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"Wonders of Diwali '09" Performers Recruitment

Vanakam and Good day

DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE TALENT TO PERFORM? Now you can bring out the talent in you by performing for "Wonders of Diwali '09" organized by Indian Cultural Society, MMU Cyberjaya. If you do feel the urge to show off the talent why hesitate? feel free to drop these people a message:

Jay Vijay (jaymav3rick@y!) or Mukunthan (madmukun@y!) .

The auditions will be held real soon, so grab the once in a lifetime chance to showcase your talent.

Details of the event:

Date: 21st November 2009

Time: 7.01pm

Venue: MPH, MMU Cyberjaya

UNITY ~ PEACE ~ PROSPERITY

Navarathi : Nine Divine Nights

Starting on 19 September 2009.

Once in a year during the month of October the temple organizes Navarathri festival with pomp and splendor. Navarathri and Vijayadasami are the festivals celebrated over a period of ten days. The first nine days constitute the Navarathri festival. Navarathri itself means nine nights (Nava means nine and rathri means night). The "Dassera" or "Vijayadasami" is the last and tenth day festival. The term "Dassera" is derived from the word for number ten i.e. Dasha (in Sanskrit).

Navaratri is divided into sets of three days to adore different aspects of the supreme goddess. On the first three days, the Mother is invoked as powerful force called Durga in order to destroy all our impurities, vices and defects. The next three days, the Mother is adored as a giver of spiritual wealth, Lakshmi, who is considered to have the power of bestowing on her devotees the inexhaustible wealth. The final set of three days is spent in worshipping the mother as the goddess of wisdom, Saraswati. In order have all-round success in life, we need the blessings of all three aspects of the divine mother; hence, the worship for nine nights.

Day 1 - Rajangam
Raja means king and angam means parts. So Rajangam means king and his government. This scene depicts the Lord Murugan who wore a saint look to be seen as a King holding scepter in his hand. He safeguards the humankind with the six parts of his government viz Army, Citizen, Finance, Ministry, Friendship and Defence.

Day 2 - VennaiThazhi
This scene portrays the Lord as a person who steals butter and cheese from the house of a shepherd. Cheese (white color) symbolizes our clean, pure heart, which the God likes from us.

Day 3 - Markandeyar
This scene depicts Lord Murugan as Lord Siva, who kicks Yama (God of Death) to safeguard Markandeyar. This represents a story in which fate can be won by mind and devotion. The story is: Yama came in front of Markandeyar, when the later was performing Siva pooja (prayer). Seeing Yama, Markandeyar hugs the Siva Statue Lord Siva appeared in front of him and saved him. (The name of the holy place where this incident is stated to have happened is Thirukkadaiyur in Tamilnadu, India). It is believed that people who go to Thirukkadaiyur and worship Lord Siva get his blessings for longevity.

Day 4 - Venuganam
Lord Murugan is seen as Kannan who plays the flute. The flute is a musical instrument made up of thin bamboo stick. All living creatures (Men, women, cows, goats, birds and trees) are fascinated by the music played by Lord Murugan.

Day 5 - Kannappa Nayanar
A true devotee of Lord Siva, Thinnappan, a hunter of the forest near Sri Kalahasti, prayed to him by preparing pork, tasted it and offered to God (Siva Lingam). On the sixth day he saw the God bleeding and he removed his eyeballs and pasted on the Siva Lingam (God Statue). Hence Thinnappan was given the name Kannappan (Kann in tamil means an eye) by Lord Siva. This illustrates the man’s devotion to God. Here Lord Murugan represents Lord Siva (Murugan’s Father)

Day 6 - Oonjal
Lord Murugan appears as Mother Goddess who swings in the heard of true devotees. This scene reflects Human beings who roam in between happiness and sorrow and obtain peace through prayer.

Day 7 - Pittuku Mann Sumandal
When the Vaigai river in Madurai was flooding the king ordered everyone to volunteer to bring sand (mann) to build a river bank to control the flood. Lord Siva became a coolie (manual worker) for an old woman called Vandhi who sells Pittu (sweet rice flour). Lord Siva got pittu as wage from the old woman for carrying out the orders from the king on behalf of the old woman. But, he slept after eating. The king saw him sleeping and gave him a canning punishment. Lord Siva gave a holistic appearance to the king. Here Lord Murugan represents Lord Siva.

Day 8 - Kalinga Narthanam
This scene illustrates Lord Kannan, who killed a devil kalinga, which was a five-headed snake on the Yamuna River and danced on it. Here Lord Murugan represents Lord Kannan.

Day 9 - Saraswathi Poojai
The scene depicts the Goddess of knowledge, Saraswathi who performs a prayer to Lord Siva.

Day 10 - Vijayadasami
Vijayadasami means a day of Victory.

Raya Wishes!!!

Good Day to all,

Indian Cultural Society (ICS), Multimedia University Cyberjaya campus wishes all Muslim staff and student; Selamat Hari Raya and Maaf Zahir Batin. And to others, Happy Holidays.

Unity, Peace & Prosperity.

Thank You!!!

Leadership Workshop

Date: 12 September 2009
Venue: FIT XR
Time: 08.30am - 04.30pm

We kindly appreciate your sincere support, which plays an important role in the success of our leadership workshop. All together bringing us every step closer to achieve our objectives. Thank you for your time and interest. Unity, Peace and Prosperity!!!

ICS Logo Creation Competition '09

Vanakam and Good Day to all,

The Indian Cultural Society of Multimedia University(MMU) Cyberjaya campus would like to proudly announce the "ICS LOGO CREATION COMPETITION". The details are as follows:

Event: Logo Creation Competition
Closing Date: 23rd October 2009
Attractive prizes to be won
It is open for ALL MMU Cyberjaya students

This competition is organized by Indian Cultural Society of MMU Cyberjaya campus. Let's gather and shore up our talents.

For more details, please contact:
Yuwana Ganapathy (yuwana_niva@yahoo.com)
Navena Chandran (navegirl27@yahoo.com)

UNITY, PEACE AND PROSPERITY.

Greeting Cards Selling

Vanakam and Good day to all,

Indian Cultural Society of Cyberjaya Campus will be organizing "Greeting Cards Selling '09".
Business bureau will be selling Raya and Deepavali cards. Details of this event:

Date: Entire month of September
Price: Raya card (Big = RM1.00 & Small = RM0.30)
Deepavali card (RM1.00)
*Free for campus delivery
*Chargers for outside campus delivery (extra RM0.50 only)

For more details, please kindly contact,
Sugilan (sugilan03@hotmail.com) or Hemalatha (hema_gemini89@yahoo.com)

Unity, Peace & Prosperity

Join Intracampus!!!

Vanakam and Good day to all,

Indian Cultural Society of Cyberjaya Campus will be organizing "INTRACAMPUS".
Details of the event:

Date: 14 - 15 November 2009
Venue: MMU Cyberjaya

*Open to all indians to participate

For those who are interested, kindly contact,

Indiran (ince00@yahoo.com) & Deeban (deeban88@yahoo.com)

UNITY, PEACE AND PROSPERITY.

"Wonders of Diwali '09" Working Committee Recruitment

Vanakam and good day,

Indian Cultural Society of Cyberjaya Campus will be organizing WONDERS OF DIWALI 09.we are now recruiting for working committee,you are most to join us.
Following are the bureaus that available:-

-sponsorship
-security
-special task
-promotion
-ticketing
-protocol
-transportation
-show coordination
-technical

For those who are interested, kindly contact,

Vishnu Naidu - 0164896002
Shawn Benedict - 0164628271
Sanjeev Kumar - 0193686610

UNITY, PEACE AND PROSPERITY.

CANCELLATION OF TRIP TO TALENT GALA ICS MMU MALACCA

Vanakam,

We are sorry to inform that the trip to TALENT GALA ICS MMU MALACCA have been cancelled due to unavailability of transport and lack of response on the entries.Anyhow,for those who are going by your own, kindly contact Miss.Adaikammei at 0139399964 for tickets.We highly regret for the inconvenience caused and hope could make it for the other event next time.

UNITY,PEACE AND PROSPERITY.

Tamil Language Class

Vanakkam & Good day to everyone!

Dear Friends,

Education bureau of Indian Cultural Society MMU Cyberjaya will soon be conducting weekly Tamil Language Class. Tamil language is said to be as one of the oldest languages. There are no racial barriers to experience a new language that is commonly used by the Indians only. Time and day will be confirmed later. For those who are interested to join the class please send your details to:

Rajamani - (beutylife09@yahoo.com)

UNITY, PEACE AND PROSPERITY.

Check Out - Welfare Bureau Blog!!!

Vanakam and good day,

Welfare bureau has come up with new blog. Check out their upcoming events and updates there.
Click here to browse welfare bureau blog

Unity - Peace - Prosperity

Greeting Cards Selling - Raya & Deepavali Cards

Dear friends,

The Indian Cultural Society (ICS) of Multimedia University, Cyberjaya Campus will be organizing "Greeting Cards Selling 2009". The details are as follows:

Date: 1st - 30 September 2009
Time: 10am – 5pm
Venue: Central Plaza

This greeting cards selling consist of 2 types which is Hari Raya Cards n Deepavali Cards. This would also enable the students to show their love towards their friends by respecting their culture and being a part of the festivals by sending these cards to their friend’s n lecturers.

For more details, please contact:
Sugilan - (sugilan03@hotmail.com)
Hemalatha - (hema_gemini89@yahoo.com)

UNITY, PEACE AND PROSPERITY

Committee Member Recruitment Drive

Vanakam and good day!!!

Indian Cultural Society, Cyberjaya Campus, are organizing MEMBER RECRUITEMENT DRIVE. We are recruiting more members for all the events organized by ICS, Cyberjaya.. For those who are interested, please visit our booths at central plaza from 1st September 2009 till 3rd September 2009.We are recruiting members for following events,

Welfare bureau
-Organ Donation Drive
-Anbu Karangal (Home Visit)
-Bharani Project 2010

Sports bureau
-Intracampus
-Clash of the Titans 3

Religious and cultural bureau
-Heritage week

Education bureau
-Education Talk
-Muthamizh Vizha (Tamil Literacy Competition)

Business unit
-Valentino

The details of the drive are as following,

Date: 1st September – 3rd September 2009
Time: 10am – 5pm
Venue: Central Plaza

For more details, please contact:

Yuwana ganapathy -yuwana_niva@yahoo.com
Navena chandran -navegirl27@yahoo.com

UNITY, PEACE AND PROSPERITY.

"Wonders of Diwali 2009" Performers Recruitment

Dear friends,

DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE TALENT TO SING AND DANCE?? Now you can bring out the talent in you by performing for WONDERS OF DIWALI NITE 09 organize by Indian Cultural Society,Multimedia University,Cyberjaya in November 2009.lets gather and shore up our talent!!!!!!

For those who are interested, kindly contact the following persons and submit your details by next Thursday(3rd September 2009),

Rajan Ramalingam – 0164410525 (rajan_foe@yahoo.com)
Vishnu Naidu - 0164896002 (vishnu_naidu_0509@yahoo.com)

UNITY, PEACE AND PROSPERITY.

Trip to Malacca Talent Gala 2009

Vanakkam and Good day to everyone!

The Indian Cultural Society MMU Melaka will be organizing the “Talent Gala 2009” for the 8th time running. This is an annual event where students show their talents by singing, dancing, acting and much more. The show will include an assortment of dances, musical performance and sketches.

The details of “Talent Gala 2009” is as below:
Date : 5th September 2009
Time :7.30 P.M
Venue: BISTARI MINI STADIUM MELAKA
Guest Artist: Tamil Pop Fame HERVIN, King of Love songs DHILIP VARMAN, fastest mouth from South PSYCHOMANTRA.

Ticket + MMU Bus Transport: RM15 + RM10 = RM25

*MMU Bus will only be booked if there are 40 entries and above.
*Bus seats are limited to 44 entries.

For those who are interested, kindly give your name and the payment by this Thursday(27/8/2009) to the respective personnels:

Shawn Benedict - 016 462 8271
Vishnu Naidu - 016 489 6002
Rajan Ramalingam - 016 441 0525
Sanjeev Kumar - 019 368 6610

Lets gather as well as give full support to our fellow MMU Malacca friends and make it a blast!!
THANK YOU

UNITY, PEACE AND PROSPERITY

Vinayagar Sathurthi

Vinayagar Sathurthi is widely celebrated by Hindus everywhere. The festival will lasts for 10 days. Every year normally this festival comes in Avani (August-September). The main sweet-dish for this function is modakas (kuzhukattai), also known as modagams in South India. A modaka is a sort of dumpling made from rice flour with a filling of coconut, jaggery (brown sugar) and few other ingredients. Puranas say that Lord Ganesha was created by Goddess Parvathi, wife of Lord Shiva. Parvathi created Ganesha out of the sandalwood dough and breathed life into him. She made him stand as a gaurd at the door while she went to have her bath. However, while Parvati was taking her bath, Lord Shiva happened to arrive there and as Ganesha didn't know him, he didn't permit him to enter the house. As a result, Lord Shiva got angry and he severed the head of the child baby and entered his house. But after realizing that he had beheaded his own son, Lord Shiva permanent the head of an elephant in place of Ganesha's head. In this way, Lord Ganesha acquired the image of the elephant-headed God. Special prayers are performed for Ganesha on this auspicious day. In every kovil and in each and every house in India the festival will be celebrated in a very grand manner. On this day people will buy vinayager statue made of clay and do poojas for 3 to 10 days. During poojas he will be festooned with arugambul mala which is a very favorite for Lord Ganesha. After 3 days of this celebration Lord Ganesha will be taken to the nearest temple (kovil) and from there he will be submerged in the sea water.

ICS T-Shirt

This is the ICS's new t-shirt, with new concept and design. Hurry and get it before stock finish.

Sizes Available: S, M, L, XL and XL
Price: RM 15.00
Person to Contact:
Yuwanavani (yuwana_niva@yahoo.com)
Navena (navegirl27@yahoo.com)

Thank you for your kind support.