Our Regular Activities

• Conducting bi-weekly bhajan satsangs in the Dallas Fort-Worth Metroplex, Texas & the Bay Area in California
• Participate in special bhajans organized by the DFW-Hindu Temple, Hindu Temple of North Texas (Ganesh Temple) in Plano, TX. The Vedanta Society of DFW and at the Fremont Hindu Temple, CA
• Conducting weekly classical music classes in the Bay Area Chinmaya Mission

Service Projects 

• November 2009 - Food Drive in Texas - Our Dallas Area members contributed money and food to the Good Samaritan Inn which provided food for up to about 140 people during Thanksgiving. Murali, Jayashree, and Raghu Bellary delivered the canned food items to the Samaritan Inn. This was very well received by the Samaritan Inn.
• December 2009 - Adopt-a-Family in Bay Area - The Bay Area of the chapter of the Mandali adopted tow families for Christmas. The children in the families were presented with wrapped Christmas gifts. The youth members actively participated in shopping, wrapping, and delivery. It was a fun activity and really showed the children a way to give back to the community and care for the needy. All of the members donated generously - by way of goods and cash donations. The gifts were well received, and the effort was very much appreciated by the two families.
• November 2010 - Food Drive in Texas - Raghu Bellary, Amay Bellary and Murali Iyengar went to the Samaritan Inn, the local shelter for the needy in McKinney and distributed the
   food items, donated and financially contributed by the Mandali members. The Mandali committee representatives purchased non-perishable food items from the money donated by the members. In addition to the food items donated by the members, the Mandali donated $300 to the Sanaritan Inn. The Samaritan Inn management was very highly appreciative of the gesture and the community effort in providing these items. They estimated that the items contributed by the Mandali would provide food for about 150 people on Thanksgiving day.
• August 2011 - Bake Sale in Bay Area - Youth Mandali members including Kaavya Valiveti, Bindhu Swaminathan, Pranav Swaminathan, Sandya Ganesh, and Ritika Ravi held a bake sale before and after the Krishna Janmashtami bhajan, selling various sweets and Indian snacks. The bake sale raised $275 after sales and generous donations from Mandali members. 

On-going Service Projects

• This organization shall plan and implement the following annual activities/projects in order to achieve its aims and objectives
• At least one general fund-raising event:
  • contribution to medical, educational or other charitable activity
  • providing food, shelter and health care for the needy
  • providing scholarships, school supplies and other educational needs for the children