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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline APRIL 05, 2024 | The Indian Eye 24

Vibrant Holi Festival brings colors

to Southern California

OUR BUREAU
Los Angeles, CA
he Vibrant Holi Festival celebra-
tions at Artesia Park was a spectac-
Tular success bringing together the
rich and diverse heritage and culture of
India and Nepal. Organized by Yogi Pa-
tel, Parimal Shah and Dinesh Shah who
are leading business entrepreneurs in
Southern California, Madheshi Associa-
tion and Artesia Chamber of Commerce
this event truly bought the spirit of Holi
to Southern California with the colors,
song and dance.
Yogi Patel is a is the president of
Lebon Hospitality is a successful entre-
preneur, leading hotelier, and an inves-
tor, involved in developing several hotels
in California. Urmila Menon the EmCee
for the Holi event is the CEO of Sanarj
Systems, a Technology Services firm and.
Parimal Shah is a real estate developer
with over three decades experience and
is currently chairperson of the Cerritos
College Foundation, City of Cerritos
Arts and Historical and founder of Arte-
sia Chamber of Commerce.
Dinesh Shah is the founder and
owner of Nanking Indo-Chinese Restau-
rant. The ensemble group of talented
local performers, EmCee by Urmila
Menon, DJ by Shagun Shrestha, rocking
vocals by Rhythm, Priya and Rajeshwari,
LA Vogue Fashion show by Soniya Dave
represented the potpourri of diverse tal-
ent and we had Bollywood Holi vibes in
Artesia. SoCalChannel our Media Part-
ner did an outstanding job bringing this
event to the forefront of social media
channels.
Nanking Indo-Chinese Restaurant
and yogiptel offered their hospitality
serving delicious Indo Chinese culinary
delights! The Raffle event with the grand
prize of a 60” TV was the grand fina-
le won by Pat Patnaik. The Lakewood
Police officers, Artesia Mayor, Council
General of Nepal and local businesses
graced the occasion. We are grateful to
the local communities in Artesia, Cer-
ritos and Orange County residents for
making this a sold out 700 people en-
gagement and was heartwarming to see
the local community playing Holi to-
gether with sheer abandon and ushering
in Spring, the spirit of love, unity and tri-
umph of good over evil.

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