand Sponsors of to till 12 AM and was very well received
the event greeted & wished the audience by the satisfied audience.
with their videos.
TANA Leadership attended the event
This was followed by the grand are- President Jay Talluri, Board Chairman
finale event of the night, an out of the Hairsh Koya, Past President Satish
world musical concert by Ms. Sunitha and
her troupe – Sri Krishna and Prudhvi Vemana, Exec Vice President Anjaiah
Chandra. The choice of songs, the live Chowdary, Foundation Chairman Niranjan
Srungavarapu, Secretary Ravi Potluri,
Foundation Secretary Ravi Mandalapu,
Treasurer Satish Vemuri, Board of
Directors Dr. Jampala Chowdary, Dr.
Nagendra Srinivas Kodali, Dr. Hanumaih
Bandla, Joint Treasurer Venkat Koganti,
Cultural Services Coordinator Sunil
Pantra, Womens Services Coordinator
Sirisha Tunuguntla, Community Services
Coordinator Malli Vemana, Foundation
Trustees Ramakanth Koya, Venkata

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Ramana Yarlagadda, Bhakta Atlantic team would like to thank the local community
Bhalla, Srinivas Chand Gorrepati, for its support, and the sponsors for their gracious
Rao Yalamamanchili, Viswanath contributions and the vendors for their support and
Nayunipati and EC Members- the volunteers for their service and the media, Sri
Satish Chundru, Raja Kasukurthi, Sreedhar Chillara,(TV5), for all the support and Mr.
Kiran Duggirala, Sumanth
Ramisetty, Koteswar Rao Kandu-
kuri, Rajanikanth Kakarla, Anil
Uppalapati, Suresh Kakarla, Vijay
Krishnamohan Chilmakur and
TANA 2019 Conference Chairman
Naren Kodali, Treasurer Nag
Nelluri and committee chairs NRC
Naidu, Sri Atluri, Satish Meka etc.
The TANA Leadership and Mid-

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Ujwal Kasthala, Mr.

Sandeep Gudi for artist

coordination of the event.

Many Thanks to Mid-

Atlantic TANA team Ravi

Potluri, Harish Koya, Ravi

Man-dalapu, Satish

Chundru, Nagaraju

Nalajula, Satish Tummala,

Sambaiah Kotapati, Sai

Jarugula, Sunil Koganti,

Rahul (Bobby) Yerra,

Sharma Saripalli, Gopi

Vagvala, Rama Muddana,

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Suresh Yalamanchili , Balaji Kari,

Venkat Singu, Prudhviraj, Venu Sangani,

Sudhakar Kandhayala, Srilakshmi

Kulkarni, Krishna Nandamuri, Saroja

Pavuluri, Lakshmi Addanki, Vijayasri

Parchuri, Phani Kantheti, Johnmark

Alfred, Venkat Singu, Suneetha Vagvala,

Chalam Pavuluri, Krishna Konagalla,

Chaitanya Vadlapatla, Koti Yaganti,

Suresh Parchuri, Mohan Santosh Malla,

Murthy Chavali etc. Our sincere thanks

to Mr. Murthy Nuthanapati and Ramana

Kumar for the continuous support in

Audio and Video coordination. b

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TANA MID-ATLANTIC TEAM
CONDUCTED BACKPACK EVENT

TANA Mid-Atlantic team conducted

Backpack Event on Friday July 2019 and
distributed 300 backpacks with school
supplies to students from the following
elementary schools around Greater
Harrisburg Area:

1). Camp Curtain Academy School
2). Ben Franklin Elementary SCHOOL
3). Rowland Elementary School
4). Scott Elementary School
KUDA Ex-chairman Sri Ganni Krishna
attended as chief guest and Harrisburg TANA
Team- Satish Chundru, Venkat Singu,
Kishore Konka, Sambha Nimmagadda, Sashi
Jasthi, Srinivas Kakarla and Pratap
Yarlagadda for attending this event. Mid-
Atlantic Team received great appreciation
from community for doing the backpack
donation events in the area since last 5 years.

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SRINIVASA KALYANAM IN PHILADELPHIA

With the divine blessings from Lord

Venkateswara Philadelphia TANA
Team successfully organized Srinivasa
Kalyanam in Bharatiya Temple,
Chalfont, PA by Priests from
(Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams)
TTD. Many Thanks to all the
volunteers, sponsors, devotees and
TANA for providing the opportunity.
Special Thanks to TANA Secretary
Ravi Potluri, CV Subbarao
(Telugutimes CEO), Sateesh
Rachamadugu (Swarna Jewels), Satish
Tummala, Saroja Sagaram, Srinivas
Sagaram, Laxmi Devineni, Phani
Kantheti, Ranjith Mamidi and Krishna
Konagalla. May Lord Venkateswara
bless all of us with amazing health,
enormous happiness and blissful
peace.

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RADHE JAGGI - CAUVERY CLALING

PHILADELPHIA, USA

Philadelphia TANA team organized Cauvery style more generally, and the relationship
between dancer and music.
Calling Bharathanatyam Performance by
Radhe Jaggi, award-winning Bharatanatyam Following the performance, a docu-
dancer and daughter of Sadhguru Jaggi mentary video on "Cauvery Calling" was
Vasudev on Thursday, October 31st in screened to the audience followed by a
Bharatiya Temple, PA. Being a weekday and inspirational speech by Radhe Jaggi
Halloween more than 200 people attended the explaining the necessity of revitalizing
event. Cauvery river. She provided the audience
with the opportunity to ask questions at the
This event was organized in association end of the speech. This event was
with Isha Foundation, Radhe Jaggi performed sponsored by TANA Secretary Ravi Potluri
a series of four dances, each varying in who also donated 500$ towards the
character and style. Radhe’s expressivity, Cauvery Calling initiatuve. Lalitha Setty
versatility and talent shone through in her and Satish Tummala coordinated the event.
captivating performance. Throughout the
evening, she also gave the audience an insight
into the stories behind her dances, her dance

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TANA North West Region Shelter Cooking Event

TANA North West region

volunteers cooked meals at
Salvation Army for abused
women on Saturday, 9th
November, 2019. Led by NW
regional coordinator devendra
lavu, volunteers sriram
godavarthi, jagan and rama
bikkina, siva pendurthy, ashok
guthikonda, bala koparthi, arun
and suresh gangula participated in
the event.

Thanks to our sponsors of
the event, Durga and Mahesh
Nalasani for their compassionate
spirit.

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TANA NY/NJ CRUISE FESTIVAL 2019

Fund raising event for Weavers in Telangana, India

On Sept 8th, TANA Cruise event started Niranjan Srungavarapu- Foundation
Chairman, Harish Koya- Chairman & Board
with Ribbon cutting ceremony by Mr.Jay of Director, Ravi Potluri - Secretary, spoke
Talluri TANA President along with TANA about distributing 1000 ASU machines to
Leadership team. Pochampalli weavers and about MOU be-
tween TANA, Padmashri Mallesham and
It was a fantastic fun-filled event, full Telangana Government. During the event
of enjoyable things DJ, Music, dance floor, funds were raised for 160 ASU machines.
fun games and bingo. Around 450 people
sailed on hudson river, experienced the Laxmi Devineni- International coor-
breathtaking views Manhattan on a beauti- dinator and Sirisha Tunuguntla- Women’s
ful day. Kids had fun with face painting, services coordinator spoke about Women
magic-show, balloon twisting and tattoos.

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Empowerment and the upcoming community Kasukurthi.
events. Rao Yalamanchali- Foundatation
Trustee, Viswanath Nyuanpati- Foundation We have a huge participation and sup-
Trustee and Vidya Garapati (Past NY/NJ-
RVP) addressed the crowd to join the hands port by NY/NJ Local Telugu organiza-tions
for this great cause.
Sri Raghava Rao Polavarapu, Sri Purna
Excellent event coordination and ex-
ecution by NY Team (Shankar Rasaputra, Atluri- TLCA (BOT- Chairman), Ashok
Kiran Parvatala, Rao Voleti, Prudhvi Chekuri,
Dilip Musunuru, Ashok Banoth, Deepika Chintakunta, TLCA President, Babu
Sammeta and Rajani Juluru) and NJ Team
Rekha Uppuluri, Vamsi Vasireddy, Sudheer Kudaravalli, TLCA- Vice President, Ranjeet
Narlepalepu, Sai Surayadevara, Shivani
Tana, Praveen Reddy, Sai Paleti, Ravi Khyatam (Treasurer-TATA), Rama Vanama-
Macharla, Murali and young NJ TANA vol-
unteers Varsha Narepalepu, Keerthana Secretary TLCA, Ranga Madisetty- TFAS
Garapati, Haasith Garapati, Anindya
Vice President, Madhu Rachakulla- TFAS

Secretary, Renu Tadepalli- TFAS Treasurer.

Special thanks to the TANA leadership,

Donors, event sponsors, Friends, DJ, Media

and Food partners (Beenz Indian Restaurant,

Happauge) and esteemed guests, being part

of this event and making the event a success-

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TANA NJ Team Organised

“TANA Independence Day Cup”

TANA NJ team organized 'Independence watch some of the top teams in the country
Day Cup', one of the biggest volleyball-tour- battle it out at Semi Finals and Finals

nament played in New Jersey on Saturday matches”.

September 21st 2019. New Jersey TANA coordinator Raja

Power packed 16 hours day and night Kasukurthi kicked off the event inauguration

tournament, 32-teams participated from New along with Volleyball tournament lead Sriram

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and others Alokam. During the opening ceremony Raja

from entire United States of America was Kasukurthi spoke about how TANA brings

played at All Seasons Sports Complex, South people together to support communities by

Plainfield, New Jersey. This is 4th edition of doing these kinds of events. Sumanth

TANA Independence Day Cup in a row. The Ramsetti said Sports has power to unite the

New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania people. Both Raja and Sumanth promised to

teams mentioned that “It is such a privilege do these kinds of events with the help of

to have a tournament like this at our place” Telugu communities and TANA leadership.

and sports enthusiastic fans said “It’s become Sudhakar Uppala, Ranga, Madhu Rachakulla

such a great tradition, and it’s amazing to from TFAS participated in kickoff event. All

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the players and spectators enjoyed a sump- Division-1- 2019 TANA Independence Day
tuous Breakfast, Lunch and snack provided Cup. The runner up team Bulldogs from NJ
by Godavari Restaurant, Edison, NJ. gave very tough fight in all 3 sets of the final
game and it was feast to all the volleyball
TANA President Jay Talluri garu, lovers to watch the game. In Division-2 fi-
TANA International Coordinator Laxmi nals Harrisburg Strikers from PA beats T5
Devineni garu, NJ TANA coordinator Raja from NJ and won the Division-2 - 2019
Kasukurthii conveyed best wishes to Divi- TANA Independence Day Cup.
sion-1 and Divison-2 finalists before the
game. In Division-1 finals PSC Rockets from President Jay Talluri garu and Laxmi
PA beats Bulldogs from NJ and won the Devineni garu presented trophies and prize

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money to winner and runner up teams and organizing team members Sriram Alokam,
spoke about TANA initiatives and how
TANA helps communities here in USA and Vikram, Radha Nallamalla, Haribabu
back home in India. Sriram Alokam and
Vikram presented best player trophies. Rekha Gangavarapu, Ramu Mokkapati, Srinad,
Uppuluri, Praveen Reddy, Sree Konanki pre-
sented medals to all the winners and runner Rekha Uppuluri, Rupa Reddy, Laxmi
up teams. Jay Talluri garu, Laxmi Devineni
garu and Raja Kasukurthi thanked all the Moparthi, Ramakrishna Vasireddy, Sudheer

Narepalupu, Praveen Reddy, Vamsi

Vasireddy, Sree Konanki for their efforts and

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Karta, Karma & Kriya

in everybody’s life
Lesson from

Maha Bharatam

New Jersey TANA team in association with Thank you TANA President Jay Talluri

TFAS NJ and Saidatta Peetham organized a garu, TANA Secretary Ravi Potluri garu,
jubilant event by Sahasravadhani Medasani
Mohan garu “Karta, Karma & Kriya in eve- Raghu Samkaramanchi garu from Saidatta
rybody’s life- Lesson from Maha Bharatam”
on Sunday in Edison, NJ. Peetham, TFAS President Sudhakar Uppala

We also celebrated Medasani Mohan garu, TFAS Secretary Madhi Rachakulla
gari birthday at Saidatta Peetham.
garu for all the support.
We were very happy to see a hall full
of passionate attendees who listened and Thank you Damu Gadela garu, Madhu
asked questions about our Puranas. Thank
You Laxmi Devineni garu, Ratna Mulpuri Anna garu, Nagaraju Nallajula garu and all
garu, Vamsi Vasireddy, Shivani Tana and
Srinivas Oruganti for organizing and mak- TANA, TFAS NJ, and Saidatta Peetham vol-
ing event successful.
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TANA Charlotte
Tennis Tournament

As part of Promoting the need of
Sports and Games in our daily life

TANA Charlotte team conducted

Tennis Tournament at Hornest Nest

Park, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Total of 32 teams participated

in this Tournament with enthusiasm.

Tournament was well organi-

zed by Community Services chair

Malli Vemana, Foundation Trustee

Srinivas Chand Gorrepati, Back

pack Co Chair Naga Panchumarthy,

Pattabhi Kantamaneni , Suresh

Chalasani, Ramana Anna ,Ramu

Reddy Kodam , Venkat Suresh Babu

Alahari, Siva Kastala, Basha,

Satheesh.

Tana Charlotte team extends

there sincere thanks for President

Jay Talluri and Tana Leadership for

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TANA Atlanta
Back Pack Program

Telugu Association of North America Ison Springs Elementary School Prin-

(TANA) conducts backpacks donation pro- cipal, Ms. Sara White, appreciated this kind
grams in various cities across USA every
year. This program has been initiated by act of generosity and wished good luck with
TANA several years ago to give back to the
community. Following the tradition, this year future TANA programs. TANA has promised
on October 11th, TANAAtlanta team organ-
ized backpacks donation program at Ison to continue to support the disadvantaged and
Springs Elementary School in Sandy Springs,
GA. It gives us an immense satisfaction to low-income children through various phil-
see the smiles and excitement in the children
faces when they pick up their choice of anthropic programs in the future too.
colored backpack.
At the end, speaking about the success-
Kiran Gogineni, TANA South East Re-
gional Coordinator, kicked off the program ful donation programs, Kiran Gogeneni Teja
by welcoming school principal and staff.
Anjaiah Chowdary Lavu, Executive Vice Vemuri Back Pack Program City Coordina-
President, talked about TANA charitable ac-
tivities. Event was generously sponsored and tor thanked Latrina Cockrell, School’s Ad-
supported Deccan Spice Authentic Indian
Cuisine, Roswell GA. ministrative officer who helped with the lo-

gistics at the school.

Special thanks to TANA BOD Srinivas

Lavu, Bharath Maddineni and Councilar at

Large Vinay Maddineni for the support.

In addition, other participants acknowl-

edged are Prasad Gogineni, Anil

Yalamanchili and Shanker Bonaili who have

spent their time and energy to make this event

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TANA-NW-Portland
Homeless Shelter Cooking

TANA NW region volunteers,
led by regional coordinator
Devendra Lavu, cooked dinner at domestic
violence survivors shelter (Salvation Army)
in Portland, OR on 5th October, 2019.
October is observed as Domestic violence

awareness month.
Thanks to our adhoc committee members and

sponsors for this event, Siva and Rajendra
Pendurthy for sponsoring and cooking meals
at the shelter. Thanks to all our volunteers for

joining and helping us bring a positive
change in the community. Special shout

out to our youth volunteers for
their participation.

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TANA NORTH REGION ACTIVITIES

TANA North Region community members has witnessed record
number of events in Third quarter of 2019. TANA Leadership in
North Region has worked towards on arranging wide variety of
events to engage Telugu community of all age groups.

14 July 2019

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Lecture by Sri Jonnavithula
Ranlingeswara Rao garu in
Novi, MI. This event was
attended by parents of teenager
kids and few teenagers to hear
the lecture from Jonnavithula
garu about our mythological
history and what role they play
in our day to day life. This event
was conducted in association
with Sri Venkateswara Temple
of Novi, MI.

27 July 2019
TANA Vollyball & Throwball Competitions

Sports event Organized by TANA North Region in association with Detroit
Telugu Association. 20+ teams participated in this event and well received
by the entire Telugu community in Detroit Metro Area. Sudheer Bachu,
DTA President along with Sports Coordinators Sirisha Pratapa, Santosh
Atmakur and Shiva Jujjavarapu organized the sports event without any
disturbances. This Event was graced by TANA Leadership.

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Detroit Champs Team was the
winner of Throw ball Compe-
titions Sirisha pratapa, Sushmitha
Bachu, Neelima Boppana,
Chandana konduru, Sushma
Vellanki, Poojitha chowdary,
Harsha vundavalli. Farmington
Fighters Team was the winner of
Volley Ball competitions

3 August 2019
Kalaratna Dr K.V Satyanarayana choreographed
New Kuchipudi Dance Ballet: MOHINI BHASMASURA

TANA has co-sponsored Sri Venkateswara Temple's Kuchipudi Dance Ballet Mohini
Bhasmasura choreographed by Kalaratna Dr K.V. Satyanarayana garu. This event
attended in huge numbers of Telugu Kuchipudi Dance lovers and Cultural event lovers
across the Detroit metro area.

World renowned Kuchipudi dance, choreographer' lyricist and composer Dr. K.V.
Satyanarayana enthralled the audience at the S.V. Temple in Novi on Saturday, August
3rd, 2019. Local performers spent the last few weeks under his guidance to present an
excellent performance of "Mohini Bhasmasura". Guru Kalaratna Dr. K.V. Satyanarayana
has won numerous accolades worldwide for his gifted mastery over the Kuchipudi
dance form.

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17 August 2019
India Day Parade at India League of America Independence Day Celebrations

TANA has participated in the 2019 India Day and the entire Michigan Telugu
Community was represented by TANA at the 2019 MICHIGAN INDIA DAY
Parade which is done during the Independence Day time every year.

TANA Exclusive Three Day Event
Dr. Medasani Mohan Pravachanalu

TANA North team worked hard in telugu people living in Troy area and TANA
Organizing Dr. Medasani Mohan gari Leaders. TANA Michigan team would like
pravachanalu at 3 different locations and all to convey special thanks to The Bharatiya
the 3 events were well received by the Temple committee and Paruchuri Anjaneyulu
Michigan telugu Community. garu for coordinating to conduct this event
in The Bharatiya Temple.
30 Auggust 2019 (Friday): Dr.
Medasani gari made a disclosure on 31 Auggust 2019 (Saturday): Dr.
Saraswathi Thathvam at The Bharatiya Medasani made a disclosure on Dakshina
temple of Metro Detroit located in Troy. This Murthy Thathvam at The Shirdi Sai temple
event was well received and graced by many located in Livonia, MI.This is a Successful
event graced by devotees and telugu literature
lovers. Heartful Thanks to committee of Sri
Shirdi Sai Temple, Livonia in giving TANA
an opportunity to conduct this event. TANA
Foundation Trustee Suresh Puttagunta garu

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took effort in conducting the
successful event in the Temple.
Special thanks to Sai Baba
Temple Volunteers in helping
out for the event., Mohan
Koneru garu for decoraitng the
event.

1 September 2019
(Sunday): Kurukshetra Yudha
Visheshalu were told by Dr.
Medasani garu at SV Temple.
Lot of interesting topics were
lectured about Kurukshetra
Yudham and it was a huge
successful event where the
entire crowd didnot even intend
to move during the entire 3 hrs
disclosure. Thank to Sri
Venkateswara Temple, Novi in
giving TANA an opportunity to
conduct this event.

INDIA CONSULAR DAY - Special Event on 31 August 2019

This is a Unique event where TANA co-hosted with India League of America, ILA.
Excellent service was provided by Chicago Indian Consulate by setting up a mobile
consular services in Detroit which helped atleast 100 people with there consular
service needs. Special Thanks to Officers from Chicago Indian Consulate who travelled
all the way from Chicago to perform this services and help Michigan Community.
Thanks to ILA team in giving us this opportunity in TANA co-hosting this event. Mr.
Jogeswara Peddiboyina who is Current ILA Treasurer and TANA Past North RC has
worked hard on making this event a huge successful.

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2019 TANA Back Pack
Program - North Region

It was a Great year for TANA Back pack
program and in 2019 TANA North team
was able to distribute 300+ backpacks to
the required schools in association with
Shirdi Sai temple of Livonia.

30 September 2019
Wheels of Will - TANA Exclusive
event supporting Women Empowerment

TANA North Team wel-

comed and encouraged

'Vishishta Mahila Puras-

karam' awardee Jai Bharathi

to achieve her mission of

creating a generation of

confident women who are

equipped with mobility as a

skill for empowerment and

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Thank you from TANA North Regional Coordinator, Kiran Duggirala

TANA North Region has witnessed few great Special Thanks to TANA Foundation
events in mid-2019 in and around Metro Detroit leadership Niranjan srungavarapu garu,
area. Special thanks to Sunil Pantra garu, TANA Sivaram Yarlagadda garu, Puttagunta Suresh
Cultural coordinator who coordinated and garu and also Detroit Telugu Association(DTA)
executed all the Cultural events so perfectly. It Executive Committee, The Bharatiya Temple of
is a great experience to learn and get input from Troy, Shirdi Sai Baba Temple(Livonia), Sri
TANA Current and Past leadership Gangadhar Venkateswara Temple(Novi) in encouraging
Nadella garu, Hanumaiah Bandla garu, Jay TANA and offering help in every aspect to help
Talluri garu, Ravi Polturi garu, Anajaiah conduct the events.
Chowdary garu and Jogewara Rao
Peddiboyina garu in organizing these events. Volunteers and TANA North Region Team
has actively participated in making each and

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