Committees

Los Angeles Spiritual Festival and Shiva Mahapuran-2023

From July 09-15

A.  Secretariat

1. Mukunda Dhungana
2. Rameshor Bhandari
3. Bimal Shrestha
4. Bhakta Thapa
5. Rishi Dhakal
6. Dilli (Siddhartha) Silwal
7. Ram Babu Pandey
8. Indira Tripathi
9.  Akaraj Pandey
10. Sushil Chaugai
11. Nabin Pokhrel
12. Eka Dev Sharma
13. Rajendra Siwakoti
14. Netra Mainali
15. Chiranjibi Gautam
16. Uttam Jung Thapa
17. Shyam Joshi
18. Laxman Ghimire
19. Krishna Koirala
20. Agni Chaulagain
21. Rajesh Pandey

B. Advisory Council

• Veda Bhakta Joshi
• Rishi Dhakal

C. Coordinator 

• Mukunda Dhungana

1. Secretariat Management Committee

• Rameshor Bhandari (Coordinator)
• Siddhartha Silwal (Co- coordinator)
• Mukunda Dhungana
• Bhakta Thapa
• Rishi Dhakal
• Bimal Shrestha
• Veda Bhakta Joshi
• Chakra Mani Mishra
• Akaraj Pandey

2. Donor Identification Committee

• Akaraj Pandey (Coordinator)
• Rishi Dhakal
• Ram Babu Pandey
• Mukunda Dhungana
• Rameshor Bhandari
• Siddhartha Silwal
• Bimal Shrestha
• Sushil Chaugai
• Madan Pathak
• Gokul Paudyal
• Aka Dev Sharma
• Manita Gopal
• Rajesh Pandey
• Deep Subedi
• Bhim Dhakal
• All regional coordinators
• Presidents of Nepali organizations
• Members of all Committees

3. Publicity Committee

• Siddhartha Silwal (Coordinator)
• Roshan Adhikari ( Co-coordinator)
• Prem Guragain
• Agni Chaulagain
• Gokul Dhakal
• Eka Dev Sharma
• Subash Karki
• Prasmita Karki
• Janu Pangyani
• Shankar Wagle
• Dolma Lama

4. Prasad Management Committee

• Nabin Pokhrel (Coordinator)
• Eak Prasad (Madhav) Pandey (Co-Coordinator)
• Upendra Sapkota
• Surya Prasai
• Ram Sharan Pandey
• Arjun Paudel
• Gokul Dhakal
• Ujjwal Thapaliya
• Umesh Pandey
• Padam Thapa
• Dhruba Dhakal

5.  Purchase Committee

• Upendra Sapkota (Coordinator)
• Eak Prasad (Madhav) Pandey
• Chakra Pani Mishra
• Laxman Ghimire
• Ram Raja Pandey
• Padam Thapa
• Akaraj Pandey
• Arjun Paudel
• Dhruba Dhakal

6. Inter-organization Coordination Committee

• Eka Dev Sharma (Coordinator)
• Ram Chandra Lamichhane
• Roshan Adhikari
• Indira Tripathi
• Tek Lama
• Nabin Pokhrel
• Madan Pathak
• Narayan Shrestha
• Krishna Gurung
• Indraraj Pandey

7.  Puja Management Committee

• Bhawani Pandey (Coordinator)
• Bimala Dhakal
• Neera Pandey
• Monika Pandey
• Tulasa Koirala
• Khemu Regmi
• Sarita Thapa
• Sarashwati Ghimire
• Shyam Joshi
• Brinda Guragain
• Bishnu Gautam
• Netra Mainali

8. Traffic & Security   Committee

• Shamsher (Subas) Bhandari (Coordinator)
• Indraraj Pandey
• Arjun Paudel
• Karna Chand
• Tek Lama

9. Mandap Decoration Committee

• Netra Mainaly (Coordinator)
• Dilli Thapa
• Bimal Shrestha
• Neera Aryal Pandey

11. Community Mobilization Committee

• Indira Tripathi (Coordinator)
• Tek Lama
• Eka Dev Sharma
• Kedar Paudel
• Chandra Siwakoti
• Sushil Chaugai
• Bimala Dhakal
• Gita Chimouriya
• Bishnu Gautam
• Krishna Gurung

12. Youth and Volunteer Mobilization Committee 

• Bibek Shrestha (Coordinator)
• Shyam Joshi
• Suman Dhakal
• Uttam Thapa

13. Welcome Committee

• Rameshor Bhandari (Coordinator)
• Mukunda Dhungana
• Bhim Dhakal
• Neera Aryal Pandey
• Bhakta Thapa
• Siddhartha Silwal
• Bimal Shrestha

14. Data Collection Committee

• Bimal Shrestha (Coordinator)
• All regional coordinators

15. Community Center Concept Draft Committee

• Bhakta Thapa (Coordinator)
• Rishi Dhakal
• Rameshor Bhandari
• Dr. Jeet Joshi
• Er. Kanhaiya Kayastha
• Bimal Shrestha
• Siddhartha Silwal
• Akaraj Pandey
• Veda Bhakta Joshi
• Netra Mainaly
• Indira Tripathi

16. Bhajan Committee (Permanent)

• Chiranjibi Gautam (Coordinator)
• Balaram Banstola
• Netra Mainali
• Milan Neupane
• Madhu Thapa
• Shushila Pandey
• Madan Tripathi
• Krishna Devkota
• Mohan Nyure
• Dr. Kamal Dhakal
• Nandalal Gautam

17. Finance Committee

• Chakra Pani Mishra (Coordinator)
• Bhim Dhakal
• Ram Babu Pandey
• Tulasi Gyawali
• Laxman Ghimire
• Arjun Paudel
• Shambhu Siwakoti

18. Regional Committees 

1. San Gabriel Valley  

• Rajan Adhikari (Coordinator)
• Uttam Thapa
• Kedar Paudel
• Ram Dhungel
• Prabhakar Pyakurel
• Prabin Khatri

2. Pomona/Roland Heights/West covina

• Hem Bahadur Thakulla (Coordinator)
• Chudamani Adhikari

3. San Barnardino/Riverside County and Inland Empire 

• Achyut Chapagai (Coordinator)
• Gunanidhi Timalsena

4. San Fernando Valley 

• Ram Raja Pokhrel- Coordinator
• Chiranjibi Gautam

5. San Diego /North County

• Manita Yogi- Coordinator
• Gopal Yogi

6. Artesia/Norwalk/Cerritos/Long  Beach

• Bishnu Paudel (Coordinator)
• Sarada Shrestha
• Binod Bhetwal
• Padam Thapa

7. Eastvale/Corona

• Ganesh Prasad Bhattarai (Coordinator)
• Amrit Pokhrel
• Santosh Bhatta

8. Huntington Beach

• Amrit Mahato

9. Beaumont/Banning 

• Gyanendra Gurung (Coordinator)
• Eka Dev Sharma

10. Anaheim

• Bakhan Thapa (Coordinator)

11. Buena Park

• Surya Adhikari (Coordinator)

12. Temecula/Riverside

• Aadit Sitaula