Los Angeles (Sathyananda Nagar) Convention, July 10-13: Registrations have heated up for the much-awaited KHNA biennial convention, as we are less than four months away and the families from all over the continent are making early plans making use of the very cheap air fares (as little as $225 RT from places as far away as Washington DC, Florida and Buffalo, NY, as of last week!). Please click here to reach the convention website and register using your credit card, or to find registration forms to fill up and mail us. Just as at our past conventions, we expect over 1000 people to come to the convention to renew their friendship and acquientance and enjoy a great weekend with spiritual upliftment, cultural activities and social networking - this time in sunny Southern California! Please scroll down to see a flyer image on the convention (you can click on the image for the the pdf). Some of the convention highlights are:

• Guruji Sri Sri Ravishankar (Founder, Art-of-Living Foundation)
• Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan (Indian Inst. of Scientific Heritage)
• Banquet Ganamela by Biju Narayan and Rimi Tomy
• Swamijis Iswarananda, Shanthananda and Siddhananda of Chinmaya Mission and Swamiji Sachidananda of Gayathri Ashramam, Chalakkudy
• Classical Music programs by Padmabhushan TN Krishnan and Sankaran Namboothiry
• Mohiniyattom and Kathakali by Mala/Rajesh Pisharody and Anupama Verma (Toronto)
• A One-day Spiritual Seminar, and sessions with Bhajans, Yoga, and Meditation
• Women's Seminar with Dignitaries Smt. J.Lalithambika IAS, and Smt. Gowri Parvathi Bai (Travancore Palace),
• Continuous parallel seminars, round tables, and panels - All of you can participate!
• Cultural and Arts programs presented by our community from around the continent.
• Children's competitions - Geetha Chanting, Dance, Music, Quiz, Fancy Dress, Coloring, Pookkalam, and more...
• Business seminars and recognition of business successes from our community
• Youth Committee programs - Ananya competition, Basketball Tournament, Speed Networking -"Match Made in Seven", Comedy and variety items.

Vacation tours are available to Las Vegas (1-night) and Grand Canyon (2-nights), departing on Monday the 13th morning and returning on Tuesday and Wednesday late afternoons. Alternatively you can spend some days in the Los Angeles area after the convention for shopping and visits to Disney Land, Hollywood, Malibu, Long Beach, Sand Diego Sea World, or for longer trips to great California national parks such as Yosemite and Sequoia. Please click on the picture above to reach the website and find more details on which airpots to use, local travel, cheap car rentals etc. Come one, Come all, Let us make it a great convention!!

KHNA Video Site: See Clips from the 2007 New York Convention! KHNA is glad to direct you to a website for multi-media material. Currently we have uploaded 40 clips of nearly two hours of video from the fabulous convention we had in New York in 2007 July. KHNA thanks Endavo Media (Atlanta) and Mr. Jay Kumar (Orlando) for all the help in setting up the website using the excellent multi-media software from Endavo. Please visit the site and enjoy clips of speeches by eminent invitees like Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan and Swami Shanthanandaji, several dance programs, Ananya competition, Youth forum activities, Chiriyarangu, etc. We are sure that you will be charged up to join all your friends in Los Angeles for the next convention once you see these videos!

Spiritual Corner: Jnaanappana

Krishna Krishna Mukunda Janarddana,
Krishna Govinda Narayana Hare
..
Kandu kandangirikkum janangale,
Kandillennu natikkunnathu bhavaan
Randu naalu dinam kondoruttane
Thandilaetti nadatthunnathum bhavaan..

For the simplicty of language that still brings out the enormous depth of Hindu philosophy, there is surely no Malayalam poetic work that is better than the emotional outpouring from Poonthanam in Jnanappaana. No explanation is needed for all of you to understand and enjoy the great work. Here we provide a link to an online page with the unforgettable rendering of Jnanappana by Smt. P. Leela, to music set by Sri Dakshinamoorthy, that many of you have surely heard at some point in your life. Please listen, enjoy, and spend a moment contemplating the eternal truths Jnanappana provides. You can find the lines in english at the Jananappana wiki page.