Penn State Hindu Students Council

Come to this unique immersive festival celebrating Kathakali, an Indian classical dance. Through this ten day-long journey culminating with an exciting live Q&A session the dance and dialogue in this, experience breathtaking expositions of traditional narratives led by “Kalamandalam Shanmukham” of the acclaimed arts institution Kalamandalam, accompanied by insights into the history, costuming and makeup processes, literary texts, and music. Come join us from the comfort of your own home!

Performance Streams: August 27 and 28
Informative short films available on Viewcy from August 20 onwards
Viewing Guide: https://bit.ly/3j1yBMC
Event page : https://facebook.com/events/s/decoding-kathakali-the-artful-/298178495422460/

Organized by Penn State Nritya, SIMA, First edition arts, Indian Classical Music Society (Vancouver), and Indian Fine Arts Academy of San Diego

Okay Everyone,

Its that time of the year again when we all get together and celebrate Durga Puja and Bijoya. I hope all of you are looking forward to a day when we get together, celebrate this auspicious occasion as an extended family, have some delicious food, be a part of and witness some awesome performances on stage, catch up with old friends and make some new ones.
Invite your friends, spread the word, and most importantly, RSVP. See you all there.

Click on this link to RSVP:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7cp-irJcNcH19iuytCNDpWhkjRAl_XzJDi-R_J1G9WCE9UQ/viewform

More updates coming soon!!

Help out with the relief efforts in Chennai while enjoying a delicious lunch at India Pavilion!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1525213664443335/

HSC's puja and jewellery sale at South Asia's Got Talent, thanks for having us SASA!

Come out to our jewellery and T-shirt sale! We've got lots of great stuff, and we'll be in the HUB till 5!

In celebration of Navratri, here are some pictures of HSC @ Durga Puja from last weekend!

Come out guys and visit us at the HUB. We are selling awesome T-shirts and jewelry (both Indian and American) all this week

The State College Bengali Community is hosting Durga Puja on October 10th at the State College Friends School.

RSVP HERE:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1a0Jd5Dyy4M8bZ93I9cWuNj2sVmQe2KMONnMLb8KDBBA/viewform?c=0&w=1

Event details:
Durga Puja and Bijoya Celebration
Saturday, October 4th
State College Friend’s School
1900 University Drive, State College 16801

Tentative Schedule:
9:30 am – 12:30 pm: Puja Preparation and Puja
12:30 – 2:00 pm: Prasad and Bhog Distribution
2:00 – 2:30 pm: Clean up
2:30 – 5:00 pm: Break/adda
5:00 – 5:30 pm: Sandhya-arati and Dhunuchi Dance
6:00 – 8:30 pm: Bengali Cultural Program
8:30 – 10:00 pm: Dinner
10:00 – 10:30 pm: Clean up

A donation of $7/person will be collected from all Puja attendees who wish to stay for lunch. For a family of 3, it will be $15, and for a family of 4, it will be $20 total. Dinner coupons ($15/person for students, Post-docs and Children above the age of 8; $25 for others) will be available at the counter on the day of the event, if you wish to stay for dinner after the cultural function. If you don't want to stay for dinner, just attending the cultural function is FREE.

Ganapati Bappa Morya! Mangal Murti Morya! Chain mile na amhala, pudchya varshi lavkar yaa!

We had a small visarjan ceremony where we immersed the supari Ganapati in the duck pond. The murtis are still in the cultural lounge and will be there for a few more days.

Hey guys, we will be doing a small visarjan ceremony tomorrow for the betelnut Ganapati tomorrow at 5. We will meet at the West Cultural Lounge, do a short puja, then walk over to the duck pond for visarjan.