Tax Id: 91-1599770
We are a non-profit charitable organization (501(c)(3)) serving the Greater Seattle population. Our mission is to promote the Marathi cultural and religious ties within the community, to promote events and activities that help maintain the Marathi cultural heritage of Maharashtra, a western state in India. We also invest back in the community by hosting charity events.Our activities include...
Cultural and Religious Events:
We organize and celebrate the Marathi festivals like Makar Sankrant, Holi,
Ganeshotsav, and Diwali. These festivals give the community a chance to renew
their cultural and religious ties and provide unique opportunities to the
children to learn about Marathi culture and heritage.
Art Events and Competitions:
We host several competitions to promote the Marathi art and culinary skills -
Akash Kandil (Traditional Sky Light), Rangoli (art of drawing motifs on the
floor), Marathi cuisine competitions. We also provide platform to the local
talents in Music and Dance by organizing performances and events in performing
arts.
Charity Events:
We invest back in the community by organizing various charity events – periodic
food-cloth drives, fundraisers (Tsunami, Katrina, etc). We have donated money
to organization providing education to under privileged children in India. We
have also participated in 'Adopt a family for Christmas' and have adopted
families.
Social Events:
We organize social events like picnic and fun-fairs to encourage people getting
together as a community. During these events we host sports camps (Cricket) and
tournaments for kids that helps them learn the sports that are played in India
and enjoy the outdoors.
Theater Events:
Each year, we organize theater production show feature the best of Marathi
theatre. Keeping the theatrical tradition alive, we present plays in Marathi
performed by talented local artists. We also, organize Natak Mohatsav (Drama
Festival) performed by professional theatrical groups from India.
Publications:
We annually publish a magazine – Sarathi – with verity of literary articles
poems, etc., to promote local Marathi writers, poets as well as to provide
unique to the children to learn about Marathi literature and also enable to
contribute to it. We also publish a Newsletter – “Sa. Na. Vi. Vi.”
(approximately monthly), to keep the community aware of various community
events and activities.

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