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 Name | Hosts | Lunch/Dinner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Jan 1 | New Year Havan | Gordy and Ravinder Dodd family | Lunch |
| Jan 15 | Jan 14 | Lohri & Sankranti | Shailesh Newaj and Dave Chuttoo families | Lunch |
| Feb 4 | Jan 25/Jan 27 | Vasant Panchami/Ratha Saptami | Saraswati Pooja and VidyaArambham | 5:30 – 6:30pm |
| Feb 18 | Feb 18 | Maha Shiva Ratri | Temple is open for Darshan from 9AM to Noon and 5PM to midnight | |
| Feb 19 | Feb 19 | AGM & Elections ( 2PM to 4PM) | Location: Temple | 2-4pm |
| Mar 12 | Mar 7 | HOLI/Rang Panchami | Shenwai and Gham Families | |
| Baba Balak Nath Jayanti | ||||
| Mar 18 | Mar 22 | Gudi Padva | Soman, Patade, Pednekar, Martal families | Dinner |
| Mar 25 | Mar 22 | Ugadi | Chinna & 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 1 | Mar 29 | Shree Ramnavami/Sundarkand Paath | Vishal Kulkarni, Sunita Singh, Manish Tomar, Jaya Malhotra | Dinner |
| Apr 8 | Apr 5 | Hanuman Jayanti | Jyoti Kumar, Shikha Singh, Manish Kumar, Archana Kumari | Dinner |
| Apr 15 | Apr 14 | Vaisakhi / Baisakhi / Vishu | Amit and Sucheta Jagoputra | Dinner |
| Apr 22 | Apr 22 | Vishu/Akshaya Tritiya | Priya & Ram Raman, Reshmi & Saibish, Jyothy Venu & Vinod, Anju & Abhilash | Dinner |
| May 6 | May 5 | Buddha Purnima/Chandra Grahan | Nepali Families | Dinner |
| TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
| June 18 | June 19 | Rath Yatra | Prashant Kumar, Apurva Badoni, Tapesh Singhal and Minu | Lunch |
| July 2 | July 2 | Guru Purnima | Anupam Heda & Neha Dhanotiya and Family | Lunch |
| July 8 | July 8 | Festival of India | Temple | 11am – 4pm |
| Aug 13 | Aug 13 | Picnic (Beaver Lake) | Temple | 11am – 4pm |
| Aug 26 | Aug 30 | Raksha Bandhan | ||
| Sep 6/9 | Sep 6 | Krishna Janamashtami | Gujrati Parivar | 7pm – Midnight |
| Sep 17 | Sep 17 | Hartalika Teej | Bal Sharma and Family | Lunch |
| Sep 23 | Sep 18 | Ganesh Chaturti | Raj Padmawar and Family | Lunch |
| Sep 30 | Sep | Multi Faith Function | ||
| Sept 2, 3, 9 10 | Sept 2, 3, 9 10 | Raas Garba | Island Gujrati Parivar | Beckwith Park |
| Oct 21 | Oct 21 | Durga Ashtami | Friends of Temple | |
| Oct 28 | Oct 23 | Dussehra | ||
| Oct 31 | Oct 31 | Karva Chauth | Katha and Pooja | |
| Nov 4 | Nov 4 | Diwali Show at UVic | Ticketed Show | 5pm UVIC |
| Nov 11 | Nov 12 | Deepavali Laxmi Puja | ||
| Nov 25 | Nov 26 | Kartik Poornima Guru Nanak Dev Ji Jayanti | ||
| Dec 22 | Gita Jayanti | |||
| Jan 1, 2024 | New Year Havan | |||