Chinmaya Mission held its Annual Diwali Banquet on November 5th at 

Doubletree by Hilton in Andover, MA, which was attended by more than 350 people. The event started with a social hour with DJ Raaj and live Karaoke entertainment by Reshma Nair and Rakesh Chauhan. 

This was followed by an one of a kind ice breaker group activity where kids, parents and adults made sketches of different parts of Saraswati, Rawan, etc. which were put together to complete the artwork. A 10-min Think Neutral-Laugh Positive session by Dr. Sushil Bhatia was very well received. This was followed  by a Garbha/Ghoomar by Chinmaya Dream Dancers, Keynote by Acharya Shashi Dwarakanth, CHYKadee Confession from Chimaya Youth Group, Chinmaya Yuva Rhythms by Metrowest Center and The Promises we make to our children by Rabbi Goldstein.

The fabulous dinner was catered by Ragini Restaurant. As in the past, it was overall a very successful fundraiser while having fun!