Latest News And Events
May 16, 2009
All the SSKNA members, please go to this Participation Page to submit details on your participation for the upcoming 19th convention in Salisbury - MD.
May 9, 2009
All the SSKNA members, please go to the Conventions link to get more latest information related to the upcoming 19th convention in Salisbury - MD. You can also click here to go directly to the 19th convention page.
April 1, 2009
Please take time to cast your Vote by selecting your location choice for our next SSKNA 2009 convention scheduled for July 3rd and 4th.
Feb 20, 2009
Pictures of the 18th Convention are now live. Click here to view them.
February 24, 2008
All the SSKNA member related pages have been updated to display appropriate messages based on your access level. You need to be an approved SSKNA member to be able to provide Feedback or utilize other functionality.
January 22,2008
The Web Development wants to announce that the Registrations
process has been changed to go through some steps before anyone gets fully
registered. From now on, all the registration requests will be in pending
status until the committee members approve the registrations. Sorry for
any temporary inconvenience this might be causing you. These steps have
been taken to avoid bogus registrations and also to enhance our user experience.
Introduction
Welcome to Somavanshiya Sahasrarjun Kshatriya Samaj of North America (SSKNA), an official website which provides us with a wide range of information about the origins of our organization. The SSKNA organization is founded with the aim of the promotion of the religious, social, educational and cultural exchange between the SSK peoples of the United States, Canada, Mexico and India.
Its main goals are to unite, preserve, protect and promote social, economic and educational contacts of samaj members residing in American continent as quoted by Dr. Kabadi. These goals would be best achieved by bringing everyone together, by establishing communication and bonding the SSK Samaj families living in U S, Canada Mexico and India. And that is the reason we have our own website to communicate with our people more efficiently.
The Legend
This article is presented to familiarize young readers to our ancestor Sahasrarjun. His name is part of our community acronym Somavaunshya Sahasrarjun Kshatriya ( S S K). It is a common understanding among the SSKyans that the name Sahasrarjun refers to emperor Arjun, who possessed a thousand hands. These hands were blessed by God Dattatreya for his deep devotion. His dedication to protect the poor and weak subjects, from the social outcasts or adharmies. The word Sahasra virtually means a thousand. For many it means the dominance of emperor Arjun over the evil.
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