Community Activities


Ugadi Celebrations at Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple of Utah

Ugadi was celebrated at the Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple of Utah on April 04, 2001(Monday) from 7 PM onwards.  Around 300 Telugu, Kannada, Marathi people participated in the celebrations.  The priest performed a grand puja and narrated Panchangam for the year 2011.  Prasandam was served in the ICC building.

Telugu Association of volunteered to arrange prasadam. A lot of Telugites volunteered to cook prasadam and serve all the people.  Volunteers cleaned ICC and Temple premises after the celebrations.

Telugu Association of Utah recognizes and appreciates volunteers, not in any specific order, who took time to cook food (prasadam) and help serve the prasadam at the temple.
  • Haritha and Diwakar Nandiraju
  • Kalpana Jonnalagadda
  • Deepthi and Sarath Dandala
  • Sudha and Balaji Sudabattula
  • Renu Bandiathmakur
  • Sridevi Vankayalapati
  • Krishnaveni Manchala
  • Indrani  Reppalevenkat
  • Usha Yarasi
  • Parvathi Vojjala
  • Bharathi Pusapati
  • Sumitha Bhavaraju
  • Rohini Vinnakota
  • Srividya Suram
  • Gangalakshmi Golakoti
  • Anjibabu Paritala
  • Sagarkavi
  • Ravi Darbhamulla
  • Ashok Alluri
  • and many others, whose names we could not capture.


Sankranthi Festivities at Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple of Utah

SANKRANTHI is marked by colorful celebrations and is a very important festival for all the people of Telugu origin. Sankranthi celebrations will be held on January 15th, 2011 (Saturday) at Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple of Utah.  Around 400 Indians participated in the celebrations.

Telugu Association of Utah teamed with Kannada Kuta to arrange pasadam for all the devotees. Telugu Association of Utah appreciates and recognizes the patronage of the following volunteers who volunteered for different activities on the day. 
  • Hyma and Anjibau Paritala
  • Sudha and Balaji Sudabattula
  • Haritha and Diwakar Nandiraju
  • Mrs and Mr. Kiran Palagiri
  • Swarna and Mahesh Pokala
  • Mrs and Mr. Harish Devulapalli
  • Bharathi and Srinivasa Dara
  • Rohini and Amarendra Vinnakota
  • Srividya and Srikant Kalla
  • Kalpana and Santosh
  • Renu and Guru Bandiathmakur
  • Sridevi and Hari Vankayalapati 
  • Mrs and Mr. Sampath Chitakayala
  • Mrs and Mr. Raj Gopal
  • Mr and Mrs. Rajani Gangapuram
  • and others who go food or helped during the day