AZTA Ugadi 2016 celebrations conclude on grand noteTop Stories

April 19, 2016 18:31
AZTA Ugadi 2016 celebrations conclude on grand note

AZTA Ugadi 2016 celebrations went on and concluded in a grand note at Indo-American foundation hall (Ekta Mandir) Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday, 17 April 2016. Ugadi celebrations in Phoenix was a grand success with hundreds of Telugu speaking people gathering together in the valley, marking the auspicious day.

The festive evening was interspersed with non-stop Indian music as well as Bollywood dances. Both kids and adults were part of the cultural programs organized by AZTA.

The-festive-eveningAs a part of the AZTA Ugadi function, Makutus Island and AZIndia sponsored raffle tickets at the venue for $2. They offered to win any one of the following four on the ticket including:

1)One full birthday party for free at Makutus Island

2) Whole summer entry for free in Makutus Island

3) Sarinodu Telugu movie - two tickets free from AZIndia Media.

4) Sarinodu Telugu movie - two tickets free from AZIndia Media.

The highlight of the Ugadi celebrations was people feasting on Indian delicacies while enjoying live Telugu songs. Following dinner, everyone danced to popular Indian numbers. The event is a clear evidence of the extent of enthusiasm shown by adults and kids to be one with India culture and tradition.

The-highlightVote of thanks posted by AZTA president Venkat Kommineni in his Face Book page said, “Thank you again for all volunteers to make this as a successful event - some names I remember on top of my head and if I miss some one please reminds me. This is my sincere appreciation to the following volunteers, THANK YOU.”

The names of the volunteers included by Mr Kommineni in his post are:

Janardhan Gurrala

Jayaram Kode

Venkat Nallapati

Sekhar Kolla

Srinivas Gottipati

Chowdary M

Sagar Mitta

Sunil Paruchuri

Srihari

Kalyan Gogineni

Bhanu Kode

Bhanu Kode's Dad

Dr. Subbarao Ch

Brahmaiah

Lakshmi

Chenchaiah

Babu

Satish Kosuri

Shyam Avvari

Sridevi B

Surya Muvvala

Kiran Vedantam

Pravin Nandikonda

Venkat Donepudi

Saritha Donepud

Dr. Rao Bonda

Jayaram Kode's kids

Chowdary M's kid

Dr. Ramakrishna's kid

Bhavana (ASU student)

Sneha Ch (ASU student)

Sonal M

Jaya Rayaprolu

And others

Anand Sabapathy

Suresh Pathipati

Dr. Vasu Atluri

Sudhakar Gopal

For other help -

Malayali Association

Srimathi Asha Gopal

Gabriel Martinez

- Sumana

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