கால்கரி கனடாவில் இந்து குரு பூர்ணிமா கொண்டாட்டம்

கால்கரி கனடாவில் இந்து குரு பூர்ணிமா கொண்டாட்டத்தை இந்து சொசைட்டி கொண்டாடுகிறது. கூடவே இந்து பழக்க வழக்கங்கள், கொள்கைகள் விளக்க கூட்டமும் நடந்தது.

Traditional learning method showcased at Hindu fundraiser
Neighbours
Published: Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Hindu Society of Calgary is holding a Guru Purnima fundraising event on Friday, July 18. Guru Purnima is the full-moon day in the month of July, that recognizes the spiritual gurus, their teachings and their lives.

To celebrate, a cultural program learned in the traditional guru shishya parampara (teacher-student tradition) method will be presented, says Jayashree Thatte-Bhat, the vice-president of culture at the Hindu Society.

"The guru shishya parampara is learning by rote method. It's how 5,000 years ago everything was taught -- music, sanskrit and so on," Thatte-Bhat says. "We wanted to showcase this tradition to the people here."


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Font:****The show will have music, singing and dance components, all learned in the traditional method of the teacher playing (or dancing) and the student listening and imitating until the item is mastered.

The event raises funds for the Hindu Mandir, 2225 24th Ave. N.E. The evening begins at 6 p.m. with an hour-long worship in the main part of the temple. The event then moves downstairs for a dinner between 7 and 8:30 p.m. A half-hour of speeches follows, with words from the chief guest Earl Choldin, the executive director of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute at the University of Calgary. The evening wraps up with the hour-long cultural program.

Call 403-291-2551 for tickets (minimum $50 donation) at the Hindu temple.