Functions 2023

Unless otherwise noted, please note that Saturday evening functions start at 6:30PM with pooja, satsang and aarti followed by preeti bhojan. Sunday morning functions start at 10:30AM with pooja, satsang and aarti followed by preeti bhojan.

Temple
Function Date
Actual
Festival Date
Function NameHostsLunch/Dinner
Jan 1Jan 1New Year HavanGordy and Ravinder Dodd familyLunch
Jan 15Jan 14Lohri & SankrantiShailesh Newaj and Dave Chuttoo familiesLunch
Feb 4Jan 25/Jan 27Vasant Panchami/Ratha SaptamiSaraswati Pooja and VidyaArambham5:30 – 6:30pm
Feb 18Feb 18Maha Shiva RatriTemple is open for Darshan from 9AM to Noon and 5PM to midnight
Feb 19Feb 19AGM & Elections ( 2PM to 4PM)Location: Temple2-4pm
Mar 12Mar 7HOLI/Rang PanchamiShenwai and Gham Families
Baba Balak Nath Jayanti
Chaitra/Vasant Navratri – Mar 21– Mar 31
Mar 18Mar 22Gudi PadvaSoman, Patade, Pednekar, Martal familiesDinner
Mar 25Mar 22UgadiChinna & Teja Katireddy, Praveen & Deepika Pottumutu, Pradeep & Aarti Nagam, Arvind Reddy Cheeruka, Manasa Reddy Yarala, Sreenath & Brahmini Kamasali, Chandra & Jaya Erant, Dr. Satish & Bahaar Rachapalli, Eswar & Nikhila Nedunuri, Sandeep & Gayathri Devalapurkar, Ranadheer & Divya Morthala, Revanth & Divya Reddy, Sivaram & Silky Chadok Kumar, Siva & Ramya Pabolu and families.Dinner
Apr 1Mar 29Shree Ramnavami/Sundarkand PaathVishal Kulkarni, Sunita Singh, Manish Tomar, Jaya MalhotraDinner
Apr 8Apr 5Hanuman JayantiJyoti Kumar, Shikha Singh, Manish Kumar, Archana KumariDinner
Apr 15Apr 14Vaisakhi / Baisakhi / VishuAmit and Sucheta JagoputraDinner
Apr 22Apr 22Vishu/Akshaya TritiyaPriya & Ram Raman, Reshmi & Saibish, Jyothy Venu & Vinod, Anju & AbhilashDinner
May 6May 5Buddha Purnima/Chandra GrahanNepali FamiliesDinner
TBDTBDTBD
June 18June 19Rath YatraPrashant Kumar, Apurva Badoni, Tapesh Singhal and MinuLunch
July 2July 2Guru PurnimaAnupam Heda & Neha Dhanotiya and FamilyLunch
July 8July 8Festival of IndiaTemple11am – 4pm
Aug 13Aug 13Picnic (Beaver Lake)Temple11am – 4pm
Aug 26Aug 30Raksha Bandhan
Sep 6/9Sep 6Krishna JanamashtamiGujrati Parivar7pm – Midnight
Sep 17Sep 17Hartalika TeejBal Sharma and FamilyLunch
Sep 23Sep 18Ganesh ChaturtiRaj Padmawar and FamilyLunch
Pitru Paksha – Sept 29  – Oct 13/Oct 14 (Surya Grahan)
Sep 30SepMulti Faith Function
Sharad Navratri – Oct 15  – Oct 23
Sept 2, 3, 9 10Sept 2, 3, 9 10Raas GarbaIsland Gujrati ParivarBeckwith Park
Oct 21Oct 21Durga AshtamiFriends of Temple
Oct 28Oct 23Dussehra
Oct 31Oct 31Karva ChauthKatha and Pooja
Nov 4Nov 4Diwali Show at UVicTicketed Show5pm UVIC
Nov 11Nov 12Deepavali Laxmi Puja
Nov 25Nov 26Kartik Poornima
Guru Nanak Dev Ji Jayanti
Dec 22Gita Jayanti
Jan 1, 2024New Year Havan