ATMIYA, a Telugu cultural organization set up in Dallas in the US recently celebrated Holi with more than 400 revellers present. The celebrations took place on March 5, for which people travelled from other places such as India, Austin, Houston, Arizona, and Singapore.

A source says that fun games and gourmet food were among the biggest highlights of the party. Games such as Lemon & Spoon, Tug of War, Sack Race, Tied in a Knot Challenge, among others, were held just for fun.

Indian Chilli, a restaurant, catered to the taste buds of the party revellers by supplying a wide variety of dishes from different cuisines. From fine dining to street food, everything was there for the asking. "The items on offer were wide-ranging. Simple items such as samosa chat and crispy corn were topped by main dishes such as Chicken 65, shrimp pepper fry, guthi vankai, mango chepala pulusu, pachimirchi paneer pulav, chicken biryani, and others. Telugus' favourite dishes and various other items catering to different cultural tastes were put up," a source says.

On top of that, a flash mob performance, 360 Degree photography and drone photoshoot were also arranged.

List of the members of the ATMIYA Dallas Committee:

Raj Kiran Chennareddy, Rajesh Kallepalli, Sajitha Thriumalasetty, Vijaya Spandana Eete, Sesi Yerubandi, Naveen Nayudu, Ram Ungarala, Ramakanth Ungarala, Ravi Chinamilli, Siva Lakkaraju, Sreenikhil Kollu, Phani Gudise, Vijji Chinamilli, Shashank Nimmala, Teja Kunapureddy, Hari Padala, Kranthi Thalatam, Subbu Nimmala, Sudheer Kunapureddy, Swapna Siddam, Harish Allam, Krishna Teja Bavisetty, Tanuj Dasari, Bhanu Siddam, Vijaya Durga Mandapaka, Geeta Nayudu, Sathiya Moorthi, Jay Chimata and many more.