After the grand celebration on August 30, it's the time to bid farewell to Ganapati.  Hindu YUVA will have a  "Visarjan" of Ganesha on Sunday, September 07, 2014 in Brookside Park, Ames. We will do actual visarjan in a creek near the park. The Visarjan will be accompanied by pooja followed by recitation of Atharvasheersha. For Visarjan of Lord Ganesha, a procession marked with lezim dance in conjunction with other musical instruments will be organized. Prasadam will be served after the Visarjan. Everyone is cordially invited to join us for Visarjan and make it a grand farewell for our bel...

Hindu YUVA at ISU will be arranging carpool rides to and from Hindu Temple, Madrid, IA for ISU students and staff interested in attending the midnight Janmashtami celebration. The details of the event are as follows: Date: August 16, 2014 Time: 10:00 pm Venue: Howe Hall Parking Lot, Iowa State University, Ames, IA The festival is scheduled as follows: 08 pm : Bhajan and Kirtan  [Since we plan to reach the temple by around 11 pm, we will be present for this only for a short period of time] 12 am : Celebration of Birth of Lord Krishna followed by Tirtha Prasadam Please feel free to bring fru...

On the lines of last year, Hindu YUVA at ISU is planning to celebrate the Ganesh Chaturthi in the last week of August. The organizing team meets for the same every Wednesday in 0232 Carver Hall from 6:30 - 7:30 PM. Anyone who is willing to contribute in organizing the event is welcome to attend the meeting. Interested people can contact Satvik Shah or Sunny Mahajan directly. Let's make the Ganpati event a grand success! Please note that the venue of the meeting may change subject to room availability. Please keep checking the event's Facebook page for recent updates regarding the cha...

On June 29th, Hindu YUYA at ISU arranged for the rides to and from the Madrid Temple, IA for ISU students (and staff) interested in attending the Shree Jaganath Rath Yatra. About 25 people from ISU participated in Rath Yatra with zeal and enthusiasm. They also helped in serving the prasadam and cleaning the temple after the event. Dr. Sudhanshu Dash acknowledged the efforts of Hindu YUVA team for bringing about wonderful participation in the event and also wished that this continues in future. Overall, the event was a great success where everyone got the opportunity to witness the spectacular ...

Newly elected executive members of Hindu YUVA will meet on June 23, 2014 at Durham 144.