Patriotic Indians living in Coral Springs, Parkland and other cities in South Florida will get together on a Sunday, two days after Indian Independence Day to celebrate.

The event, in Coconut Creek, is organized by the Association of Indians in America.

The menu will include cultural programs and a variety of tasty Indian food. Helping the association organize the event are local Indian organizations like Indo-US Chamber of Commerce, the Indian Muslim Council, Kerala Samajam, Marathi Mandal and Kannada Koota.

Joyce Campos, Coral Springs community relations coordinator and association vice president, is working to make the event a success. “We have had this for the last four years," she said. "It is a great occasion to meet other Indians and make new friends.”

“This has everything to do with patriotism,” said Hovi Shroff, association executive committee member. “None of the cultural items will be based on Bollywood. We usually have about 1,500 people at the event, many of them Americans. We expect it to be no different this year.”

The free event will take place at Omni Auditorium at BCC, 1000 Coconut Creek Blvd. in Coconut Creek. Call Hovi at 561-703-1878, Kitty at 954-610-9438 or Pradeep at 561- 715-9676.