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LAKELAND,
ORLANDO TEMPLES CELEBRATING ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Two temples in Florida - Hindu Society of Central Florida (HSCF) in the Casselberry/Orlando area and the Swaminarayan Temple in Lakeland – are celebrating their one-year anniversary in July. The
July 7-9 event at HSCF in Orlando will include Brahmotsav pujas. The Agamas
in the Vedic literature describe the puja as a celebration of the establishment
of the divinity of the deities in a temple. Mahendra Kapadia, chairman
of the HSCF Board of Trustees, hopes this event and the divinity “will
inspire and motivate the devotees to be of service to mankind.” HEALTH FAIR SET JULY 8 IN TAMPA Story provided by Hindu Temple of Florida More than 400 people are expected to attend the eighth annual Health Fair on Saturday, July 8, organized by the Hindu Temple of Florida, 5511 Lynn Road, Tampa. The 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. event in the temple’s community hall has been coordinated once again by Dr. Renuka Ramappa along with a group of volunteer physicians, pharmaceuticals representatives and health care professionals. Screenings are conducted for cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, osteoporosis, dental problems, obesity, eye and hearing exams, and more. This year, the organizers will be introducing information on anti-aging, overactive bladder, anaphylactic reactions. The screenings are free and so is the medical advice provided by expert physicians. There also will be discussions on various health awareness topics. New this year, Dr. Ramappa will be introducing information on anti-aging. Saint Annamacharya Day CELEBRATED IN JACKSONVILLE On June 17, the annual Saint Annamacharya Jayanthi was celebrated at the Hindu Society of North East Florida temple in the Jacksonville/Orange Park area. The mystic saint composer of the 15th century is the earliest known South Indian musician to compose songs called “sankeertanas” in praise of Lord Venkateswara. AKMG
CONVENTION SET JULY 20-23 IN ORLANDO AKMG Convention Chair Dr. Aravind Pillai About 800 people are expected to attend the 27th annual Association of Kerala Medical Graduates (AKMG) Convention July 20-23 at Peabody Hotel in Orlando. Over 2,500 physicians belonging to this organization of physicians of Kerala heritage from India practice in North America. INDO-CARIBBEAN FILM CHRONICLES JOURNEY ACROSS THREE CONTINENTS
Meet Shundell
Prasad, who recently made her directorial debut with “Once More
Removed: A Journey Back to India.” The one-hour documentary chronicles
the 25-year-old’s journey across three continents to uncover the
reasons behind her family’s removal from native India and then later
from Guyana, her birth country.
In
this coming-of-age film, the search takes the viewer from the vibrant
Indo-Caribbean neighborhoods in Queens, New York City, to the sweltering
hot sugarcane fields of Guyana, where men toil over the land as their
forefathers did a century ago when they were brought to the cane fields
as indentured servants by the British. Inside
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