BMM 2009 Diwali Celebrations

Baltimore Marathi Mandal (BMM) cordially invites you to Diwali Festival Extravaganza on Sunday, 18th of October, 2009
See Diwali Marketing Flyer
See Diwali Sponsorship Details

Our feature presentations for the occasion includes:

  • The much awaited screening of the movie: "Me Shivaji Raje Bhosale Boltoy"
  • A heart-felt marathi play based on a woman's journey from a daugther to a grand-mother: "Tee"
    • Featuring famous film actress & drama stalwart Vandana Gupte and
      her dear sister - a world-renowned singer, Rani Varma
    • See More Information Here


            Program Outline
         12:00 - 1:00: Welcome, Snacks
         1:00 - 3:30: Movie Screening
         3:30 - 4:00: Tea Break
         4:00 - 5:00: Games
         5:00 - 7:00: Tee Drama
         7:00 - 8:00: Dinner

            Venue
            Smith Theater
            Horowitz Performing Arts Center
            Howard Community College
            10901 Little Patuxent Parkway
            Columbia, MD 21044

We are planning this event as an evening filled with entertainment for children and adults alike, with a selected dinner menu. We will start the afternoon with the movie then will break for tea and Games followed by the Tee Drama and Dinner.

Tickets Ordering Instructions
Adults: $15       
Seniors (above 60 yrs): $12       
Children (below 10 yrs)    FREE
Volunteer Donation
($25, $35, $50 or $100)
Please contact us for details
Event Sponsorships Please contact us for details
If you cannot contribute food, dinner ticket will be $8/person extra.
Diwali Dinner Ticket: $12    

We are arranging this as a Potluck Event. We encourage all members to give us timely RSVP's so that we can plan for ample menu variety and advise timely updates (if any). Please RSVP by email to: diwali@baltimoremarathimandal.org by Monday Oct 12th to facilitate planning and logistical arrangements.

Please choose a DISH from the following Menu Chart and RSVP/Email us your selection at: diwali@baltimoremarathimandal.org  After our RSVP acknowledgment, we will show your family name against your selected dish on the Menu Chart below. Please note, if you cannot contribute food to potluck, dinner ticket will be $8/person separately.

Donations List Below Last updated on Oct 09, 2009 8:00am

    Donating Family     Donating Family
    1) Renu/Sanjeev Gholap Family     4) Kiran/Mangesh Khedikar Family
    2) "Anonymous" (SK) Family     5) Shubhangi/Vinnie Rege Family
    3) "Anonymous" (GP) Family     6) "Anonymous" (SM) Family
BMM Thanks all families for generously donating and supporting BMM !!!

Menu List Below Last updated on Oct 17, 2009 5:00am

    Dish     No. of Families bringing dish
    Poori (40 poori's per family) For 5 Families - Available for Family #5
Family # 1: - Ruddhi/Waman Wadadekar Family
Family # 2: - Rashmi/Vinayak Wagle Family
Family # 3, 4: - 80 Poori's Donation, Sisodia Family, Owings Mills
                                   Sincere Thanks from BMM for your support !
Family # 5: - Jyoti/Praveen Rothe Family
    Naan (3 packets per family) For 5 Families - NOW OPEN FOR 1 MORE FAMILY
Family # 1: - Pallavi/Sandeep Kale Family
Family # 2: - Prajakta/Madhur Purohit Family
Family # 3: - Vandana/Ajay Bhide Family
Family # 4: - Jyoti/Satish Rao Family
Family # 5: - Maitreyee/Ajay Rajadnye Family
Family # 6: - Kavita/Raghu Byatnal Family
    Potato Sukhi Bhaji (Half tray per family) For 4 Families - Not Available
Family # 1: - Minal Dukle Family
Family # 2: - Medha/Shailesh Deshpande Family
Family # 3: - Prerna/Nikhil Kadu Family
Family # 4: - Aparna/Shailesh Waikar Family
Family # 5: - Mahesh Zarkar Family
Family # 6: - Aarti/Pankaj Shivpuje Family
    Cauliflower/Sweet Peas Rassa Bhaji (Half tray per family) For 4 Families - NOW OPEN FOR 2 MORE FAMILIES
Family # 1: - Shubhangi/Vinnie Rege Family
Family # 2: - Rupali/Sanjay Marathe Family
Family # 3: - Deepti Joshi Family
Family # 4: - Rakhi/Rahul Kesarkar Family
Family # 5: - Prajakta/Dipesh Mamtora Family
    Koshimbir (One 5lb. can per family) For 1 Family - Not Available
Family # 1: - Gauri/Girish Parab Family
    Chutney (One 5lb. can per family) For 1 Family - Not Available
Family # 1: - Sunil Karhadkar Family
    Masale Bhat (Half tray per family) For 4 Families - NOW OPEN FOR 3 MORE FAMILIES
Family # 1: - Anuja/Sakar Kawle Family
Family # 2: - Anu/Sachin Khedkar Family
Family # 3: - Vidula/Rohit Kolhatkar Family
    Pulao (Half tray per family) For 4 Families - NOW OPEN FOR 1 MORE FAMILY
Family # 1: - Sanjay/Uma Pawar Family
Family # 2: - Renu/Sanjeev Gholap Family
Family # 3: - Swapna/Sham Deshpande Family
Family # 4: - Anjali Kulkarni Family
Family # 5: - Shweta/Moreshwar Kulkarni Family
    Gulab Jamun (3 cans per family) For 4 Families - Not Available
Family # 1: - Sanghmitra Arvindekar Family
Family # 2: - Shekhar Murkute/Ruchita Bagul Family
Family # 3: - Aparna Maybhate Family
Family # 4: - Gauri Nerurkar Family
    Chivda(10Lb or Half tray per family) For 4 Families - Not Available
Family # 1: - Pallavi/Amol Dhore Family
Family # 2: - Bansary/Rajendra Modak Family
Family # 3: - Vaishali/Atul Gokhale Family
Family # 4: - Meghana/Nikhil Malvankar Family
    Ladoo(30-35 ladoo per family) For 4 Families - Available for Family #3, Family #4
Family # 1: - Kiran/Mangesh Khedikar Family
Family # 2: - Geetanjali/Manoj Wadhavkar Family
    10 - 2liter soda(2 Orange, 2Diet and 6 regular Coke) For one Family - Not Available
Family # 1:- Vaishnavi/Ajay Sawant Family
    20 - 1 Gallon water bottles For one Family - Available for 1 More Family
Family # 1:- Sheetal/Abhijit Walvekar Family
Family # 2:- Urgently Needed-Spot Still Available
    Glasses, Plates, Table Cloth, serving Spoons, Trash Bags, Ice etc. Will be supplied by BMM