Beautiful traditional clothing was put on display at Sanskriti organized by the Indian Students Association at the Kansas State Student Union in Manhattan, KS, on Nov. 4, 2017. (Olivia Bergmeier | Collegian Media Group)
Beautiful traditional clothing was put on display at Sanskriti organized by the Indian Students Association at the Kansas State Student Union in Manhattan, KS, on Nov. 4, 2017. (Olivia Bergmeier | Collegian Media Group)
A participant in Sanskriti discusses traditional Indian pottery with a member of the Indian Students Association in the Kanasas State Student Union in Manhattan, KS, on Nov. 4, 2017. (Olivia Bergmeier | Collegian Media Group)
Swarali Karulkar leads an Indian dance work shop at Sanskriti organized by the Indian Students Association in the Kansas State Student Union in Manhattan, KS, on Nov. 4, 2017. (Collegian Media Group)
Swarali Karulkar demonstrates an Indian dance move with a participating student of Sanskriti, organized by the Indian Students Association at the Kansas State Student Union Courtyard in Manhattan, KS, on Nov. 4, 2017. (Olivia Bergmeier | Collegian Media Group)
Swarali Karulkar leads an Indian Dance Workshop at Sanskriti organized by the Indian Students Association at the Kansas State Student Union in Manhattan, KS, on Nov. 4, 2017. (Olivia Bergmeier | Collegian Media Group)
Swarali Karulkar leads an India Dance at Sanskriti, organized by the Indian Students Association at the Kansas State Student Union in Manhattan, KS, on Nov. 4, 2017. (Olivia Bergmeier | Collegian Media Group).
Swarali Karulkar leads an Indian Dance Workshop at Sanskriti, organized by the Indian Students Association in the Kansas State Student Union in Manhattan, KS, on Nov. 4, 2017.
A performer at Sanskriti, organized by the Indian Students Association, adorns his ankles with Ghungrus Feetbells for an Indian Dance Workshop in the Kansas State Student Union Courtyard in Manhattan, KS, on Nov. 4, 2017. (Olivia bergmeier | Collegian Media Group)
Participants Dance in the traditional Indian style at Sanskriti, an event organized by the Indian Students Association, in the Kansas State Student Union Courtyard in Manhattan, KS, on Nov. 4, 2017. (Olivia Bergmeier | Collegian Media Group)
A performer at Sanskriti, organized by the Indian Students Association, shows students how to dance with Ghungrus Feetbells for an Indian Dance Workshop in the Kansas State Student Union Courtyard in Manhattan, KS, on Nov. 4, 2017. (Olivia bergmeier | Collegian Media Group)
Zoona Jerral, master's student in architecture, eyed a smartphone image of a mehendi design to draw it for Frida Gonzales-Thurston, sixth-grader at Lee Elementary School and daugther of Sara Thurston, director of International Student and Scholar Services. Sara Thurston was the guest of honor for Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
Dawn Krause, content program coordinator of NACAOA, browses poettery by Shweta Tyagi at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
Dawn Krause, content program coordinator of NACAOA, browses poettery by Shweta Tyagi at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
Sara Thurston, dreictor of International Student and Scholar Services, participated in a lamplighting ceremony at at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
performed classical Indian music at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
Anvesha Sharda, age 12, 6th-grader at Bergman Elementary and daughter of Ajay and Vaishali Sharda, performed a 3.5-minute dance at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. Ajah Sharda is an assistant professor of biological and agricultural engineering. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
Harish Minocha, emeritus professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, sang at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
Dawn Krause, content program coordinator of NACAOA, browses poettery by Shweta Tyagi at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
Rekha Natarajan (from left), coordinator for the math department, played the veena while Ananya Pagdala sang at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
______ (from left), Komal Preet Kaur, ______ and _____ perform an energetic dance at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
Ankita Saha, post-doctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, performed traditional steps to a blend of traditional and contemporary music at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
The Soorya Kathak group performed at Sanskriti in Forum Hall on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
Ankita Saha, post-doctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, performed traditional steps to a blend of traditional and contemporary music at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
Ankita Saha, post-doctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, performed traditional steps to a blend of traditional and contemporary music at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
Tayebeh Kakeshpour, doctoral student in horticulture, bowed to _________ at Sanskriti in Forum Hall on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
Ankita Saha, post-doctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, performed traditional steps to a blend of traditional and contemporary music at Sanskriti on Nov. 4, 2017. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media Group)
