California celebrates Ugadi

Bay Area Telugu Association (BATA) celebrated the Sixth Annual Ugadi Telugu Mela and Youth Talent Show on March 24th at Sunnyvale Temple, California celebrating the “Sarvajit nama samvatsaram”. Sponsors included Remit2India.com, Ravi Tax Preparation Services and BharatFamily.com amongst others. The event was a huge success and drew a crowd of over 2000 people.

The Youth Talent Show has been consistently providing a platform for youth of Telugu origin living in the Bay Area to showcase their talents in music, dance and other fields. This year saw more than 90 entries with over 250 children across categories.

It was indeed memorable to see tiny tots singing classical and popular movie songs, playing musical instruments and dancing in front of a large gathering. The hall was well decorated and adorned with traditional Telugu toranalu and mango leaves leaving the audience with a distinct impression of celebrating Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh.

Several vendors such as Remit2India NRI Services, tax services, real estate promotors, Telugu TV channels, boutiques, mehendi etc were setup at the Mela and drew a huge crowd.

The finale was set to some fast foot tapping hits from recent movies leaving the audience clamouring for more. BATA has always been at the forefront of working on social and developmental projects since its inception. BATA announced a new social development project "Continuing College Education" on the auspicious occasion of Ugadi. This would enable economically unaffordable girl students an opportunity to pursue further education.

Courtesy: TOI