TAMA (Telugu Association of Metro Atlanta) celebrated Diwali 2014 with lot of fanfare in Atlanta- Atlanta Dunia -

TAMA Diwali Sambaraalu

TAMA (Telugu Association of Metro Atlanta) celebrated Diwali 2014 with lot of fanfare in Atlanta. There was a ‘never-before-seen scene’ with jostling crowds, high-voltage programs, busy stalls etc. The celebrations were held on November 1st, 2014 at Norcross High School, Norcross, GA with unprecedented success.
The event started with a welcome note by the Cultural Secretary Anil Boddireddy followed by Ganapati Song. An eclectic mix of dances, songs and instrumental music featuring classical, folk and film songs were lined up by the TAMA team for the audiences. Richa Gangopadhyay, the famous Indian cinema actress, renowned singers Rahul Sipligunj and Nitya Bayya, together were a fabulous attraction to this event.
Later President Sandhya Yellapragada explained TAMA events and updated to the audience. The TAMA board chairman Sunil Savili explained long term projects of TAMA board and TAMA Clinic updates. Actress Richa Gangopadhyay felicitated chief guest Madhu Tata.
Sri Karunakar Reddy Asireddy presented trophies to “ATA-TAMA” tennis winners.
Meet & Greet and Photo with Actress Richa Gangopadhyay, a free Mehandi booth were arranged by TAMA for interested women and “Diwali Special Pattucheera raffle” were noteworthy attractions in this event.
The event was sponsored by Swapna restaurant, Atlanta.

Delta Information Systems Inc., has sponsored TAMA permanent ID cards to TAMA life members in this event. Mr. Devanand Konduri, Mahesg Pawar and Harsha Yerneni & TAMA executive committee explained life membership benefits to all event attendees.
A sumptuous festival dinner was provided by Hot Breads, Atlanta.
Photography services were offered by Sridhar Vakiti, Praveen Boppana, Kiran Mudigonda, Kiran Nadella and Ravi Kiran Vaddamanu of Vakiti Creations and DJ was provided by Bytegraph Prashant.
Yupp TV live telecasted the event to entire USA.
TAMA team arranged “Hudhud cyclone relief fund”, and got good response from the audience.

The show was gracefully wound up with thank you note by Vice President Vinay Maddineni. Nagaraj Mantena, Rajesh Yallabandi, Devanand Konduri, Harsha Yerneni, Venkat Venkat, Ram Maddi, Nagesh Doddaka, Vijju chiluveru, Sahithi Doddaka, Latha chowdary, Kiran Gogineni, Shravani Rachakulla, Swapna Kadava, Katyayani’s team, Vara Prasad Yadana, Madhu Vangaveti, Rakesh, Arjun, Prasad Kalli, and helped the cultural team and hospitality.

TAMA Executive Committee and Vice President Vinay Maddineni extend special thanks to the all volunteers for their support and participation, without which this event would not have happened.

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